Defining a think tool for Sonnet improves complex tool calling scenarios significantly
AI Summary
Summary of the Think Tool for CLA
- Introduction of the Think Tool
- Purpose: Enhances CLA’s agentic tool use ability by adding a thinking step during response generation.
- Distinction from Extended Thinking:
- Extended Thinking: Prepares CLA before generating a response.
- Think Tool: Activated during response generation to assess whether sufficient information is available.
- Applications of the Think Tool
- Best for:
- Complex multi-step conversations.
- Multi-chain tool calls requiring careful analysis.
- Not necessary for simpler tasks; Standard Extended Thinking is recommended.
- Implementation
- Users can define the Think Tool in projects, which assists in computationally complex or cached memory scenarios.
- Example shown in a multiplication problem.
- Code available for download via a provided Patreon link.
- Performance Analysis
- Various configurations tested:
- No Think Tool or Extended Thinking - Baseline.
- Extended Thinking alone.
- Think Tool alone.
- Think Tool with optimized prompt (best performance).
- Result: Think Tool with prompt achieved highest accuracy.
- Performance difference less pronounced in simpler retail tasks; emphasized efficiency in complex situations.
- Getting Started with the Think Tool
- Simple setup: Define the Think Tool and integrate it into use cases.
- Encouraged for coding and mathematical tasks in examples.
- Resources for Further Learning
- Access to additional content and resources available on the author’s website and Patreon.