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Smart Tool Deferral [Gradual Rollout]

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What

An intelligent tool deferral system that tracks your tool usage patterns and only defers tools you haven't used recently, keeping frequently-used tools immediately available.

Status

Feature-flagged behind tengu_coral_whistle (default: true)

Details
  • Tracks tool usage count and last-used timestamp in config (toolUsage)
  • Uses a 7-day half-life decay function to compute a "recency-weighted usage score"
  • Tools below the threshold are deferred (loaded on demand via ToolSearch)
  • MCP tools are always deferred regardless of this flag
  • When enabled, the shouldDefer flag on a tool triggers the usage-based check
Evidence

tengu_coral_whistle feature flag, functions h84 (track usage), I84 (compute score with decay), b84 (check threshold) (search for "tengu_coral_whistle")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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