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rcfoxtoday at 2:29 AM1 replyview on HN

I've noticed that too. Maybe the normal Write tool has to output the entire file and this is an attempt to reduce token usage?


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pjm331today at 2:59 AM

The Edit tool has been notoriously tricky to get right - it seems they have maybe branched out but I think morphllm started specifically with the pitch that they trained a small model to be good at editing files - most of their testimonials are about that

But I think it’s mostly a solved problem in frontier models and the bash tool usage is more likely an attempt to be more token efficient - I’ve noticed it used for making mechanical bulk edits that would be numerous “edit” tool uses otherwise