Spec a tool for an AI coding agent
Use when you want a clean, unambiguous tool definition an AI coding agent can call reliably.
You are designing a tool that an AI coding agent can call.
Tool purpose: {{purpose}}.
Language / runtime: {{runtime}}.
Produce:
1. A short tool name and one-line description the agent will read.
2. A typed input schema (each field: name, type, required, description).
3. The output schema and an example response.
4. Edge cases the implementation must guard against.
5. Two example calls the agent might make, with expected results.
6. A note on when the agent should NOT use this tool.
Keep descriptions precise so the agent picks it correctly.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{purpose}}
- {{runtime}}
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