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Applied AI·Structured outputs and tool calling

you stop capping it at one tool call and let the model keep calling tools until it decides it is finished.

Agentic loop

Draft summary, pending review

The tool loop run open-endedly, letting the model chain many calls toward a goal rather than answering in one or two steps. The mechanical heart of everything marketed as an agent; the surrounding concepts live in section 7.
callresultwhen it stops calling toolsQuestionModelToolAnswer

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