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filter to what's relevant\n# - use clear field names\n# - convert raw blobs into clean summaries before entering the model's context\n# - don't pass every field verbatim by default\n",[30,882,883,888,893,898,903,907,934,939,957,961,966,971,976,981],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,884,885],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,886,887],{"class":241},"# ANTI-PATTERN: passing the raw API response with 40 irrelevant fields\n",[33,889,890],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,891,892],{"class":241},"# The model CAN extract relevant facts from a deeply-nested blob, but a clean,\n",[33,894,895],{"class":35,"line":60},[33,896,897],{"class":241},"# pre-filtered result reduces the chance of fixating on an irrelevant field,\n",[33,899,900],{"class":35,"line":73},[33,901,902],{"class":241},"# misreading a nested structure, or running low on attention on what matters.\n",[33,904,905],{"class":35,"line":82},[33,906,346],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":345},[33,908,909,912,916,919,922,925,927,930,932],{"class":35,"line":95},[33,910,911],{"class":336},"def",[33,913,915],{"class":914},"sIsaT"," format_tool_result",[33,917,918],{"class":39},"(raw_api_response: ",[33,920,921],{"class":46},"dict",[33,923,924],{"class":39},", relevant_fields: list[",[33,926,662],{"class":46},[33,928,929],{"class":39},"]) -> ",[33,931,921],{"class":46},[33,933,755],{"class":39},[33,935,936],{"class":35,"line":103},[33,937,938],{"class":53},"    \"\"\"Filter raw API output to only what's relevant for the model's reasoning.\"\"\"\n",[33,940,941,944,947,949,952,954],{"class":35,"line":111},[33,942,943],{"class":336},"    return",[33,945,946],{"class":39}," {field: raw_api_response.get(field) ",[33,948,415],{"class":336},[33,950,951],{"class":39}," field ",[33,953,421],{"class":336},[33,955,956],{"class":39}," relevant_fields}\n",[33,958,959],{"class":35,"line":124},[33,960,346],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":345},[33,962,963],{"class":35,"line":135},[33,964,965],{"class":241},"# Tool results deserve the SAME clarity discipline (Chapter 4) as any prompt:\n",[33,967,968],{"class":35,"line":141},[33,969,970],{"class":241},"# - filter to what's relevant\n",[33,972,973],{"class":35,"line":149},[33,974,975],{"class":241},"# - use clear field names\n",[33,977,978],{"class":35,"line":160},[33,979,980],{"class":241},"# - convert raw blobs into clean summaries before entering the model's context\n",[33,982,983],{"class":35,"line":181},[33,984,985],{"class":241},"# - don't pass every field verbatim by default\n",[14,987,989],{"id":988},"error-handling-in-tool-calls","Error Handling in Tool Calls",[19,991,993],{"filename":992,"language":22},"error_result.json",[24,994,996],{"className":26,"code":995,"language":22,"meta":28,"style":28},"{\n  \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n  \"tool_use_id\": \"call_abc123\",\n  \"is_error\": true,\n  \"content\": \"Error: flight number 'AA123X' not found. Flight numbers should be an airline code (2 letters) followed by digits only.\"\n}\n",[30,997,998,1002,1013,1025,1037,1047],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,999,1000],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,1001,40],{"class":39},[33,1003,1004,1007,1009,1011],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,1005,1006],{"class":46},"  \"type\"",[33,1008,50],{"class":39},[33,1010,640],{"class":53},[33,1012,57],{"class":39},[33,1014,1015,1018,1020,1023],{"class":35,"line":60},[33,1016,1017],{"class":46},"  \"tool_use_id\"",[33,1019,50],{"class":39},[33,1021,1022],{"class":53},"\"call_abc123\"",[33,1024,57],{"class":39},[33,1026,1027,1030,1032,1035],{"class":35,"line":73},[33,1028,1029],{"class":46},"  \"is_error\"",[33,1031,50],{"class":39},[33,1033,1034],{"class":46},"true",[33,1036,57],{"class":39},[33,1038,1039,1042,1044],{"class":35,"line":82},[33,1040,1041],{"class":46},"  \"content\"",[33,1043,50],{"class":39},[33,1045,1046],{"class":53},"\"Error: flight number 'AA123X' not found. Flight numbers should be an airline code (2 letters) followed by digits only.