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44description: Common Anthropic tool pairings for research agents, coding agents, and long-running agents.
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7Anthropic-provided tools are designed to work together. Common agent patterns pair tools that cover complementary stages of a workflow: one tool gathers or discovers, another processes or acts. The combinations below are starting points, not prescriptions. Mix them to fit your task.
7Anthropic-provided tools are designed to work together. Common agent patterns pair tools that cover complementary stages of a workflow: one tool gathers or discovers, another processes or acts. The following combinations are starting points, not prescriptions. Mix them to fit your task.
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99Each snippet shows only the `tools` array. See [Handle tool calls](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/handle-tool-calls) for the full request shape.
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24The flow is typically search, then execute, then optionally search again if the first pass surfaced a gap. Code execution runs server-side, so there's no client-side sandbox to manage.
24The flow is typically search, then run code, then optionally search again if the first pass surfaced a gap. Code execution runs server-side, so there's no client-side sandbox to manage.
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2626## Coding agent: text\_editor + bash
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7070## All-in-one: computer\_use
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72The computer use tool subsumes most others by operating a full desktop. Claude sees screenshots and issues mouse and keyboard actions, which means it can drive any application a human can. Use this when the task requires arbitrary GUI interaction that more specific tools can't reach: legacy software without an API, visual verification steps, or workflows that span multiple desktop apps.
72The computer use tool subsumes most others by operating a full desktop. Claude receives screenshots and issues mouse and keyboard actions, which means it can drive any application a human can. Use this when the task requires arbitrary GUI interaction that more specific tools can't reach: legacy software without an API, visual verification steps, or workflows that span multiple desktop apps.
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8484## Browser agent: browser\_use
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86When the whole task happens inside webpages (filling forms, reading page content, working across tabs), the browser use tool is a closer fit than computer use. Your application drives a browser it controls and returns screenshots or page state; Claude calls page-aware member tools such as `read_page`, `find`, `form_input`, and `get_page_text` alongside clicks and typing, so it can act on element references in addition to pixel coordinates.
86When the whole task occurs inside webpages (filling forms, reading page content, working across tabs), the browser use tool is a closer fit than computer use. Your application drives a browser it controls and returns screenshots or page state; Claude calls page-aware member tools such as `read_page`, `find`, `form_input`, and `get_page_text` alongside clicks and typing, so it can act on element references in addition to pixel coordinates.
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