INTRODUCING ADVANCED TOOL USE ON THE CLAUDE DEVELOPER PLATFORM

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Anthropic released three beta features for developers. Tool Search Tool discovers tools on demand rather than loading all definitions upfront, reducing token consumption by 85%. Programmatic Tool Calling lets Claude orchestrate multiple tools through Python code instead of individual API calls, cutting token usage 37%. Tool Use Examples provides concrete usage patterns beyond JSON schemas, improving accuracy from 72%-90% on complex parameter handling.