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import { BetaRunnableTool } from './BetaRunnableTool';
import { ToolError } from './ToolError';
import { Anthropic } from '../..';
import { AnthropicError } from '../../core/error';
import {
BetaCompactionConfig,
BetaContentBlock,
BetaContentBlockParam,
BetaMessage,
BetaMessageParam,
BetaOutputConfig,
BetaRequestToolAdditionBlock,
BetaRequestToolRemovalBlock,
BetaStopReason,
BetaToolUnion,
MessageCreateParams,
} from '../../resources/beta';
import { BetaMessageStream } from '../BetaMessageStream';
import { RequestOptions } from '../../internal/request-options';
import { buildHeaders } from '../../internal/headers';
import { promiseWithResolvers } from '../../internal/utils/promise';
import { checkNever } from '../../internal/utils/values';
import { loggerFor } from '../../internal/utils/log';
import { CompactionControl, DEFAULT_SUMMARY_PROMPT, DEFAULT_TOKEN_THRESHOLD } from './CompactionControl';
import {
collectStainlessHelpers,
helperHeader,
STAINLESS_HELPER_HEADER,
} from '../../internal/stainless-helper-header';
import type { Simplify } from '../internal/types';
/**
* A ToolRunner handles the automatic conversation loop between the assistant and tools.
*
* A ToolRunner is an async iterable that yields either BetaMessage or BetaMessageStream objects
* depending on the streaming configuration.
*/
export class BetaToolRunner<Stream extends boolean> {
/** Whether the async iterator has been consumed */
#consumed = false;
/** Whether parameters have been mutated since the last API call */
#mutated = false;
/** Current state containing the request parameters */
#state: { params: BetaToolRunnerParams };
#options: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions;
/** Promise for the last message received from the assistant */
#message?: Promise<BetaMessage> | undefined;
/** The stream of the request in progress, when streaming */
#stream?: BetaMessageStream | undefined;
/** Cached tool response to avoid redundant executions */
#toolResponse?: Promise<BetaMessageParam | null> | undefined;
/** Promise resolvers for waiting on completion */
#completion: {
promise: Promise<BetaMessage>;
resolve: (value: BetaMessage) => void;
reject: (reason?: any) => void;
};
/** Number of iterations (API requests) made so far */
#iterationCount = 0;
/** A compaction scheduled with `compactBeforeNextTurn()`, in flight until its response has been handled */
#compaction: Compaction = { status: 'idle' };
/** The last turn's stop reason, or `null` once the history has been replaced since */
#lastStopReason: BetaStopReason | null = null;
/**
* `addTools()` / `removeTools()` never edit `params.tools`, because a changed `tools` misses the prompt
* cache, so what they change about which tool runs under a name is kept here instead: the runnable tool
* added under that name, or `null` once the name was removed or taken by a raw definition. A tool call is
* looked up here first, and in `params.tools` only when its name has no entry.
*/
#toolOverrides = new Map<string, BetaRunnableTool<any> | null>();
/** Changes queued by `addTools()` / `removeTools()`, in call order, for the next request */
#pendingToolChanges: PendingToolChange[] = [];
constructor(
private client: Anthropic,
params: BetaToolRunnerParams,
options?: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions,
) {
rejectCompactionParam(params);
this.#state = {
params: {
// You can't clone the entire params since there are functions as handlers.
// You also don't really need to clone params.messages, but it probably will prevent a foot gun
// somewhere.
