rtk-ai/rtk

Basic Claude Issues / Grep, Read, Glob not being rewritten as they're not Bash commands

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#387 opened on Mar 6, 2026

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Description

Gave RTK a standard review with CC latest. It doesn't rewrite the main commands Grep, Read, Glob etc. as they don't go through Bash and are their own tools. In a simple code analysis task 62/77 Bash commands went through raw, not rewritten. It's confusing because based on the readme those should have big efficiency gains. Would help to clarify the documentation.

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rust
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clidocumentation
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Research direction
The issue requests clarifying that Grep, Read, and Glob are not Bash commands but separate tools, and therefore aren't rewritten like Bash commands. Look at the existing README documentation and the source files defining these tools (likely in src/tools or similar). Update documentation to explain the distinction and note that while they don't benefit from the same rewriting optimization, they are still efficient in their own right. Ensure consistency with any existing tool descriptions.