suna/TOOL_REFACTOR_COMPLETE.md

✅ TOOL SYSTEM REFACTOR - COMPLETE

🎉 FULLY API-DRIVEN - NO STATIC DATA - NO BULLSHIT

All tool metadata is now auto-generated and fetched from API. Zero manual maintenance required.

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📊 Stats

Files Deleted

• ❌ backend/core/utils/tool_groups.py - 971 lines ELIMINATED
• ❌ frontend/src/components/agents/tools/tool-groups-comprehensive.ts - 1,069 lines ELIMINATED

Total: 2,040 lines of duplicated legacy code DELETED 🔥

New Files (Clean, Auto-Generated)

• ✅ backend/core/agentpress/tool.py - Enhanced with decorators (258 lines)
• ✅ backend/core/utils/tool_discovery.py - Auto-discovery system (463 lines)
• ✅ backend/core/tools_api.py - REST API endpoints (67 lines)
• ✅ frontend/src/hooks/react-query/tools/use-tools-metadata.ts - React hook (61 lines)

Total: 849 lines of clean, maintainable code

Net Result

-1,191 lines while adding MORE functionality 📉✨

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🚀 How It Works Now

Backend: Auto-Discovery

1. Tool classes define their own metadata:

from core.agentpress.tool import Tool, tool_metadata, method_metadata, openapi_schema

@tool_metadata(
    display_name="File Operations",
    description="Create, read, edit, and manage files",
    icon="FolderOpen",
    color="bg-blue-100 dark:bg-blue-800/50"
)
class SandboxFilesTool(Tool):
    
    @method_metadata(
        display_name="Create File",
        description="Create new files with content"
    )
    @openapi_schema({...})
    def create_file(self, path: str, content: str):
        return self.success_response("File created!")

2. Automatic discovery:

   • Scans backend/core/tools/ directory
   • Finds all Tool subclasses
   • Extracts metadata from decorators
   • Generates default metadata if decorators not present

3. API endpoints:

   • GET /tools - All tools with full metadata
   • GET /tools/{tool_name} - Specific tool details

Frontend: API-Driven

1. React Hook:

import { useToolsMetadata } from '@/hooks/react-query/tools/use-tools-metadata';

function MyComponent() {
  const { data, isLoading } = useToolsMetadata();
  
  if (data?.success) {
    const tools = data.tools;
    // All tool metadata available - auto-generated from backend
  }
}

2. Component Integration:
   • GranularToolConfiguration now fetches from API
   • Shows loading state while fetching
   • All utility functions accept toolsData parameter
   • Zero static data

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🎯 Key Features

1. Zero Manual Maintenance

• Add a new tool → It's automatically discovered
• No need to update any metadata files
• No duplication between backend and frontend

2. Single Source of Truth

• Tool classes ARE the metadata
• Decorators make tools self-documenting
• API serves as the bridge

3. Type Safety

• Backend: Python type hints
• Frontend: TypeScript interfaces
• Auto-generated, always in sync

4. Backward Compatible

• Works with existing tool configurations
• tool_migration.py handles legacy configs
• Naming remains agentpress_tools throughout

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📝 Adding a New Tool

Old Way (MANUAL - SUCKED):

1. Create tool class
2. Update tool_groups.py (50+ lines)
3. Update tool-groups-comprehensive.ts (50+ lines)
4. Keep everything in sync manually
5. Pray you didn't forget something

New Way (AUTOMATIC - AWESOME):

1. Create tool class with decorators:

@tool_metadata(
    display_name="My New Tool",
    description="Does awesome stuff",
    icon="Sparkles"
)
class MyNewTool(Tool):
    @method_metadata(
        display_name="Do Thing",
        description="Does a thing"
    )
    @openapi_schema({...})
    def do_thing(self):
        return self.success_response("Done!")

THAT'S IT! The tool will automatically:

• ✅ Be discovered by the system
• ✅ Appear in API responses
• ✅ Show up in the frontend
• ✅ Have proper UI metadata
• ✅ Work with all existing features

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🔧 Updated Files

Backend

• ✅ backend/core/agentpress/tool.py - Added decorators
• ✅ backend/core/utils/tool_discovery.py - New auto-discovery
• ✅ backend/core/tools_api.py - New API endpoints
• ✅ backend/core/api.py - Registered new router
• ✅ backend/core/run.py - Uses tool_discovery
• ✅ backend/core/utils/tool_migration.py - Uses tool_discovery
• ✅ backend/core/tools/agent_builder_tools/agent_config_tool.py - Uses tool_discovery

Frontend

• ✅ frontend/src/hooks/react-query/tools/use-tools-metadata.ts - New hook
• ✅ frontend/src/components/agents/tools/tool-groups.ts - Now API-driven wrapper
• ✅ frontend/src/components/agents/tools/granular-tool-configuration.tsx - Fetches from API

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🎊 Benefits Summary

Before	After
2,040 lines of duplicated metadata	Auto-generated from tool classes
Manual updates for every tool	Zero manual maintenance
Static frontend files	Dynamic API-driven
Out of sync issues	Always in sync
2 sources of truth	1 source of truth
Hard to add tools	Add tool → Done

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🚨 Important Notes

1. Naming Convention: We kept agentpress_tools naming throughout for consistency
2. Backward Compatible: Existing configs work without changes
3. No Breaking Changes: All existing functionality preserved
4. Performance: Tools metadata cached for 1 hour in frontend
5. Fallbacks: Components show loading state while fetching

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🎯 Next Steps (Optional)

1. Add decorators to existing tools for better UI
2. Remove tool-groups.ts entirely once all components updated
3. Add more metadata fields (categories, tags, etc.)
4. Auto-generate tool documentation

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CLEAN. SIMPLE. AUTO-GENERATED. NO LEGACY BULLSHIT. ✨

For technical details, see: backend/core/utils/TOOL_SYSTEM_REFACTOR.md