From 79f10004a6853bb8b0b528e9c875afcec74a5ae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aishanee Shah <aishaneeshah@google.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 20:04:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(watcher): remove write_file tool from subagent to avoid
 permission popups

---
 packages/core/src/agents/watcher-agent.ts | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/agents/watcher-agent.ts b/packages/core/src/agents/watcher-agent.ts
index a2c83ea332..03eb733a89 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/agents/watcher-agent.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/agents/watcher-agent.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import type { AgentLoopContext } from '../config/agent-loop-context.js';
 import type { LocalAgentDefinition } from './types.js';
-import {
-  READ_FILE_TOOL_NAME,
-  WRITE_FILE_TOOL_NAME,
-} from '../tools/tool-names.js';
+import { READ_FILE_TOOL_NAME } from '../tools/tool-names.js';
 import { GEMINI_MODEL_ALIAS_FLASH } from '../config/models.js';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ export const WatcherAgent = (
     },
 
     toolConfig: {
-      tools: [READ_FILE_TOOL_NAME, WRITE_FILE_TOOL_NAME],
+      tools: [READ_FILE_TOOL_NAME],
     },
 
     promptConfig: {