feat: classify and assign tools/skills to orchestrator vs subagents#513
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- Add OpenSpec change for classifying tools and skills by agent type - Define classification schema (orchestrator, subagent, shared) - Design agent-specific tool assignment in deepAgents.js - Create specs for tool-classification and agent-tool-assignment capabilities - Generate implementation tasks for the full pipeline
- Add TOOL_CLASSIFICATIONS map in src/tools/index.js with all 16 tools classified - Modify buildToolConfig() to accept optional classificationFilter parameter - Update deepAgents.js to assign agent-specific tool sets via two buildToolConfig() calls - Add SKILL_CLASSIFICATIONS map and filterSkillPaths() helper in deepAgents.js - Filter skill paths so orchestrator receives only orchestrator/shared skills - Update docs/OVERVIEW.md with tool classification architecture documentation - All 1082 tests pass, lint clean
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Summary
Classifies tools and skills by agent type (orchestrator-only, subagent-only, shared) and assigns them appropriately in
src/agent/deepAgents.js.Motivation
The orchestrator currently receives all tools and skills indiscriminately. Both the orchestrator and subagents get identical tool/skill sets from
buildToolConfig(), which is inefficient and architecturally unsound. The orchestrator should only receive tools and skills it needs for coordination — delegation, routing, synthesis. Subagents should receive the tools and skills they need for execution.Changes
src/agent/deepAgents.js: Refactor tool assignment to support per-agent classification. The orchestrator and subagents will receive different tool sets based on their roles.src/tools/index.js: UpdatebuildToolConfig()to accept a classification filter parameter, enabling selective tool assignment.openspec/specs/agent-tool-assignment/spec.md: Spec for agent-specific tool assignment logic.openspec/specs/tool-classification/spec.md: Spec for the tool classification schema.Related
docs/OVERVIEW.md(Deep Agents architecture section)