Why even non-coding agents need bash
I've done dozens of calls with companies making general agents over the past few weeks and my advice generally boils down to: "use the bash tool more"
Here's a concrete example from my email agent:↗
Making an Email Agent using the Claude Code SDK
If I wasn’t at Anthropic, I would be making agents using the Claude Code SDK.
But doing > talking. So I’m building in public and open sourcing a local email agent.
This is part one on agentic search.↗