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Routing Between Many Similar Tools

Once an agent has dozens of tools, many of them overlap, and the hard part stops being whether a tool exists and becomes which one to use. Picking the wrong near-duplicate wastes calls, and a large flat tool list makes the choice harder for the model. This skill covers routing between similar tools: describe the difference in each tool's contract, narrow the candidate set before choosing, prefer the narrowest tool that fits, and fail clearly when two tools both fit.

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$ hermes tools list
$ hermes mcp list
$ hermes config get tools

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Pick the Narrowest Tool That Fits

Routing Between Many Similar Tools

# Pick the Narrowest Tool That Fits Once an agent has dozens of tools, the question stops being whether a tool exists and becomes which of several near-duplicates to use. A large flat list makes that choice harder for the model, and a wrong pick is a side effect nobody asked for. ## Make each cont

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