...params,
// Not structuredClone(): it throws on a function, and a runnable tool written by value into a
// `tool_addition` block has `run`. A JSON copy is the messages as they are sent, which drops it.
messages: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(params.messages)),
},
};
// Cloning drops symbol-keyed properties, so collect helper marks
// from the original params here — the create()-side collector won't see
// them on the cloned messages.
const collected = collectStainlessHelpers(params.tools, params.messages);
this.#options = {
...options,
headers: buildHeaders([
helperHeader('BetaToolRunner'),
collected.length ? { [STAINLESS_HELPER_HEADER]: collected.join(', ') } : undefined,
options?.headers,
]),
};
this.#completion = promiseWithResolvers();
if (params.compactionControl?.enabled) {
console.warn(
'Anthropic: The `compactionControl` parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. ' +
'Use server-side compaction instead by passing `edits: [{ type: "compact_20260112" }]` in the params passed to `toolRunner()`. ' +
'See https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/compaction',
);
}
}
async #checkAndCompact(): Promise<boolean> {
const compactionControl = this.#state.params.compactionControl;
if (!compactionControl || !compactionControl.enabled) {
return false;
}
let tokensUsed = 0;
if (this.#message !== undefined) {
try {
const message = await this.#message;
const totalInputTokens =
message.usage.input_tokens +
(message.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens ?? 0) +
(message.usage.cache_read_input_tokens ?? 0);
tokensUsed = totalInputTokens + message.usage.output_tokens;
} catch {
// If we can't get the message, skip compaction
return false;
}
}
const threshold = compactionControl.contextTokenThreshold ?? DEFAULT_TOKEN_THRESHOLD;
if (tokensUsed < threshold) {
return false;
}
const model = compactionControl.model ?? this.#state.params.model;
const summaryPrompt = compactionControl.summaryPrompt ?? DEFAULT_SUMMARY_PROMPT;
const messages = this.#state.params.messages;
if (messages[messages.length - 1]!.role === 'assistant') {
// Remove tool_use blocks from the last message to avoid 400 error
// (tool_use requires tool_result, which we don't have yet)
const lastMessage = messages[messages.length - 1]!;
if (Array.isArray(lastMessage.content)) {
const nonToolBlocks = lastMessage.content.filter((block) => block.type !== 'tool_use');
if (nonToolBlocks.length === 0) {
// If all blocks were tool_use, just remove the message entirely
messages.pop();
} else {
lastMessage.content = nonToolBlocks;
}
}
}
const response = await this.client.beta.messages.create(
{
model,
messages: [
...messages,
{
role: 'user',
content: [
{
type: 'text',
text: summaryPrompt,
},
],
},
],
max_tokens: this.#state.params.max_tokens,
},
{
signal: this.#options.signal,
headers: buildHeaders([this.#options.headers, helperHeader('compaction')]),
},
);
if (response.content[0]?.type !== 'text') {
throw new AnthropicError('Expected text response for compaction');
}
// Must run before the history is replaced: a removal the caller wrote into it is known only from it.
this.#recordRemovalsFromHistory();
this.#lastStopReason = null;
this.#state.params.messages = [
{
role: 'user',
content: asContentParam(response.content),
},
];
return true;
}
async *[Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<
Stream extends true ? BetaMessageStream
: Stream extends false ? BetaMessage
: BetaMessage | BetaMessageStream
> {
if (this.#consumed) {
throw new AnthropicError('Cannot iterate over a consumed stream');
}
this.#consumed = true;
this.#mutated = true;
this.#toolResponse = undefined;
try {
while (true) {
try {
if (
this.#state.params.max_iterations &&
this.#iterationCount >= this.#state.params.max_iterations
) {
break;
}
this.#flushPendingToolChanges();
// The API can't compact a conversation that ends mid-turn, so a paused turn is resumed first.
if (
this.#compaction.status === 'scheduled' &&
determineNextStepFromStopReason(this.#lastStopReason) !== 'resume'
) {
yield* this.#compact(this.#compaction.config);
continue;
}
this.#mutated = false;
this.#toolResponse = undefined;
this.#iterationCount++;
this.#message = undefined;
const { max_iterations, compactionControl, ...params } = this.#state.params;
yield* this.#send(params);
const isCompacted = await this.#checkAndCompact();
if (!isCompacted) {
if (!this.#mutated) {
const message = await this.#message!;
const nextStep = determineNextStepFromStopReason(message.stop_reason);
this.#lastStopReason = message.stop_reason;
this.#state.params.messages.push({
role: message.role,
content: asContentParam(message.content),
});
// Container-bound server tools reject a follow-up request that omits the container the
// previous turn ran in, so carry its id forward unless the caller pinned one themselves.
