54 Built-in Tools Breakdown (19 Unconditional + 35 Conditional)
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Description
VILA paper's quantified breakdown of the built-in tool surface: up to 54 built-in tools total, composed of 19 unconditional tools (always present) and 35 conditional tools gated on feature flags or user-type checks. assembleToolPool() in tools.ts performs the conditional selection, then merges with MCP-provided tools.
Key claims
- Claude Code ships up to 54 built-in tools: 19 unconditional + 35 conditional
- The 108-module gate catalogue has not been cross-validated against the VILA 54-tool count
Relations
- 54 Built-in Tools Breakdown (19 Unconditional + 35 Conditional) --[depends_on]--> Tool Documentation Deduplication