# tools

This skill walks you through deciding what your agent should do, creating tool definitions, and attaching them to a config variation in LaunchDarkly.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1800 installs · ★ 28
- Author: launchdarkly
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/launchdarkly/ai-tooling/tree/HEAD/skills/agentcontrol/tools/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/launchdarkly-tools

## What it does

The workflow has four steps. First you work out which capabilities the agent needs — database queries, API calls, calculations, notifications. Then `create-ai-tool` creates a definition with a key, a description, and a raw JSON Schema. `update-ai-config-variation` attaches the tools to a variation, and `get-ai-config` confirms they landed there.

LaunchDarkly stores the schema once, in the flat `{type, name, description, parameters}` shape. Converting it to what your provider SDK expects is on you: OpenAI Chat Completions wants the `{type: "function", function: {...}}` wrapper, the Anthropic SDK renames `parameters` to `input_schema`, Bedrock Converse needs `toolSpec`, Gemini takes `function_declarations`. LangChain and LangGraph read `ai_config.tools` straight into `bind_tools(...)`. The handlers that actually run each tool stay in your application code — LaunchDarkly only holds the schema.

You need the remotely hosted LaunchDarkly MCP server configured before any of this works. When attaching tools, pass only the `tools` field: bundling `instructions`, `messages`, `model` or `parameters` into that PATCH silently clobbers edits made in the LaunchDarkly UI. If attaching tools wipes other fields, don't paper over it by resending them from an earlier `get-ai-config` response — that hides the bug and can bring back stale values.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill tools -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tools/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tools/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill tools -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tools/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill tools -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tools/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install launchdarkly/ai-tooling tools
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tools/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill tools -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/launchdarkly/ai-tooling --path skills/agentcontrol/tools
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tools/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill tools -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/launchdarkly/ai-tooling/tree/HEAD/skills/agentcontrol/tools/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- figure out what the agent needs to do before writing tool code
- create a tool definition with a valid JSON Schema
- attach tools to a specific config variation
- verify a tool is actually attached to the variation
- convert the flat schema to OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock or Gemini format

## Example prompts
- check which tools already exist in the project, then add one for knowledge base search
- create a tool called search-knowledge-base and attach it to the default variation
- verify with get-ai-config that the tool is attached to the variation

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: tools
description: "Give your agents capabilities through tools (function calling). Helps you identify what your agent needs to do, create tool definitions, and attach them to config variations."
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires the remotely hosted LaunchDarkly MCP server
metadata:
  author: launchdarkly
  version: "1.0.0-experimental"
---

# Config Tools

You're using a skill that will guide you through adding capabilities to your agents through tools (function calling). Your job is to identify what your agent needs to do, create tool definitions, attach them to variations, and verify they work.

## Prerequisites

This skill requires the remotely hosted LaunchDarkly MCP server to be configured in your environment.

**Required MCP tools:**
- `create-ai-tool` -- create a new tool definition with a schema
- `update-ai-config-variation` -- attach tools to a config variation
- `get-ai-config` -- verify tools are attached to the variation

**Optional MCP tools:**
- `list-ai-tools` -- browse existing tools in the project
- `get-ai-tool` -- inspect a specific tool's schema

## Core Principles

1. **Start with Capabilities**: Think about what your agent needs to do before creating tools
2. **Framework Matters**: LangGraph/CrewAI often auto-generate schemas; OpenAI SDK needs manual schemas
3. **Create Before Attach**: Tools must exist before you can attach them to variations
4. **Verify**: The agent fetches the config to confirm attachment
5. **Complete the Full Workflow**: Listing existing tools is a discovery step, not the end goal. After listing, always proceed to create the requested tool, attach it, and verify. Do not stop after exploration.

## Workflow

### Step 1: Identify Needed Capabilities

What should the agent be able to do?
- Query databases, call APIs, perform calculations, send notifications
- Check what exists in the codebase (API clients, functions)
- Consider framework: LangGraph/LangChain auto-generate schemas; direct SDK needs manual schemas

If the user asks to check existing tools first, or you have no codebase context about what tools exist, follow this exact order:
1. `list-ai-tools` -- explore what exists
2. `create-ai-tool` -- create the new tool (with a key different from existing ones)
3. `update-ai-config-variation` -- attach it
4. `get-ai-config` -- verify
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