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Technical insights on AI coding, precision file editing, and building developer tools.

Tool-Response Engineering: The Frontier Beyond Prompt Engineering

May 10, 2026 · Simon W. Reiff

Tool-response engineering is the practice of designing tool outputs to provide warnings and next-step guidance shaping what AI agents do after each tool call.

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AI File Editing Is Broken

May 6, 2026

AI agents plan correctly but corrupt execution. The problem isn't your prompts — it's the editing tools. Here's why, and what I built to fix it.