const { container } = this.#state.params;
if (message.container) {
if (container == null) {
this.#state.params.container = message.container.id;
} else if (typeof container === 'object' && container.id == null) {
this.#state.params.container = { ...container, id: message.container.id };
}
}
if (nextStep === 'stop') {
yield* this.#compactAfterFinalTurn();
break;
}
if (nextStep === 'resume') {
continue;
}
} else {
// The caller has taken over the history, so the last response no longer says how it ends.
this.#lastStopReason = null;
}
const toolMessage = await this.#generateToolResponse(this.#state.params.messages.at(-1)!);
if (toolMessage) {
this.#state.params.messages.push(toolMessage);
} else if (!this.#mutated) {
yield* this.#compactAfterFinalTurn();
break;
}
}
} finally {
this.#stream?.abort();
this.#stream = undefined;
}
}
if (!this.#message) {
throw new AnthropicError('ToolRunner concluded without a message from the server');
}
this.#completion.resolve(await this.#message);
} catch (error) {
this.#consumed = false;
// Silence unhandled promise errors
this.#completion.promise.catch(() => {});
this.#completion.reject(error);
this.#completion = promiseWithResolvers();
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Sends one request and yields its message, or its stream when streaming. `#message` and `#stream` are set
* before the yield, so they are there while the caller handles the item; the loop aborts the stream at the
* end of the iteration.
*/
async *#send(params: MessageCreateParams): AsyncGenerator<BetaToolRunnerItem<Stream>, void, undefined> {
if (params.stream) {
this.#stream = this.client.beta.messages.stream({ ...params }, this.#options);
this.#message = this.#stream.finalMessage();
// Make sure that this promise doesn't throw before we get the option to do something about it.
// Error will be caught when we call await this.#message ultimately
this.#message.catch(() => {});
yield this.#stream as any;
} else {
this.#message = this.client.beta.messages.create({ ...params, stream: false }, this.#options);
yield this.#message as any;
}
}
async *#compact(
compaction: BetaCompactionConfig,
): AsyncGenerator<BetaToolRunnerItem<Stream>, void, undefined> {
rejectCompactionEdit(this.#state.params);
const { max_iterations, compactionControl, ...requestParams } = this.#state.params;
const params = withoutCompactionIncompatibleParams(requestParams);
this.#compaction = { status: 'in_flight' };
this.#toolResponse = undefined;
const lastMessage = this.#message;
try {
yield* this.#send({ ...params, compaction });
const message = await this.#message!;
if (message.content.some((block) => block.type === 'compaction' && block.content)) {
this.#recordRemovalsFromHistory();
// The response has to be sent back as it came, first, replacing the messages it summarizes.
this.#state.params.messages = [{ role: message.role, content: message.content }];
} else {
loggerFor(this.client).warn('Compaction produced no summary; keeping the conversation as it is.');
// If the run ends here, `done()` resolves to the last real message rather than this response.
this.#message = lastMessage;
}
} finally {
this.#compaction = { status: 'idle' };
}
}
/** The tools the runner runs, by name: the runnable tools in `params.tools` with the overrides applied */
#runnableTools(): Map<string, BetaRunnableTool<any>> {
const runnable = new Map<string, BetaRunnableTool<any>>();
for (const tool of this.#state.params.tools) {
if ('run' in tool) {
runnable.set(tool.name, tool);
}
}
for (const [name, tool] of this.#toolOverrides) {
if (tool) {
runnable.set(name, tool);
} else {
runnable.delete(name);
}
}
return runnable;
}
/**
* The names of the runnable tools the model can still call. The queued changes are folded in too:
* they apply from when they are made, not from when they are sent.
