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REASONING BOOSTS SEARCH RELEVANCE 15-30%

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Reasoning agents work best with simple search tools. Developers should use simple, easy-to-understand, and transparent search systems like grep or basic keyword search. Agents can sift through results, learn, and retry with what they've learned. Asking an agent to explain the intent behind a query helps the agent reason about how to best satisfy the request by forcing it to think about what the user wants.