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Summary

  • recover explicitly marked function_call:{...} envelopes from narrated model text
  • accept the observed call field and the standard name spelling with existing argument aliases
  • preserve ordinary JSON, fenced examples, malformed marked objects, and later valid calls

This is the parser-side fix for tinyhumansai/tinyagents#143. tinyagents can consume it after updating its vendored tinytools revision.

Implementation

The new grammar uses the explicit function_call: marker, keeps CallSource::TaggedJson, and participates in both batch parsing and StreamScrubber. No dependencies or public APIs were added.

Validation

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
  • cargo build --all-targets --all-features
  • cargo test --all-features

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Recognize function_call: JSON tool calls embedded in assistant text, including calls split across streamed fragments.
    • Preserve surrounding text and continue recognizing later calls when an invalid or incomplete candidate is encountered.
    • Updated the format documentation to include function_call: alongside existing tagged JSON syntax.

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Tiny Sweeper review

Tiny Sweeper reviewed this change across 6 lane(s) and found 6 active actionable finding(s). Detailed lane evidence and any incomplete work are listed below.

State: Incomplete
Priority: none
Reviewed head: 75cc3d90dc7c
Updated: 1790672887 (Unix time)

Review snapshot

Change surface Files Review signal Count
Production 3 Active findings 0
Tests 3 Noted findings 0
Documentation 1 Resolved findings 2
Configuration 0 Pending checks/questions 5

Completeness: Incomplete
Test assessment: No supported feature-to-test mapping was available; this does not mean tests are absent or passed.

What changed

The review could not produce a supported behavioral summary; inspect the cited changed surface and lane details below.

Features

None identified with supported citations.

Tests

No supported feature-to-test mapping was produced. Test execution is not inferred.

  • Unreviewed: tinysweeper/tests

Findings

No active actionable findings.

Resolved this pass

  • Continue scanning after an unterminated batch envelope
  • Hold an incomplete function-call marker during streaming

Could not review: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs, tinysweeper/tests

Before merge

  • Complete the critique review for crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs.
  • Complete the security review for crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs.
  • Complete the tests review for tinysweeper/tests.

How this fits together

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  n1["scrub_all"]:::impacted
  n2["parse"]:::impacted
  n3["Grammar"]:::impacted
  n4["ParsedToolCall"]:::impacted
  n5["CallSource"]:::impacted
  n0 -->|calls| n1
  n0 -->|tests| n1
  n2 -->|uses| n4
  n3 -->|uses| n5
  n4 -->|uses| n5
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critique

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: incomplete; unanswered: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs
  • Lane summary: Reviewed 0 files; 0 findings. 2 files could not be reviewed: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs.

security

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: incomplete; unanswered: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs
  • Lane summary: Reviewed 0 files; 0 findings. 2 files could not be reviewed: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs.

tests

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: incomplete; unanswered: tinysweeper/tests
  • Lane summary: No reviewer could be consulted.

commits

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: Nothing sensitive found in what this pull request commits.

description

  • Conclusion: Success
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: The change correctly adds a `FunctionCall` grammar to recover `function_call:{...}` JSON envelopes from assistant text, participates in batch and streaming parsing, and includes thorough regression tests. It is safe to merge. _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: timed out after 10s), so this review ran without it._

e2e

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: No end-to-end harness in this repository: no e2e test files and no e2e workflow.
Evidence and run details
  • Models: ladder/vectors, deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
  • Spend: $0.001586
  • Tokens: 13938 input · 1931 output · 0 cached · 843 embedding
Head State Pass summary
d809270050fb changes requested 6 active finding(s), 0 resolved finding(s) (at 1790460621)
247fcd8131a7 incomplete 0 active finding(s), 14 resolved finding(s) (at 1790672269)
75cc3d90dc7c incomplete 0 active finding(s), 2 resolved finding(s) (at 1790672887)

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  • crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs
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Walkthrough

Adds parsing for function_call:-prefixed JSON objects. Valid objects produce TaggedJson calls using a nonempty call or name field. The grammar handles incomplete and invalid candidates in batch and stream modes.

Changes

Function-call JSON parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recognize and validate function-call envelopes
crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/mod.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/mod.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/stream/test.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/types.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/README.md
Adds and registers a grammar for function_call: JSON objects. It accepts a nonempty call or fallback name, and returns valid calls as TaggedJson. Batch parsing skips invalid candidates; stream parsing holds incomplete candidates. Tests cover valid, invalid, and split inputs. Documentation lists the new form.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: senamakel

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 247fc

Ordinary text can be mistaken for a tool call, while some valid marked calls are missed. Fix both parsing cases before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 247fc

Text containing the new marker can become a tool request even when the marker appears inside a longer word. Whether that request can execute depends on controls in the consuming application, which could not be verified here.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: The new marker can be recognized inside a longer identifier in ordinary text, converting an apparently non-call object into a parsed tool call. Execution depends on the consuming host's controls.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new recognition path applies to responses processed by this parser in batch or streaming mode. Its effective authority and asset exposure depend on which tools a consuming host permits and executes.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — Text containing an embedded marker followed by a valid call object can cross from narrative into a recovered call. The inspected parser establishes that transition, not downstream execution.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The scanner protects fenced examples, and the new grammar requires a balanced, decodable JSON object. Neither check establishes that a marker begins at a word boundary or that the returned name is an offered tool.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Stream-pending and batch-recovery behavior limits an incomplete marker to a temporary hold that can be resolved at flush; it does not address the embedded-marker interpretation.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Require an appropriate lexical boundary before the new marker, and confirm that consuming hosts enforce their offered-tool allowlist independently of parser diagnostics and call source.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: recovering function_call JSON envelopes in the agent parser.
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A rabbit reads the marked-up stream
And finds a call inside the text
It waits when fragments come in pieces
Then sends the parsed call on its way
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tinysweeper found nothing blocking. Approving.

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Comment thread crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs
Comment thread crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs
@senamakel senamakel self-assigned this Sep 29, 2026
senamakel and others added 2 commits September 29, 2026 11:55
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
The `function_call` module declaration was moved after `element` to maintain alphabetical ordering of the module declarations in the grammar module, improving code readability and maintainability.

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Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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tinysweeper could not review the latest push, so its earlier approval no longer speaks for this pull request.

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking, but could not review everything, so this is not an approval: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/mod.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/mod.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/stream/test.rs.

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Review comments at @crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs:
- Line 29: Update the marker scan in the function-call parsing loop using
find_ci so it only decodes a function-call object when function_call: is not
immediately preceded by an identifier character. Add a regression test
confirming that a longer identifier such as not_function_call: is not parsed as
a call.
- Around line 85-89: Update the name selection in the function-call decoder so
it validates `call` as a nonempty trimmed string before falling back to `name`;
`null`, non-string, and empty `call` values must not block a usable `name`. Add
tests covering null and empty `call` values with a valid `name`.

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Comment thread crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs
Comment thread crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs Outdated
…and improve name fallback

The function call parser now skips prefix matches that appear inside longer identifiers, preventing false positives when a word like "not_function_call" contains the marker. Additionally, the JSON decoding logic extracts the call name through a helper that handles null and empty string values, falling back to the "name" field when the "call" field is unusable.

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking, but could not review everything, so this is not an approval: crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/function_call.rs, crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/function_call.rs, tinysweeper/tests.

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senamakel merged commit 05cab44 into tinyhumansai:main Sep 29, 2026
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