*/
#availableToolNames(): Set<string> {
const available = new Set(this.#runnableTools().keys());
for (const message of [...this.#state.params.messages, this.#pendingToolChangesMessage()]) {
if (typeof message.content === 'string') {
continue;
}
for (const block of message.content) {
if (message.role === 'system') {
applyToolChange(block, available);
} else if (message.role === 'assistant' && block.type === 'compaction') {
// A compaction block's tool_changes stand in for the system messages of the turns it summarized.
for (const change of block.tool_changes ?? []) {
applyToolChange(change, available);
}
}
}
}
return available;
}
/** Records in the overrides, which outlive the history, every runnable tool the history reports removed */
#recordRemovalsFromHistory(): void {
const available = this.#availableToolNames();
for (const name of this.#runnableTools().keys()) {
if (!available.has(name)) {
this.#toolOverrides.set(name, null);
}
}
}
async *#compactAfterFinalTurn(): AsyncGenerator<BetaToolRunnerItem<Stream>, void, undefined> {
if (this.#compaction.status !== 'scheduled') {
return;
}
const lastContent = this.#state.params.messages.at(-1)?.content;
if (Array.isArray(lastContent) && lastContent.some((block) => block.type === 'tool_use')) {
// A turn that was cut short can end with tool calls that are never run, and the API can't
// compact a conversation whose last turn has an unanswered tool call.
loggerFor(this.client).warn(
'The pending compaction was skipped because the last turn ended with tool calls that were not run. ' +
'Call `compactBeforeNextTurn()` again if you continue the conversation.',
);
this.#compaction = { status: 'idle' };
return;
}
yield* this.#compact(this.#compaction.config);
}
/**
* Update the parameters for the next API call. This invalidates any cached tool responses.
*
* @param paramsOrMutator - Either new parameters or a function to mutate existing parameters
*
* @example
* // Direct parameter update
* runner.setMessagesParams({
* model: 'claude-haiku-4-5',
* max_tokens: 500,
* });
*
* @example
* // Using a mutator function
* runner.setMessagesParams((params) => ({
* ...params,
* max_tokens: 100,
* }));
*/
setMessagesParams(params: BetaToolRunnerParams): void;
setMessagesParams(mutator: (prevParams: BetaToolRunnerParams) => BetaToolRunnerParams): void;
setMessagesParams(
paramsOrMutator: BetaToolRunnerParams | ((prevParams: BetaToolRunnerParams) => BetaToolRunnerParams),
) {
const params =
typeof paramsOrMutator === 'function' ? paramsOrMutator(this.#state.params) : paramsOrMutator;
rejectCompactionParam(params);
if (this.#compaction.status !== 'idle') {
rejectCompactionEdit(params);
}
if (this.#compaction.status === 'in_flight' && params.messages !== this.#state.params.messages) {
throw new AnthropicError(
"Message params can't be changed while the conversation is being compacted, because the compaction " +
'response is about to replace them. Change them after this iteration instead.',
);
}
this.#state.params = params;
this.#mutated = true;
// Invalidate cached tool response since parameters changed
this.#toolResponse = undefined;
}
/**
* Update the request options for future API calls.
*
* @param optionsOrMutator - Either new options or a function to mutate existing options
*
* @example
* // Direct options update
* runner.setRequestOptions({
* signal: controller.signal,
* });
*
* @example
* // Using a mutator function
* runner.setRequestOptions((prevOptions) => ({
* ...prevOptions,
* signal: controller.signal,
* }));
*/
setRequestOptions(options: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions): void;
setRequestOptions(
mutator: (prevOptions: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions) => BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions,
): void;
setRequestOptions(
optionsOrMutator:
| BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions
| ((prevOptions: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions) => BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions),
) {
if (typeof optionsOrMutator === 'function') {
this.#options = optionsOrMutator(this.#options);
} else {
this.#options = { ...this.#options, ...optionsOrMutator };
}
}
/**
* Get the tool response for the last message from the assistant.