\"\n",[33,1048,1049],{"class":35,"line":95},[33,1050,226],{"class":39},[19,1052,1054],{"filename":1053,"language":230},"error_handling.py",[24,1055,1057],{"className":233,"code":1056,"language":230,"meta":28,"style":28},"# Marking the result as an error + giving a specific actionable message lets the\n# model recover intelligently: retry with corrected input, call a different tool,\n# or tell the user what went wrong.\n\n# ANTI-PATTERN: passing a stack trace or cryptic error code as if it were valid data\n# The model will try to \"reason about\" the error text as if it's real data —\n# this is one of the most common causes of \"hallucination\" downstream. The model\n# isn't fabricating; it's doing its best to make sense of a tool result that looked\n# like real data but wasn't.\n\ndef execute_tool_safely(tool_name: str, tool_input: dict) -> dict:\n    \"\"\"Execute a tool call with proper error handling.\"\"\"\n    try:\n        result = TOOL_REGISTRY[tool_name](**tool_input)\n        return {\"type\": \"tool_result\", \"content\": str(result), \"is_error\": False}\n    except KeyError:\n        # Model hallucinated a tool that doesn't exist — validate against registry!\n        return {\n            \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n            \"is_error\": True,\n            \"content\": f\"Error: tool '{tool_name}' does not exist. Available tools: {list(TOOL_REGISTRY.keys())}\",\n        }\n    except ValidationError as e:\n        return {\n            \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n            \"is_error\": True,\n            \"content\": f\"Error: invalid input for '{tool_name}': {e}. Correct the parameters and retry.\",\n        }\n    except Exception as e:\n        return {\n            \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n            \"is_error\": True,\n            \"content\": f\"Error executing '{tool_name}': {type(e).__name__}: {e}\",\n        }\n",[30,1058,1059,1064,1069,1074,1078,1083,1088,1093,1098,1103,1107,1131,1136,1143,1161,1197,1207,1212,1219,1229,1240,1282,1287,1300,1306,1316,1326,1358,1362,1374,1380,1390,1400,1440],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,1060,1061],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,1062,1063],{"class":241},"# Marking the result as an error + giving a specific actionable message lets the\n",[33,1065,1066],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,1067,1068],{"class":241},"# model recover intelligently: retry with corrected input, call a different tool,\n",[33,1070,1071],{"class":35,"line":60},[33,1072,1073],{"class":241},"# or tell the user what went wrong.\n",[33,1075,1076],{"class":35,"line":73},[33,1077,346],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":345},[33,1079,1080],{"class":35,"line":82},[33,1081,1082],{"class":241},"# ANTI-PATTERN: passing a stack trace or cryptic error code as if it were valid data\n",[33,1084,1085],{"class":35,"line":95},[33,1086,1087],{"class":241},"# The model will try to \"reason about\" the error text as if it's real data —\n",[33,1089,1090],{"class":35,"line":103},[33,1091,1092],{"class":241},"# this is one of the most common causes of \"hallucination\" downstream. The model\n",[33,1094,1095],{"class":35,"line":111},[33,1096,1097],{"class":241},"# isn't fabricating; it's doing its best to make sense of a tool result that looked\n",[33,1099,1100],{"class":35,"line":124},[33,1101,1102],{"class":241},"# like real data but wasn't.\n",[33,1104,1105],{"class":35,"line":135},[33,1106,346],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":345},[33,1108,1109,1111,1114,1117,1119,1122,1124,1127,1129],{"class":35,"line":141},[33,1110,911],{"class":336},[33,1112,1113],{"class":914}," execute_tool_safely",[33,1115,1116],{"class":39},"(tool_name: ",[33,1118,662],{"class":46},[33,1120,1121],{"class":39},", tool_input: ",[33,1123,921],{"class":46},[33,1125,1126],{"class":39},") -> ",[33,1128,921],{"class":46},[33,1130,755],{"class":39},[33,1132,1133],{"class":35,"line":149},[33,1134,1135],{"class":53},"    \"\"\"Execute a tool call with proper error handling.