{"version":"2.1.302","anchor":"toolsearch-selectkeyword-now-short-circuits-for-already-loa","canonical_anchor":"toolsearch-selectkeyword-now-short-circuits-for-already-loa","heading":"Tool search skips tools that are already loaded","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.302\/e\/toolsearch-selectkeyword-now-short-circuits-for-already-loa","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.302","markdown":"### Tool search skips tools that are already loaded\n\nWhen Claude asks tool search for a tool that is already loaded, it now gets told so instead of running the search again\n\n**What**\n\nTool search now checks whether a tool Claude asks for, by name or by keyword, is already loaded in the conversation. If it is, the ToolSearch tool skips the search and replies with a short note starting \"Already available in this conversation:\". Before, both kinds of request always searched the held-back tools.\n\n**Why**\n\nClaude does not spend a round trip looking up a tool it can already use.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}