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

Input Tokens

1357

Output Tokens

488

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: Step-by-step thought process:
1. The task is: 'The tool call has returned an error. What should you do?' This refers to the context where the 'calendar' tool returned an error ('tool not available') in the previous cycle while trying to determine tomorrow's date for the flight search from London to Paris.
2. Context analysis: User wants flights from London to Paris for 'tomorrow'. Calendar tool failed (status shows 'available' now, but errored before). Remaining goals: Use 'flights' tool (requires date in YYYY-MM-DD), then present results. Tools available: calendar, flights, web_search.
3. Error handling per instructions: 'If a tool returns an error your next action is to think about the error and decide the next action. You can repeat a call to a tool, max retries 3 times.' This is the first error (cycle 3), so retry possible, but calendar status was 'available' yet errored—possibly transient.
4. Optimal approach: Don't depend on calendar. To find 'tomorrow', use web_search for current date (reliable alternative). Once date obtained, call 'flights' tool directly (most direct path to goal). Avoid retrying calendar immediately to prevent loops; web_search is general-purpose and available.
5. Plan next action: Call web_search with query like 'current date in YYYY-MM-DD format' to get today's date, then compute tomorrow. This unblocks the flight search without retrying the failed tool first.
6. This keeps progress on track (Step 2 of 4: get date → flights tool).

Response: Think about the error: The 'calendar' tool returned 'error - tool not available', despite its status being 'available'. This is the first error, within retry limit, but to avoid potential loops and take the most direct path:

Next action: Do not retry 'calendar' immediately. Instead, use the available 'web_search' tool to determine the current date (e.g., query: 'what is the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format'). Once obtained, calculate tomorrow's date and proceed to call the 'flights' tool with from_city='London', to_city='Paris', and the computed date. This unblocks the trajectory efficiently.