---
id: agent-tool-calls/2026-08
series: agent-tool-calls
title: Tools models call, August 2026
period: 2026-08
period_start: 2026-08-01
period_end: 2026-08-31
updated: 2026-11-11
license: CC BY 4.0
canonical: https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-08
latest: https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls
---

# Tools models call, August 2026

> 7.7% of chat requests in August 2026 returned at least one tool call. The most widely called tool name was "read", seen at 40.3% of organizations using tools.

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

## Key findings

1. Top tool names by reach: "read" (40.3%), "bash" (38.6%), "write" (31.8%), "edit" (30.9%), "read_file" (26.7%).
2. "bash" appears in the most tool-call requests, 10.8% of them.
3. bash moved the most since July 2026: reach went from 29.2% to 38.6% (+9.4 pp).

## Data

| Tool name | Share of tool-using organizations | Share of tool-call requests | Organizations (band) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| read | 40.32% | 5.60% | 100-499 |
| bash | 38.57% | 10.79% | 100-499 |
| write | 31.75% | 1.13% | 100-499 |
| edit | 30.95% | 1.83% | 100-499 |
| read_file | 26.67% | 1.25% | 100-499 |
| grep | 24.60% | 2.17% | 100-499 |
| glob | 24.29% | 0.62% | 100-499 |
| web_search | 22.86% | 1.50% | 100-499 |
| skill | 16.83% | 0.25% | 100-499 |
| todowrite | 16.51% | 0.54% | 100-499 |
| search_files | 16.03% | 0.30% | 100-499 |
| write_file | 15.87% | 0.18% | 100-499 |
| terminal | 15.56% | 1.80% | 25-99 |
| webfetch | 13.97% | 0.08% | 25-99 |
| skill_view | 13.17% | 0.24% | 25-99 |
| skill_manage | 12.22% | 0.23% | 25-99 |
| task | 11.59% | 0.20% | 25-99 |
| memory | 11.43% | 0.09% | 25-99 |
| patch | 10.00% | 0.12% | 25-99 |
| skills_list | 9.52% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| execute_code | 9.37% | 0.28% | 25-99 |
| question | 9.37% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| agent | 8.89% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| web_extract | 8.10% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| process | 7.94% | 0.07% | 25-99 |
| todo | 7.62% | 0.14% | 25-99 |
| websearch | 7.30% | 0.05% | 25-99 |
| session_search | 6.98% | 0.02% | 25-99 |
| clarify | 6.83% | 0.02% | 25-99 |
| apply_patch | 6.51% | 0.76% | 25-99 |
| list_files | 6.19% | 0.06% | 25-99 |
| taskcreate | 6.03% | 0.03% | 25-99 |
| taskupdate | 5.87% | 0.07% | 25-99 |
| browser_navigate | 5.71% | 0.04% | 25-99 |
| askuserquestion | 5.40% | 0.03% | 25-99 |
| web_fetch | 5.40% | 0.06% | 25-99 |
| exitplanmode | 5.24% | 0.01% | 25-99 |
| taskoutput | 5.08% | 0.03% | 25-99 |
| update_todo_list | 4.92% | 0.12% | 25-99 |
| execute_command | 4.92% | 0.34% | 25-99 |

## 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, August 2026. Requesty Data. https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-08

```bibtex
@misc{requesty_agent_tool_calls_2026_08,
  author       = {{Requesty}},
  title        = {Tools models call, August 2026},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.requesty.ai/data/agent-tool-calls/2026-08}},
  note         = {Requesty Data}
}
```

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