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id: josef-richter-the-agent-wrote-its-own-tool-on-the-beam-it
kind: work
title: "The agent wrote its own tool. On the BEAM, it gets to keep it."
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://josefrichter.design/blog/skills-are-modules"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/josef-richter-the-agent-wrote-its-own-tool-on-the-beam-it.md
---

# The agent wrote its own tool. On the BEAM, it gets to keep it.

## Edges

- about -> Agent skills, Agentic governance
- <- authored <- Josef Richter