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A comment on Tendril – a self-extending agent that builds and registers its own tools.

Re:Tendril – a self-extending agent that builds and register... by namuol on Monday April 27, 2026 @01:08PM (#47924320)
> The registry grows with use. Every session is smarter than the last.

This feels a bit like one of those “now you have two problems” solutions. After a few dozen sessions I would expect the tool registry to be full of “noise” for most prompts. I would also expect most tools to be extremely specific to the task at hand, leading to redundancy and ultimately poor programmability due to inconsistencies between tool APIs.

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Re:Tendril – a self-extending agent that builds and register... by walmsles on Monday April 27, 2026 @05:26PM (#47927528)
It's an open experiment, the utility of tendril is the concept. I am more curious about how good can the tool making get. Frontier models tend to be very specific about what they build so don't get specific bloat (yet).
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