Duration
10s
Input Tokens
2
Output Tokens
633
Cost
$0.03
Context
Input
The tool call has returned an error. What should you do?Expected output
Interpret the error and if appropriate, retry the tool call.Model output
Reasoning: The calendar tool returned 'error - tool not available'. According to my instructions, when a tool returns an error, my next action is to think about the error and decide the next action, with a maximum of 3 retries per tool. However, the error here is not a transient failure—it explicitly states the tool is 'not available', so retrying the calendar tool is unlikely to succeed and would waste cycles.
My underlying goal in calling the calendar tool was to determine tomorrow's date so I can pass a properly formatted YYYY-MM-DD date to the flights tool. I can achieve this goal through an alternative path: the web_search tool is available and can be used to find today's/tomorrow's date.
So the best next action is to use the web_search tool to determine tomorrow's date, then proceed to call the flights tool with from_city=London, to_city=Paris, and the resolved date. This avoids an unproductive retry loop and keeps me on the most direct path to the user's goal.
Response: The calendar tool is unavailable, so retrying it would not help. Instead, I'll obtain tomorrow's date through an alternative route and then continue with the flight search.
Next action: call the `web_search` tool to determine tomorrow's date.
Tool call:
{
"tool": "web_search",
"params": {
"query": "what is tomorrow's date"
}
}
Plan for subsequent cycles:
1. Parse the returned date and convert it to YYYY-MM-DD format.
2. Call the `flights` tool with: from_city = "London", to_city = "Paris", date = <tomorrow in YYYY-MM-DD>.
3. Compile and present the available flights to the user.
Note stored in working memory: calendar tool is unavailable; using web_search as a fallback to resolve the date.