Feature request for a new tool to read partial files

[44cort44]

Currently, local LLMs typically have small context sizes, and when trying to read large files the 'read_file' tool throws an error when the file is over half of the context window.

see here: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/core/tools/implementations/readFile.ts

instead of throwing an error in this condition, iterating over the file in small chunks would be a better option.
I think providing a tool to the LLM will give it a chance to do this on it's own. Claude 3.7 sonnet and Claude 4 sonnet already do this in Github Copilot for large files.

[44cort44]

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