Agent-Native Tools is a 10-part series. Use this page as the table of contents and read the posts in order.

Read the series in order

  1. Human-Native Software Is Drag for Agents
  2. Agents Need Action Surfaces, Not Dashboards
  3. Token Efficiency Is Product Design
  4. Local State and Memory Are Product Features
  5. Compound Commands Beat Tool Chatter
  6. Durable State and Resumable Work
  7. Agent Affordances: Dry Runs, Diffs, Rollbacks, Structured Errors
  8. Permissions, Sandboxes, and Trust Loops
  9. MCP, Skills, and Tool Contracts
  10. The Agent-Native Software Company

Start with Human-Native Software Is Drag for Agents. If you want the practical diagnostic, jump to The Agent-Native Software Company.