* Avoids redundant tool executions by caching results.
*
* @returns A promise that resolves to a BetaMessageParam containing tool results, or null if no tools need to be executed
*
* @example
* const toolResponse = await runner.generateToolResponse();
* if (toolResponse) {
* console.log('Tool results:', toolResponse.content);
* }
*/
async generateToolResponse(signal: AbortSignal | null | undefined = this.#options.signal) {
const message = (await this.#message) ?? this.params.messages.at(-1);
if (!message) {
return null;
}
return this.#generateToolResponse(message, signal);
}
async #generateToolResponse(
lastMessage: BetaMessage | BetaMessageParam,
signal: AbortSignal | null | undefined = this.#options.signal,
) {
if (this.#toolResponse !== undefined) {
return this.#toolResponse;
}
this.#toolResponse = generateToolResponse(
this.#runnableTools(),
this.#availableToolNames(),
lastMessage,
{ ...this.#options, signal },
);
return this.#toolResponse;
}
/**
* Wait for the async iterator to complete. This works even if the async iterator hasn't yet started, and
* will wait for an instance to start and go to completion.
*
* @returns A promise that resolves to the final BetaMessage when the iterator completes
*
* @example
* // Start consuming the iterator
* for await (const message of runner) {
* console.log('Message:', message.content);
* }
*
* // Meanwhile, wait for completion from another part of the code
* const finalMessage = await runner.done();
* console.log('Final response:', finalMessage.content);
*/
done(): Promise<BetaMessage> {
return this.#completion.promise;
}
/**
* Returns a promise indicating that the stream is done. Unlike .done(), this will eagerly read the stream:
* * If the iterator has not been consumed, consume the entire iterator and return the final message from the
* assistant.
* * If the iterator has been consumed, waits for it to complete and returns the final message.
*
* @returns A promise that resolves to the final BetaMessage from the conversation
* @throws {AnthropicError} If no messages were processed during the conversation
*
* @example
* const finalMessage = await runner.runUntilDone();
* console.log('Final response:', finalMessage.content);
*/
async runUntilDone(): Promise<BetaMessage> {
// If not yet consumed, start consuming and wait for completion
if (!this.#consumed) {
for await (const _ of this) {
// Iterator naturally populates this.#message
}
}
// If consumed but not completed, wait for completion
return this.done();
}
/**
* Get the current parameters being used by the ToolRunner.
*
* @returns A readonly view of the current ToolRunnerParams
*
* @example
* const currentParams = runner.params;
* console.log('Current model:', currentParams.model);
* console.log('Message count:', currentParams.messages.length);
*/
get params(): Readonly<BetaToolRunnerParams> {
return this.#state.params as Readonly<BetaToolRunnerParams>;
}
/**
* Add one or more messages to the conversation history.
*
* @param messages - One or more BetaMessageParam objects to add to the conversation
*
* @example
* runner.pushMessages(
* { role: 'user', content: 'Also, what about the weather in NYC?' }
* );
*
* @example
* // Adding multiple messages
* runner.pushMessages(
* { role: 'user', content: 'What about NYC?' },
* { role: 'user', content: 'And Boston?' }
* );
*/
pushMessages(...messages: BetaMessageParam[]) {
this.setMessagesParams((params) => ({
...params,
messages: [...params.messages, ...messages],
}));
}
/**
* Schedule a compaction of the conversation. Once the current turn has finished, including any tool
* calls, the runner requests a summary and replaces the message history with the compaction response,
* which is yielded like any other message. Requires the `compact-2026-09-04` beta.
