---
id: agent-tool-calls/2026-07
series: agent-tool-calls
title: Tools models call, July 2026
period: 2026-07
period_start: 2026-07-01
period_end: 2026-07-31
updated: 2026-11-11
license: CC BY 4.0
canonical: https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-07
latest: https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls
---

# Tools models call, July 2026

> 3.3% of chat requests in July 2026 returned at least one tool call. The most widely called tool name was "read", seen at 32.8% of organizations using tools.

Question: Which tools do LLMs call most often in production?

## Key findings

1. Top tool names by reach: "read" (32.8%), "bash" (29.2%), "read_file" (29.0%), "write" (26.7%), "edit" (23.4%).
2. "bash" appears in the most tool-call requests, 12.5% of them.

## Data

| Tool name | Share of tool-using organizations | Share of tool-call requests | Organizations (band) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| read | 32.84% | 9.89% | 100-499 |
| bash | 29.21% | 12.50% | 100-499 |
| read_file | 29.00% | 2.35% | 100-499 |
| write | 26.65% | 0.95% | 100-499 |
| edit | 23.45% | 2.33% | 100-499 |
| grep | 19.19% | 3.39% | 25-99 |
| terminal | 17.27% | 2.53% | 25-99 |
| glob | 16.84% | 0.74% | 25-99 |
| web_search | 16.84% | 2.50% | 25-99 |
| write_file | 16.63% | 0.24% | 25-99 |
| search_files | 16.20% | 0.33% | 25-99 |
| skill_view | 13.86% | 0.31% | 25-99 |
| memory | 13.65% | 0.17% | 25-99 |
| skill_manage | 13.65% | 0.38% | 25-99 |
| todowrite | 12.15% | 0.76% | 25-99 |
| execute_code | 11.94% | 1.64% | 25-99 |
| patch | 11.73% | 0.24% | 25-99 |
| skills_list | 11.30% | 0.09% | 25-99 |
| webfetch | 10.45% | 0.11% | 25-99 |
| task | 10.23% | 0.38% | 25-99 |
| skill | 10.23% | 0.43% | 25-99 |
| process | 9.59% | 0.12% | 25-99 |
| browser_navigate | 8.53% | 0.12% | 25-99 |
| session_search | 8.53% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| todo | 8.53% | 0.21% | 25-99 |
| clarify | 7.25% | 0.02% | 25-99 |
| cronjob | 6.82% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| question | 6.82% | 0.08% | 25-99 |
| agent | 6.40% | 0.08% | 25-99 |
| web_extract | 6.18% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| list_files | 5.76% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| askuserquestion | 5.76% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| browser_snapshot | 5.76% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| websearch | 5.54% | 0.12% | 25-99 |
| browser_click | 5.12% | 0.05% | 5-24 |
| attempt_completion | 4.90% | 0.18% | 5-24 |
| grep_search | 4.90% | 0.70% | 5-24 |
| apply_patch | 4.90% | 0.57% | 5-24 |
| vision_analyze | 4.90% | 0.02% | 5-24 |
| update_todo_list | 4.69% | 0.21% | 5-24 |

## Method

- Tool names come from the tool calls in model responses, lowercased. A tool counts once per request even if it is called several times.
- A tool name needs 10 or more organizations before it is listed, on top of the standard floors, so names specific to one company never appear.
- Tool-call data is recorded from July 2026, so this series starts then.
- A row is published only when it has at least 20 requests, at least 5 distinct organizations, and no single organization above 80% of its traffic. These are the same floors /rankings uses. Rows below the floors are withheld, not estimated.
- Only shares, rates, medians and organization bands are published. Absolute request, token and spend totals stay private.

## Caveats

- Different agents name the same tool differently (read vs read_file, bash vs shell vs terminal). Names are not merged.
- Only tool calls the model returned are counted, not tools that were offered but unused.

## Cite as

Requesty (2026). Tools models call, July 2026. Requesty Data. https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-07

```bibtex
@misc{requesty_agent_tool_calls_2026_07,
  author       = {{Requesty}},
  title        = {Tools models call, July 2026},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-07}},
  note         = {Requesty Data}
}
```

Source: Requesty production gateway. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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