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Deferred tool description loading

Tool descriptions can now be marked as deferred and built through a new describe-hooks step

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Tool descriptions can now be marked as deferred and built through a new describe-hooks step

What

When Claude Code builds a tool's schema and description, a tool can now be marked as having a "deferred" description. Deferred tools now run through a new describe-hooks step during setup, unless a withoutToolDescribeHooks option is set to skip it, and Claude Code records whether the deferred flag actually changed.

Why

This adds a mechanism for building certain tool descriptions later rather than upfront, though the finding doesn't specify which tools use it or what practical difference a reader would notice.

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The writer flagged doubtIt isn't clear which tools use deferred descriptions or what a user would observe differently as a result.

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