diff --git a/.claude/skills/building-agents-construction/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/building-agents-construction/SKILL.md
index fd030d75..e984e65e 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/building-agents-construction/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/building-agents-construction/SKILL.md
@@ -322,10 +322,8 @@ mcp__agent-builder__get_session_status()
 
 | Type | tools param | Use when |
 |------|-------------|----------|
-| `event_loop` | `'["tool1"]'` or `'[]'` | **Recommended.** LLM-powered work with or without tools |
+| `event_loop` | `'["tool1"]'` or `'[]'` | LLM-powered work with or without tools |
 | `function` | N/A | Deterministic Python operations, no LLM |
-| `llm_generate` (legacy) | `'[]'` | Deprecated — use `event_loop` instead |
-| `llm_tool_use` (legacy) | `'["tool1"]'` | Deprecated — use `event_loop` instead |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/building-agents-core/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/building-agents-core/SKILL.md
index db8c825a..d3917713 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/building-agents-core/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/building-agents-core/SKILL.md
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ Unit of work (written to nodes/__init__.py)
 
 **Node Types:**
 
-- `event_loop` — **Recommended for all LLM-powered work.** Multi-turn streaming loop with tool execution and judge-based evaluation. Works with or without tools.
+- `event_loop` — Multi-turn streaming loop with tool execution and judge-based evaluation. Works with or without tools.
 - `function` — Deterministic Python operations. No LLM involved.
 
-> **Legacy Note:** `llm_generate` and `llm_tool_use` still function but are deprecated. Use `event_loop` instead, which handles both cases in a single multi-turn streaming loop.
-
 ```python
 search_node = NodeSpec(
     id="search-web",
diff --git a/.claude/skills/setup-credentials/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/setup-credentials/SKILL.md
index 6dea8d88..bd9c137a 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/setup-credentials/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/setup-credentials/SKILL.md
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ web_search
 google_search
 
 $ jq -r '.graph.nodes[]?.node_type' exports/research-agent/agent.json | sort -u
-llm_tool_use
+event_loop
 
 [Maps tools/nodes to credentials using lookup table]
 Needed: anthropic, brave_search, google_search, google_cse
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a4a726a0..948a51af 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist" },
+    { name = "textual" },
     { name = "tools" },
 ]
 
@@ -791,6 +792,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=8.0" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", specifier = ">=0.23" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = ">=3.0" },
+    { name = "textual", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "textual", marker = "extra == 'tui'", specifier = ">=0.75.0" },
     { name = "tools", editable = "tools" },
 ]