fix(agent): declare WebSearch tool in llm-ai-agents-and-eng-research#46
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Step 2 of the agent instructs Claude to use WebSearch for research, but WebSearch was absent from the frontmatter tools list. Claude Code enforces the declared tool set, so WebSearch calls fail silently at runtime. Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The
.claude/agents/llm-ai-agents-and-eng-research.mdagent file instructs Claude to "Use WebSearch to find recent news, research papers, and developments" in step 2 of its## Instructionssection, butWebSearchis not declared in the frontmattertoolslist.Claude Code enforces the declared tool set — any tool used in an agent's instructions but absent from
toolswill fail at runtime. This means the agent silently breaks on its first search attempt.Fix
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WebSearchto the existingtoolsdeclaration:This is a minimal, mechanical fix — no logic or instructions are changed.