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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.

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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: When a tool call returns an error, I need to carefully analyze the situation and determine the best course of action. Let me break this down step by step:

1. First, examine the error: The calendar tool returned an error 'tool not available' despite being listed as available in the tools list.

2. Consider the immediate need: To find flights from London to Paris for tomorrow, I need tomorrow's date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

3. Review my options:
   - Retry the calendar tool (up to 3 retries are allowed)
   - Use an alternative tool (web_search) to get the date information
   - Ask the user to provide the date directly

4. Evaluate the path forward: Since this is the first error with the calendar tool, trying again is reasonable. If it fails again, I should pivot to an alternative approach using web_search or asking the user.

Response: When a tool call returns an error, you should take the following steps:

1. Analyze the error message to understand what went wrong
2. Consider if this is a temporary issue or a fundamental problem
3. Decide on the next action based on the error type:
   - For a retryable error: Attempt the same tool call again (up to 3 retries maximum)
   - For a non-retryable error: Use an alternative approach or tool
   - If no alternative is available: Inform the user and ask for additional information or clarification

In this specific case with the calendar tool error, I would first attempt to call the calendar tool again. If it fails a second time, I would use the web_search tool to find the current date, calculate tomorrow's date, and then proceed with the flights tool search for London to Paris.