\"\"\"\n",[33,1137,1138,1141],{"class":35,"line":160},[33,1139,1140],{"class":336},"    try",[33,1142,755],{"class":39},[33,1144,1145,1147,1149,1152,1155,1158],{"class":35,"line":181},[33,1146,615],{"class":39},[33,1148,354],{"class":336},[33,1150,1151],{"class":46}," TOOL_REGISTRY",[33,1153,1154],{"class":39},"[tool_name](",[33,1156,1157],{"class":336},"**",[33,1159,1160],{"class":39},"tool_input)\n",[33,1162,1163,1166,1169,1172,1174,1176,1178,1180,1182,1184,1187,1190,1192,1195],{"class":35,"line":191},[33,1164,1165],{"class":336},"        return",[33,1167,1168],{"class":39}," {",[33,1170,1171],{"class":53},"\"type\"",[33,1173,50],{"class":39},[33,1175,640],{"class":53},[33,1177,172],{"class":39},[33,1179,380],{"class":53},[33,1181,50],{"class":39},[33,1183,662],{"class":46},[33,1185,1186],{"class":39},"(result), ",[33,1188,1189],{"class":53},"\"is_error\"",[33,1191,50],{"class":39},[33,1193,1194],{"class":46},"False",[33,1196,226],{"class":39},[33,1198,1199,1202,1205],{"class":35,"line":197},[33,1200,1201],{"class":336},"    except",[33,1203,1204],{"class":46}," KeyError",[33,1206,755],{"class":39},[33,1208,1209],{"class":35,"line":203},[33,1210,1211],{"class":241},"        # Model hallucinated a tool that doesn't exist — validate against registry!\n",[33,1213,1214,1216],{"class":35,"line":217},[33,1215,1165],{"class":336},[33,1217,1218],{"class":39}," {\n",[33,1220,1221,1223,1225,1227],{"class":35,"line":223},[33,1222,635],{"class":53},[33,1224,50],{"class":39},[33,1226,640],{"class":53},[33,1228,57],{"class":39},[33,1230,1231,1233,1235,1238],{"class":35,"line":568},[33,1232,671],{"class":53},[33,1234,50],{"class":39},[33,1236,1237],{"class":46},"True",[33,1239,57],{"class":39},[33,1241,1242,1244,1246,1249,1252,1255,1258,1261,1264,1267,1269,1272,1275,1277,1280],{"class":35,"line":577},[33,1243,657],{"class":53},[33,1245,50],{"class":39},[33,1247,1248],{"class":336},"f",[33,1250,1251],{"class":53},"\"Error: tool '",[33,1253,1254],{"class":46},"{",[33,1256,1257],{"class":39},"tool_name",[33,1259,1260],{"class":46},"}",[33,1262,1263],{"class":53},"' does not exist. Available tools: ",[33,1265,1266],{"class":46},"{list",[33,1268,427],{"class":39},[33,1270,1271],{"class":46},"TOOL_REGISTRY",[33,1273,1274],{"class":39},".keys())",[33,1276,1260],{"class":46},[33,1278,1279],{"class":53},"\"",[33,1281,57],{"class":39},[33,1283,1284],{"class":35,"line":582},[33,1285,1286],{"class":39},"        }\n",[33,1288,1289,1291,1294,1297],{"class":35,"line":588},[33,1290,1201],{"class":336},[33,1292,1293],{"class":39}," ValidationError ",[33,1295,1296],{"class":336},"as",[33,1298,1299],{"class":39}," e:\n",[33,1301,1302,1304],{"class":35,"line":599},[33,1303,1165],{"class":336},[33,1305,1218],{"class":39},[33,1307,1308,1310,1312,1314],{"class":35,"line":612},[33,1309,635],{"class":53},[33,1311,50],{"class":39},[33,1313,640],{"class":53},[33,1315,57],{"class":39},[33,1317,1318,1320,1322,1324],{"class":35,"line":626},[33,1319,671],{"class":53},[33,1321,50],{"class":39},[33,1323,1237],{"class":46},[33,1325,57],{"class":39},[33,1327,1328,1330,1332,1334,1337,1339,1341,1343,1346,1348,1351,1353,1356],{"class":35,"line":632},[33,1329,657],{"class":53},[33,1331,50],{"class":39},[33,1333,1248],{"class":336},[33,1335,1336],{"class":53},"\"Error: invalid input for '",[33,1338,1254],{"class":46},[33,1340,1257],{"class":39},[33,1342,1260],{"class":46},[33,1344,1345],{"class":53},"': ",[33,1347,1254],{"class":46},[33,1349,1350],{"class":39},"e",[33,1352,1260],{"class":46},[33,1354,1355],{"class":53},". Correct the parameters and retry.\"",[33,1357,57],{"class":39},[33,1359,1360],{"class":35,"line":645},[33,1361,1286],{"class":39},[33,1363,1364,1366,1369,1372],{"class":35,"line":654},[33,1365,1201],{"class":336},[33,1367,1368],{"class":46}," Exception",[33,1370,1371],{"class":336}," as",[33,1373,1299],{"class":39},[33,1375,1376,1378],{"class":35,"line":668},[33,1377,1165],{"class":336},[33,1379,1218],{"class":39},[33,1381,1382,1384,1386,1388],{"class":35,"line":691},[33,1383,635],{"class":53},[33,1385,50],{"class":39},[33,1387,640],{"class":53},[33,1389,57],{"class":39},[33,1391,1392,1394,1396,1398],{"class":35,"line":697},[33,1393,671],{"class":53},[33,1395,50],{"class":39},[33,1397,1237],{"class":46},[33,1399,57],{"class":39},[33,1401,1402,1404,1406,1408,1411,1413,1415,1417,1419,1422,1425,1428,1430,1432,1434,1436,1438],{"class":35,"line":715},[33,1403,657],{"class":53},[33,1405,50],{"class":39},[33,1407,1248],{"class":336},[33,1409,1410],{"class":53},"\"Error executing '",[33,1412,1254],{"class":46},[33,1414,1257],{"class":39},[33,1416,1260],{"class":46},[33,1418,1345],{"class":53},[33,1420,1421],{"class":46},"{type",[33,1423,1424],{"class":39},"(e).",[33,1426,1427],{"class":46},"__name__}",[33,1429,50],{"class":53},[33,1431,1254],{"class":46},[33,1433,1350],{"class":39},[33,1435,1260],{"class":46},[33,1437,1279],{"class":53},[33,1439,57],{"class":39},[33,1441,1442],{"class":35,"line":720},[33,1443,1286],{"class":39},[14,1445,1447],{"id":1446},"parallel-tool-calls","Parallel Tool Calls",[19,1449,1451],{"filename":1450,"language":230},"parallel_tools.py",[24,1452,1454],{"className":233,"code":1453,"language":230,"meta":28,"style":28},"import asyncio\n\nasync def execute_all_concurrent(tool_calls: list) -> list:\n    \"\"\"Execute all tool calls requested in a single turn concurrently.\"\"\"\n    results = await asyncio.gather(*[\n        execute_tool_async(call.name, call.input) for call in tool_calls\n    ], return_exceptions=True)\n\n    # Convert exceptions to proper error results\n    tool_results = []\n    for call, result in zip(tool_calls, results):\n        if isinstance(result, Exception):\n            tool_results.append({\n                \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n                \"tool_use_id\": call.id,\n                \"is_error\": True,\n                \"content\": f\"Error: {result}\",\n            })\n        else:\n            tool_results.append({\n                \"type\": \"tool_result\",\n                \"tool_use_id\": call.id,\n                \"content\": str(result),\n            })\n    return tool_results\n\n# If the model requests weather for 3 independent cities in one turn, executing\n# concurrently costs ~latency of the SLOWEST call, not the SUM.\n# CAUTION: don't assume \"model requested them together\" = \"safe to run concurrently\"\n# Two calls that both modify the same resource, batched in one turn, can produce\n# a different (wrong) result than if they'd run sequentially. 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Usually needs human confirmation (Chapter 14).\"",[33,1788,57],{"class":39},[33,1790,1791,1794,1796,1799],{"class":35,"line":82},[33,1792,1793],{"class":53},"    \"purely style\u002Ftone\u002Fformat\"",[33,1795,50],{"class":39},[33,1797,1798],{"class":53},"\"PROMPT — system prompt instruction, not a tool.\"",[33,1800,57],{"class":39},[33,1802,1803,1806,1808,1811],{"class":35,"line":95},[33,1804,1805],{"class":53},"    \"deterministic, cheap in your code\"",[33,1807,50],{"class":39},[33,1809,1810],{"class":53},"\"DEBATABLE — sometimes better to compute in app code and inject result directly, skipping a model round-trip.\"",[33,1812,57],{"class":39},[33,1814,1815],{"class":35,"line":103},[33,1816,226],{"class":39},[33,1818,1819],{"class":35,"line":111},[33,1820,346],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":345},[33,1822,1823],{"class":35,"line":124},[33,1824,1825],{"class":241},"# PRINCIPLE: reach for a tool when the model needs either:\n",[33,1827,1828],{"class":35,"line":135},[33,1829,1830],{"class":241},"# - information it structurally CANNOT have (current, private, exact computation)\n",[33,1832,1833],{"class":35,"line":141},[33,1834,1835],{"class":241},"# - the ability to trigger a real ACTION\n",[33,1837,1838],{"class":35,"line":149},[33,1839,1840],{"class":241},"# NOT as a general-purpose way to make a prompt more \"structured.\"\n",[33,1842,1843],{"class":35,"line":160},[33,1844,1845],{"class":241},"# Chapter 7's structured-output techniques are for \"shape this response as JSON.\"\n",[33,1847,1848],{"class":35,"line":181},[33,1849,1850],{"class":241},"# Tool use is for \"decide whether and how to interact with something outside the model.\"\n",[14,1852,1854],{"id":1853},"tips-tricks","💡 Tips & Tricks",[19,1856,1858],{"filename":1857,"language":230},"tips.py",[24,1859,1861],{"className":233,"code":1860,"language":230,"meta":28,"style":28},"# [Idiom] Write tool descriptions like briefing a new teammate, not API docs.\n# \"Use this when the user asks about X, and specifically NOT for Y\" is more useful\n# than a terse formal one-liner — it addresses the SELECTION decision.\n\n# [Idiom] Give the model an explicit \"no tool needed\" escape hatch. 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