Amplifier Smart Tools

A smart tool is a library with a thin CLI over it, shipped with its own AI capability. Deterministic capabilities run with no model provider configured. Model-backed capabilities call AI internally, so the caller states what it wants and gets a result back, the way it would from a sub-agent: the domain knowledge, context, and trajectory stay inside the tool. Every tool carries a SMART_TOOL.md manifest (what it is, when to reach for it, what it needs) and a smart-tool.json descriptor at its distribution root (where the manifest is, the argv that launches the CLI, a deterministic_smoke capability that runs with no provider).

Specification: https://github.com/microsoft/amplifier-smart-tools/tree/main/spec.

Discover and install

Use the shared catalog to find tools, then use each selected tool's own materials. Do not assume a host API, command, or permission is available.