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feat(tools): skills-style catalog listing for tool_search progressive disclosure
Deferred MCP/plugin tools become invisible once the tool_search bridge
activates — live benchmarking (48 runs, Claude Haiku 4.5) showed models
substituting visible core tools (terminal/web_search/browser) for deferred
capabilities or declaring them nonexistent instead of searching: 16/24
task success vs 24/24 with eager loading.

Skills never had this failure mode because every skill keeps a ~21-token
name+description listing line in the system prompt. This ports that exact
pattern to the tool bridge: when tool_search activates, a grouped manifest
of every deferred tool (name + first sentence of description, clipped to
60 chars, grouped per MCP server / toolset) is embedded in the tool_search
bridge description.

- tools/tool_search.py: build_catalog_listing() with deterministic
  ordering (byte-stable across assemblies -> prompt prefix stays
  cacheable); token-budget fallbacks full -> names-only -> legacy bare
  count; bridge_tool_schemas(listing=...) embeds it and instructs the
  model to skip tool_search when the exact name is visible (one fewer
  round-trip per use)
- config: tools.tool_search.listing auto|on|off (default auto),
  listing_max_tokens (default 4000, clamped 200..20000); legacy bool
  shapes keep working
- tests: 8 new tests (config parsing/clamps, short-desc clipping,
  deterministic rendering, budget fallbacks, bridge embedding, assembly
  on/off paths); full file green (47 passed)
- docs: tool-search.md config table + rationale
- scripts/tool_search_livetest2.py: benchmark harness v2 with real
  per-call token accounting (normalize_usage spy) and a third 'listing'
  mode for A/B/C comparison
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features feat(tools): skills-style catalog listing for tool_search progressive disclosure 2026-07-22 05:16:30 -07:00
messaging fix(matrix): correct platform hint over-claims, add regression tests + docs 2026-07-20 11:10:49 -07:00
secrets fix(secrets): harden encrypted Bitwarden cache 2026-07-22 04:40:07 -07:00
skills feat(skills): bundle docx, xlsx, and pdf office skills; refresh powerpoint (#68595) 2026-07-21 05:39:23 -07:00
_category_.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00
checkpoints-and-rollback.md feat(checkpoints): v2 single-store rewrite with real pruning + disk guardrails (#20709) 2026-05-06 05:44:35 -07:00
cli.md feat(codex): redeem banked usage-limit resets via /usage reset (#64280) 2026-07-14 03:23:19 -07:00
configuration.md docs: session-scoped /model and /reasoning defaults 2026-07-20 02:22:22 -07:00
configuring-models.md fix: harden /model --once against persistence and config-sync leaks 2026-07-18 14:01:56 -07:00
desktop.md Merge pull request #68725 from SHL0MS/fix/desktop-stop-parks-queue 2026-07-21 10:54:58 -05:00
docker.md fix(docker): replace dashboard --insecure with basic-auth provider 2026-06-21 19:05:27 -07:00
git-worktrees.md docs(developer-guide): document htui/hgui worktree UI dev helpers (#64783) 2026-07-16 22:51:23 -04:00
managed-scope.md docs: add managed scope admin guide + cross-link from configuration 2026-06-19 07:46:33 -07:00
multi-profile-gateways.md fix(gateway): skip port-conflicting multiplex profiles 2026-07-16 07:17:55 -07:00
profile-distributions.md Expand .gitignore example 2026-06-20 20:42:49 -07:00
profiles.md fix: make profile subprocess HOME policy explicit 2026-06-14 03:20:21 -07:00
security.md fix(approval): raise gateway approval timeout to 300s, honest stale-tap UX, offer Always on mixed prompts (#68597) 2026-07-21 05:41:41 -07:00
sessions.md docs(sessions): unify export docs under one overview section (#60554) 2026-07-07 16:29:27 -07:00
tui.md fix(docs): fix broken image and video in TUI docs (#43501) 2026-07-19 19:33:03 -04:00
windows-native.md docs(windows): correct native data dir to %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes (#42856) 2026-06-09 14:11:20 -05:00
windows-wsl-quickstart.md fix(docs): update all install instructions everywhere 2026-06-04 21:07:45 -04:00