Metadata and return description for the tools

[raffaeler]

I wrote a C# code generator that already generates the serialized metadata (json schema) for my tools.

• I would love not to be forced to derive the agent from the Tool class to avoid dependencies (*)
• I would love to initialize the metadata using the full json schema so that I avoid serialization and reflection at runtime
• Even using the Tool function, I don't see how to specify the description for the return parameter. How can I do that?

(*) I am already facing to the dependencies problem. My agents should be used from multiple implementations of "chat" providers and they currently have conflicting dependencies. Being forced to add a reference to all those libraries in a single project is a big mess.

Thanks!

[awaescher]

Sounds interesting, but I guess I need for information about the issues you face and maybe a look on the code you already have. Do you have it in a public repository?
Also, might Microsoft.Extensions.AI be an approach to that dependency issue you mentioned? OllamaSharp implements it.

[raffaeler]

Sounds interesting, but I guess I need for information about the issues you face and maybe a look on the code you already have. Do you have it in a public repository?

Unfortunately it's not public yet. It's a large solution of 20+ projects that i use as a demo in my public talks.

I'll probably do at a later time, but it's still a work in progress.

Also, might Microsoft.Extensions.AI be an approach to that dependency issue you mentioned? OllamaSharp implements it.

Yes I know and those extensions are suffering a similar issue: AITool cannot be constructed with just the json string which is a lost occasion and a waste of time as the code generator can serialize the schema at compile time instead of runtime.

May I help in any other way?

[awaescher]

I am not sure how I could help you here. Would you mind forking this repository and pushing a pull request? I'd be happy to review and merge it.