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When you offer several tools on one request, the model picks which to use — and your program runs them by name.
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Multiple Tools and Selection
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Multiple Tools and Selection
Contract
- Put your API key in the practice file (fine for local learning)
- Create an authenticated client
- Declare two tools: read_file and get_time
- Run the manual tool-call loop; print which tool(s) the model selects
- Stop on final answer or max steps
multi_tools_demo.py
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Sample run — exact text can vary
step 1: tool call(s)
selected read_file({'path': 'notes.txt'}) -> Milk, eggs, buy cat food. Dentist Tuesday 3pm.
selected get_time({}) -> 2026-07-27 16:30
step 2: final answer
notes.txt has a shopping list and a dentist reminder. The time is 2026-07-27 16:30.