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682 points · 362 comments · yarapavan

  1. raincole · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm still confused about what this codemode is. Models have been trained to chain bash and other typical unix tools well. They're so good at that to an uncanny level. Why do we want to not utilize this ability? Is it just a permission management issue in case you don't want the model to use shell directly?
    1. agentdev001 · · focus · HN ↗
      From my understanding, code mode came about due to some agents not having access to a shell.
      1. asar · · focus · HN ↗
        thanks! it now clicked for me. so instead of cat its read_file, even if read_file resolves to cat, cat is not always available.
        1. agentdev001 · · focus · HN ↗
          Rather, instead of shell_tool(command: "cat ...")
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