A municipal report-writer subagent keeps calling web search instead of synthesizing provided findings. What tool-set change helps?
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Short Explanation
Writers write—they shouldn't wander off searching the web. Strip search from the report-writer and leave synthesis plus verify.
Full Explanation
When a municipal report-writer subagent keeps calling web search instead of synthesizing provided findings, remove web search and keep only synthesis and verify tools for that subagent. Specialization by tool set is how coordinators keep writers writing from approved evidence rather than browsing the open web mid-report.
Restricting tools works because availability drives selection. If search is present, the model may prefer it even when findings are already supplied. A writer scoped to synthesize and verify stays aligned with citation discipline expected in city council and department reports.
Giving it every MCP server in the city including unrelated ops tools maximizes distraction and miscalls. Deleting verify tools so only search remains inverts the role into a gatherer without grounding checks. Disabling all tools and requiring pure hallucination of citations produces unsupported municipal claims.
Exam caveat: verification tools should check claims against provided sources, not silently reintroduce unconstrained web fetch. Operational check: supply findings and ask for a report; confirm the writer never emits web search tool calls after search is removed from its tool list.