Bounding Verbose Tool Output Before It Enters Context
A tool call that returns a very large payload can consume a large share of an agent context window and crowd out the reasoning that depends on it. This skill covers bounding tool output before it is added to context: slice the payload to a fixed size, keep the head and tail with an elision marker, prefer a counting or filtering command when only a summary is needed, and pass explicit limits when a tool supports them. The goal is to keep every tool result small enough to reason over while retaining the signal the next step needs.
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Bounding Tool Output: Head, Tail, and a Count Instead of the Whole File
Bounding Verbose Tool Output Before It Enters Context# Bounding Tool Output Before It Enters Context A single tool call can return far more text than the next reasoning step needs. When that payload goes straight into context, it crowds out the material the model is supposed to reason over and pushes the window toward its limit. Bounding output befor
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