Tool Message
Tool messages are used to describe agent-tool usage events within the context of a conversation. Typically a user will prompt an agent who will decide which tool
name to use (if any), an optional input and an optional Chain-of-Thought thought.After running the tool an additional
observation is generated. Example:
{
"type": "tool"
"name": "football_api_tool",
"thought": "I should check what time the football club is open today using football_api_tool",
"input": {"event": "opening_hours", "filter": "day_of_week=Tuesday"},
"observation": "0800-1600",
"event_timestamp": "2020-02-20T20:20:23Z"
}
Field Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
type | String | Tool identifier. | |
name | String | Tool name | |
thought | String | Chain-of-Thought reasoning. | |
input | Object | Collection of tool arguments. | |
observation | String | Tool execution result. | |
event_timestamp | Timestamp (ISO 8601) | The timestamp of when this message was sent or received. |
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