Real benchmark data on how much tool schema re-sending costs in AI agents. Numbers, methodology, and a one-line fix.
We measured what 10 tools × 1,000 calls/day actually costs. Here's the data.
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When you build an AI agent, you give it tools. Search the web. Read a file. Call an API. Query a database.
Each tool needs a description — a JSON block that tells the model what the tool does and what parameters it takes. Here's what a single tool looks like:
{
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