Agents

AI agent reasoning and tool selection tests planning, tool choice, and self-diagnosis capabilities. These skills are crucial for autonomous ticket triage systems and complex agent workflows where models must decide which tools to use, plan multi-step processes, and diagnose when things go wrong. This represents some of the most challenging tasks as they require open-ended reasoning and decision-making.

100
Duration
18s
Input Tokens
1285
Output Tokens
501
Cost
$0.00
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: Looking at the context, I can see that:

1. The user requested information about flights from London to Paris for tomorrow
2. In the previous cycle, I attempted to call the calendar tool to determine tomorrow's date
3. The calendar tool returned an error: 'tool not available'
4. However, looking at the current tools list, the calendar tool shows status: 'available'
5. This suggests the error was temporary or transient
6. I'm currently in cycle 3 and need to decide the next action after this tool error
7. The instructions specify that if a tool returns an error, I should think about the error and decide the next action, with a maximum of 3 retries allowed

Given this situation, I have several options:
1. Retry the calendar tool call (since it shows as available now)
2. Use the web_search tool to find today's date
3. Make an assumption about tomorrow's date and proceed with the flights search

Since the calendar tool now shows as available and I haven't exceeded the retry limit, the most logical next action is to retry the calendar tool call. This will help me get the exact date needed for the flights tool, which requires the date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Response: Since the calendar tool call returned an error but the tool is currently showing as 'available' in the tools list, this appears to be a temporary issue. According to the instructions, when a tool returns an error, I should think about the error and decide the next action, with up to 3 retries allowed.

My next action should be to retry the calendar tool call to determine tomorrow's date. This is necessary because:
1. The flights tool requires a date in YYYY-MM-DD format
2. The user specifically asked for flights 'for tomorrow'
3. I haven't exceeded the maximum retry limit of 3 attempts
4. The calendar tool is now showing as available

After successfully getting tomorrow's date from the calendar tool, I can then proceed to use the flights tool to search for available flights from London to Paris for that specific date.