*
* @param compaction - The config to send, as `messages.create()` takes it. Defaults to `{ type: 'summarize' }`
*
* @example
* for await (const message of runner) {
* if (message.usage.input_tokens > 100_000) {
* runner.compactBeforeNextTurn();
* }
* }
*/
compactBeforeNextTurn(compaction?: BetaCompactionConfig): void {
if (this.#compaction.status === 'in_flight') {
return;
}
rejectCompactionEdit(this.#state.params);
this.#compaction = { status: 'scheduled', config: compaction ?? { type: 'summarize' } };
}
/**
* Give the model more tools without changing `params.tools`, which would miss the prompt cache.
*
* Each tool's whole definition is sent in a `tool_addition` block with the next request, and a
* runnable tool replaces a runnable tool of the same name straight away, even for a call already in
* the message being handled. A raw definition is only sent: the runner never runs it, and stops
* running a tool of the same name. Requires the `inline-tools-2026-09-15` beta, which the runner does
* not add for you.
*
* @param tools - Runnable tools (for example from `betaZodTool()`) or raw tool definitions
*
* @example
* runner.addTools(queryDatabaseTool);
*/
addTools(...tools: (BetaRunnableTool<any> | BetaToolUnion)[]): void {
for (const tool of tools) {
// A definition without a `name` (an `mcp_toolset`) is nothing the runner runs or stops running.
if ('name' in tool) {
this.#toolOverrides.set(tool.name, 'run' in tool ? tool : null);
}
this.#pendingToolChanges.push({ type: 'addition', tool });
}
}
/**
* Take tools away from the model without changing `params.tools`, which would miss the prompt cache.
*
* The tools stop being run straight away: a call to one of them, even one in the message being
* handled, gets the same "not found" error result as a call to an unknown tool. The model is told
* in a `tool_removal` block with the next request. Use {@link addTools} to bring a tool back.
* Requires the `inline-tools-2026-09-15` beta, which the runner does not add for you.
*
* @param tools - The tools to remove, or their names
*
* @example
* runner.removeTools('query_database');
*/
removeTools(...tools: (BetaRunnableTool<any> | string)[]): void {
for (const tool of tools) {
const name = typeof tool === 'string' ? tool : tool.name;
this.#toolOverrides.set(name, null);
this.#pendingToolChanges.push({ type: 'removal', name });
}
}
#flushPendingToolChanges() {
// A paused turn has to go back as the last message, so the changes wait for the request after it.
if (this.#lastStopReason === 'pause_turn' || this.#pendingToolChanges.length === 0) {
return;
}
// Not pushMessages(): that marks the params as changed by the caller, and the runner would then
// leave this turn's assistant message and tool results for the caller to append.
this.#state.params.messages.push(this.#pendingToolChangesMessage());
this.#pendingToolChanges = [];
}
/** The queued changes as the system message that carries them */
#pendingToolChangesMessage(): BetaMessageParam {
const content: Array<BetaRequestToolAdditionBlock | BetaRequestToolRemovalBlock> = [];
for (const change of this.#pendingToolChanges) {
if (change.type === 'removal') {
content.push({ type: 'tool_removal', tool: { type: 'tool_reference', name: change.name } });
continue;
}
// The functions stay out of the definition that is sent.
let definition: BetaToolUnion = change.tool;
if ('run' in change.tool) {
const { run, parse, close, ...rest } = change.tool;
definition = rest;
}
content.push({ type: 'tool_addition', tool: { type: 'tool_definition', definition } });
}
return { role: 'system', content };
}
/**
* Makes the ToolRunner directly awaitable, equivalent to calling .runUntilDone()
* This allows using `await runner` instead of `await runner.runUntilDone()`
*/
then<TResult1 = BetaMessage, TResult2 = never>(
onfulfilled?: ((value: BetaMessage) => TResult1 | PromiseLike<TResult1>) | undefined | null,
onrejected?: ((reason: any) => TResult2 | PromiseLike<TResult2>) | undefined | null,
): Promise<TResult1 | TResult2> {
return this.runUntilDone().then(onfulfilled, onrejected);
}
}
function rejectCompactionParam(params: BetaToolRunnerParams): void {
if ('compaction' in params && params.compaction != null) {
throw new AnthropicError(
'`compaction` cannot be set on a tool runner: every request in the loop would compact again. ' +
'Call `runner.compactBeforeNextTurn()` when the conversation should be compacted instead.',
);
}
}
function rejectCompactionEdit(params: BetaToolRunnerParams): void {
// The compaction request is sent without `context_management`, so the API can't refuse the pair there:
// it would run and bill the compaction, then refuse the next request.
