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.

Duration

11s

Input Tokens

1235

Output Tokens

457

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: 
1. **Understanding the Error**:
   - The error occurred when attempting to call the 'calendar' tool, which was marked as 'not available' in the previous cycle. However, the current context shows the 'calendar' tool is now listed as 'available'. This discrepancy suggests the error might have been temporary or a false negative.

2. **Analyzing the Task**:
   - The user's goal is to find available flights from London to Paris for tomorrow. To use the 'flights' tool, we need the travel date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Since the 'calendar' tool was initially unavailable, we couldn't retrieve tomorrow's date, which blocked progress.

3. **Evaluating Next Steps**:
   - **Option 1**: Retry the 'calendar' tool. Since the tool is now marked as 'available', it might work this time. This is the most direct path to obtaining the date.
   - **Option 2**: Use the 'web_search' tool to find tomorrow's date. This is a fallback but less efficient since the 'calendar' tool is designed for this purpose.
   - **Option 3**: Manually calculate tomorrow's date. This is error-prone and not scalable, so it should be avoided.

4. **Decision**:
   - Retry the 'calendar' tool. It is the most efficient and reliable method to get the date. If it fails again, we can reassess and consider the 'web_search' tool as a fallback.

5. **Plan**:
   - Call the 'calendar' tool again to retrieve tomorrow's date.
   - If successful, proceed to use the 'flights' tool with the retrieved date.
   - If it fails again, note the retry count and consider alternative methods.
    

Response: Retry the 'calendar' tool to retrieve tomorrow's date. This is the most direct and efficient next step to unblock the flight search process. If the tool succeeds, proceed to use the 'flights' tool with the retrieved date. If it fails again, I will reassess and consider using the 'web_search' tool as a fallback.