fix(harness): point unknown-tool calls at tool_search instead of listing every tool - #227
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When the agent loop encounters a tool call that does not match any registered tool, it now returns a clear error message instead of panicking or silently failing. This improves robustness by allowing the loop to continue processing subsequent turns. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Add a test case for the agent loop's behavior when encountering an unknown tool, ensuring the system gracefully handles unrecognized tool calls without crashing. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
When a tool call returns no output, the agent loop now skips the empty result instead of attempting to process it, which previously caused a panic. This ensures the loop continues running even when a tool produces no response. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Rewrap the doc comment for `ReturnToolError` to avoid a line break in the middle of a sentence. Update the integration test for deferred tool promotion to reflect that the corrective action now directs the model to `tool_search` instead of listing every valid tool, and verify that the hidden tool name is never leaked in the error message. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…ing every tool The ReturnToolError corrective ended with `valid tools: [..]`, every model-callable name. With a connector catalog behind discovery that was hundreds of names (212 observed) re-sent on every wrong guess, flooding the context while still giving the model bare names with no schemas. The corrective now says the name does not exist and that retrying fails the same way, names up to three close matches, and — when the discovery bridge is advertised — tells the model to call `tool_search` with what it wants to do. The `unknown tool `<name>`` prefix is unchanged, since hosts classify results by it; the attempted arguments stay on UnknownToolCall. Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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Review comments at @crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs:
- Line 736: Update the tool_search availability condition near admit_tool_call
to account for host-tool precedence: advertise discovery only when no registered
host tool handles TOOL_SEARCH_NAME and the deferred catalogue is nonempty.
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Include the serialized call arguments in the unknown-tool error message so the model can re-issue them against the correct tool without losing the original input. Also fix the tool-search availability check to only advertise the discovery bridge when no host-registered `tool_search` would intercept the call. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
…egistered tool search Adds an integration test verifying that when a host registers a tool named `tool_search`, the unknown-tool corrective error message does not advertise calling that tool. This ensures the corrective respects the host's own tool search and does not promise the intrinsic bridge's discovery behaviour. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Reformatted the assertion in the `unknown_tool_corrective_does_not_advertise_a_host_registered_tool_search` test to improve readability by splitting the macro invocation across multiple lines. No behavioural change was made. Auto-committed-on: macbook Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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| .dispatch(crate::tool::discover::TOOL_SEARCH_NAME) | ||
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| && !self.deferred_catalog(&host_allows).is_empty(); | ||
| let message = super::unknown_tool::unknown_tool_message( |
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Declare the unknown-tool module before using it
unknown_tool.rs is added as a sibling module, but this diff does not add a corresponding mod unknown_tool; declaration to the parent agent-loop module. Rust does not automatically include sibling files, so this super::unknown_tool reference will fail to compile. Add the module declaration in the parent module before merging.
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| .register_model("mock", model.clone()) | ||
| .set_default_model("mock") | ||
| .register_tool(deferred) | ||
| .register_tool(host_search) |
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Enable discovery before testing the host search collision
This test never configures ToolDiscoveryPolicy, unlike the behavior it is intended to exercise. If discovery is opt-in, the intrinsic tool_search bridge is absent regardless of the host registration, so !message.contains("call tool_search") passes vacuously and does not prove that the host tool shadows the bridge. Configure the discovery policy for this run and assert the relevant request/tool state as well.
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Summary
Under
UnknownToolPolicy::ReturnToolErrorthe corrective ended withvalid tools: [..]— every model-callable name. With a connector catalog behind discovery that was hundreds of names (a 212-name dump was observed in an OpenHuman session) re-sent on every wrong guess: it floods the context, and the model still only has bare names without schemas.The corrective (
agent_loop/unknown_tool.rs) now:tool_searchwith what it wants to do, then call a tool it returns; otherwise says to use only the tools in its list.The
unknown tool \`prefix is unchanged, since hosts classify results by it. The attempted arguments are no longer echoed in the message; they remain onAgentEvent::UnknownToolCall`.Example:
Tests
agent_loop::unknown_tool_test(8): prefix kept, tool_search pointer instead of a listing (200-name catalog stays out, message < 400 bytes), no pointer without discovery, near-miss suggestions, ranking/cap, generic tokens ignored, requested name never suggested.tool_deferralintegration test updated: the hidden tool is never suggested and the corrective points attool_search.Docs:
docs/modules/harness/tool-discovery.md,docs/sdk-gaps/tools.md.Summary by CodeRabbit
tool_searchwhen discovery is available instead of listing all available tools.tool_searchtakes precedence, errors no longer imply that the built-in discovery bridge is available.