Agent skill

Tool Design

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Design tools that agents can use effectively. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace.

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Install Tool Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill tool-design -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace tool-design --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/asmayaseen/tool-design .claude/skills/tool-design && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tool-design
GitHub stars
430
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,430 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1,108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Design tools that agents can use effectively. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • Works in 5 steps: Identify distinct workflows agents must… → Group related actions into comprehensive… → Ensure each tool has a clear,… → …
  • Creating new tools for agents
  • SKILL.md covers When to Activate, Core Concepts, Detailed Topics and Practical Guidance, plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Tool Design is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Design tools that agents can use effectively. Use when creating new tools for agents, debugging tool-related failures, or optimizing existing tool sets.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/best_practices.md`, `scripts/description_generator.py` and `scripts/verify.py`).

It sits in Development, covering Structured output and tool calling. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Creating new tools for agents
  • Debugging tool-related failures
  • Optimizing existing tool sets

Example prompts

  • “/tool-design”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify distinct workflows agents must accomplish
  2. Group related actions into comprehensive tools
  3. Ensure each tool has a clear, unambiguous purpose
  4. Document error cases and recovery paths
  5. Test with actual agent interactions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad8daf7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tool Design loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,430 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,430 words (~3,146 tokens).

“Tools are the primary mechanism through which agents interact with the world. They define the contract between deterministic systems and non-deterministic agents. Unlike traditional software APIs designed for developers, tool APIs must be designed for language models that reason about…”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
tool-design

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in skills/asmayaseen/tool-design of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/best_practices.md
  • scripts/description_generator.py
  • scripts/verify.py
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad8daf7

Used in 1 other repository

We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Tool Design

What does Tool Design do?

Design tools that agents can use effectively. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Tool Design is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Design tools that agents can use effectively.

When should I use Tool Design?

Tool Design fits situations like: creating new tools for agents; debugging tool-related failures; optimizing existing tool sets.

How do I install Tool Design in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill tool-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/asmayaseen/tool-design in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/tool-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tool Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill tool-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/asmayaseen/tool-design in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/tool-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tool Design in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill tool-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tool-design, .gemini/skills/tool-design, .github/skills/tool-design and .opencode/skills/tool-design in your project.

What does Tool Design need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tool Design needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Tool Design access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tool Design safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Tool Design use?

No licence was found for Tool Design or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Tool Design use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Tool Design?

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Who maintains Tool Design?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.