if (params.context_management?.edits?.some((edit) => edit.type.startsWith('compact_'))) {
throw new AnthropicError(
"`compactBeforeNextTurn()` can't be used while `context_management` has a compaction edit, " +
"because the API doesn't accept a compaction block together with one. Remove the edit first.",
);
}
}
/**
* A compaction request returns only the compaction block, never a reply, so the API rejects the params that
* only shape a reply. The runner's later requests keep them.
*/
function withoutCompactionIncompatibleParams(params: ToolRunnerRequestParams): ToolRunnerRequestParams {
const { context_management, stop_sequences, output_format, ...kept } = params;
const withoutFormat = ({ format, ...outputConfig }: BetaOutputConfig): BetaOutputConfig => outputConfig;
if (kept.tool_choice?.type === 'any' || kept.tool_choice?.type === 'tool') {
delete kept.tool_choice;
}
if (kept.output_config) {
kept.output_config = withoutFormat(kept.output_config);
}
if (Array.isArray(kept.fallbacks)) {
kept.fallbacks = kept.fallbacks.map((fallback) =>
fallback.output_config ?
{ ...fallback, output_config: withoutFormat(fallback.output_config) }
: fallback,
);
}
return kept;
}
async function generateToolResponse(
runnable: ReadonlyMap<string, BetaRunnableTool<any>>,
available: ReadonlySet<string>,
lastMessage: BetaMessage | BetaMessageParam,
requestOptions?: BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions,
): Promise<BetaMessageParam | null> {
// Only process if the last message is from the assistant and has tool use blocks
if (
!lastMessage ||
lastMessage.role !== 'assistant' ||
!lastMessage.content ||
typeof lastMessage.content === 'string'
) {
return null;
}
const toolUseBlocks = lastMessage.content.filter((content) => content.type === 'tool_use');
if (toolUseBlocks.length === 0) {
return null;
}
const toolResults = await Promise.all(
toolUseBlocks.map(async (toolUse) => {
// A `tool_removal` is only a hint to the model, which may still emit a tool_use for a
// withdrawn tool — treat those exactly like a tool that was never defined.
const tool = available.has(toolUse.name) ? runnable.get(toolUse.name) : undefined;
if (!tool) {
return toolNotFoundResult(toolUse);
}
try {
let input = toolUse.input;
if ('parse' in tool && tool.parse) {
input = tool.parse(input);
}
const result = await tool.run(input, {
toolUse: toolUse,
toolUseBlock: toolUse,
signal: requestOptions?.signal,
});
return {
type: 'tool_result' as const,
tool_use_id: toolUse.id,
content: result,
};
} catch (error) {
return {
type: 'tool_result' as const,
tool_use_id: toolUse.id,
content:
error instanceof ToolError ?
error.content
: `Error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
is_error: true,
};
}
}),
);
return {
role: 'user' as const,
content: toolResults,
};
}
/**
* Response content is sent back as request content unchanged. The generated request type of the
* `tool_listing` block is narrower than its response type, so this needs an assertion until the
* two agree.
*/
function asContentParam(content: BetaContentBlock[]): BetaContentBlockParam[] {
return content as BetaContentBlockParam[];
}
type PendingToolChange =
| { type: 'addition'; tool: BetaRunnableTool<any> | BetaToolUnion }
| { type: 'removal'; name: string };
function toolNotFoundResult(toolUse: { id: string; name: string }) {
return {
type: 'tool_result' as const,
tool_use_id: toolUse.id,
content: `Error: Tool '${toolUse.name}' not found`,
is_error: true,
};
}
function applyToolChange(block: BetaContentBlockParam, available: Set<string>): void {
switch (block.type) {
case 'tool_removal':
case 'tool_addition':
applyToolReference(block, available);
break;
}
}
function applyToolReference(
block: BetaRequestToolAdditionBlock | BetaRequestToolRemovalBlock,
available: Set<string>,
): void {
const name = changedToolName(block.tool);
if (name === undefined) return;
if (block.type === 'tool_removal') {
available.delete(name);
} else {
available.add(name);
}
}
function changedToolName(tool: BetaRequestToolAdditionBlock['tool']): string | undefined {
switch (tool.type) {
case 'tool_reference':
return tool.name;
case 'tool_definition':
// Not every `tools[]` entry has a `name` (e.g. `mcp_toolset`); those are never locally runnable.
return 'name' in tool.definition ? tool.definition.name : undefined;
default:
// mcp_tool_reference / mcp_toolset_reference run server-side; unknown types are ignored
// rather than rejected.
return undefined;
}
}
type NextStep = 'run_tools' | 'resume' | 'stop';
/**
* Sorts every stop reason into one of three buckets: `run_tools` turns run their client tool
* calls and continue the loop; `resume` turns are sent back unchanged so the server continues
* them; `stop` turns end the loop without running any tool calls.
*/
function determineNextStepFromStopReason(stopReason: BetaStopReason | null): NextStep {
if (stopReason === null) return 'stop';
switch (stopReason) {
case 'tool_use':
return 'run_tools';
case 'pause_turn':
// pause_after_compaction hands the turn back before the model answers; sending it back
// unchanged continues it.
case 'compaction':
return 'resume';
case 'end_turn':
case 'stop_sequence':
case 'max_tokens':
case 'model_context_window_exceeded':
case 'refusal':
return 'stop';
default:
// The union is forward-compatible, so a stop reason this SDK doesn't know yet ends the
// loop rather than throwing; the `never` check makes tsc reject an unclassified member.
checkNever(stopReason);
return 'stop';
}
}
/**
* Parameters for creating a ToolRunner, extending MessageCreateParams with runnable tools.
*
* `compaction` is left out because every request in the loop would compact again; call
* `BetaToolRunner.compactBeforeNextTurn()` instead.
*/
export type BetaToolRunnerParams = Simplify<
Omit<MessageCreateParams, 'tools' | 'compaction'> & {
tools: (BetaToolUnion | BetaRunnableTool<any>)[];
/**
* Maximum number of iterations (API requests) to make in the tool execution loop.
* Each iteration consists of: assistant response → tool execution → tool results.
* When exceeded, the loop will terminate even if tools are still being requested.
*/
max_iterations?: number;
/**
* @deprecated Use server-side compaction instead by passing
* `edits: [{ type: 'compact_20260112' }]` in the params passed to `toolRunner()`.
* See https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/compaction
*/
compactionControl?: CompactionControl;
}
>;
export type BetaToolRunnerRequestOptions = Pick<RequestOptions, 'headers' | 'signal' | 'fallbackState'>;
type ToolRunnerRequestParams = Omit<BetaToolRunnerParams, 'max_iterations' | 'compactionControl'>;
type Compaction =
| { status: 'idle' }
| { status: 'scheduled'; config: BetaCompactionConfig }
| { status: 'in_flight' };
type BetaToolRunnerItem<Stream extends boolean> =
Stream extends true ? BetaMessageStream
: Stream extends false ? BetaMessage
: BetaMessage | BetaMessageStream;