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Adds Tool Search, a structured-tools progressive-disclosure layer that
replaces MCP and non-core plugin tools in the model-visible tools array
with three bridge tools (tool_search / tool_describe / tool_call) when
the deferrable surface would consume more than a configurable percentage
of the active model's context window. Core Hermes tools are never deferred.
Default mode is 'auto' with a 10% context threshold, so small toolsets
pay no overhead. Set tools.tool_search.enabled to 'on' to force or 'off'
to disable.
Design carefully reflects the OpenClaw production failure modes
documented in the openclaw-tool-search-report:
- Core tools never defer (toolsets._HERMES_CORE_TOOLS). Addresses the
'tools silently missing from isolated cron turns' regression class
(openclaw#84141) by construction: there is no code path that can
drop a core tool.
- Catalog is stateless across turns — rebuilt from the live tool-defs
list on every assembly. No session-keyed Map that can drift out of
sync with the registry.
- tool_call unwraps the bridge call before any hook fires, so plugin
pre/post hooks, guardrails, approval flows, and the activity feed
all see the underlying tool name, not the bridge (addresses
openclaw#85588 and the verbose-mode complaint on openclaw#79823).
- The unwrap happens in both the parallel and sequential paths of
agent/tool_executor.py and also in handle_function_call, so direct
callers (sandboxed code, eval harnesses) are covered too.
- Bridge tools cannot invoke each other (recursion guard) and cannot
invoke core tools (those must be called directly).
- Tools mode only — no JS-sandbox code-mode. Keeps the surface small.
- Token estimation via cheap char/4 heuristic; precision isn't needed
for the threshold decision.
Files:
- tools/tool_search.py — new module (BM25 retrieval, classification,
threshold gate, bridge dispatch, unwrap helper).
- tests/tools/test_tool_search.py — 35 tests including the OpenClaw
#84141 regression guard.
- model_tools.py — wires assembly into _compute_tool_definitions as the
final step, adds skip_tool_search_assembly kwarg so the bridge can
see the real catalog, dispatches the three bridge tools.
- agent/tool_executor.py — unwraps tool_call in both parallel and
sequential parsing loops so checkpointing, guardrails, plugin hooks,
and tool-progress callbacks all observe the underlying tool name.
- hermes_cli/config.py — DEFAULT_CONFIG['tools']['tool_search'] block.
- website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md — user docs.
Validation:
- 35/35 new tests pass.
- Existing tool/registry/model_tools/config/coercion/executor tests
(82 + 74 + small adjacents) green.
- Live E2E: 20 fake MCP tools registered, get_tool_definitions returns
3 bridges, tool_search returns top 3 hits, tool_describe returns
full schema, tool_call dispatches to the real underlying handler
and the underlying result is what the model sees.
- Reserved-name recursion guard verified live.
- Core-tool refusal via tool_call verified live.
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| _category_.json | ||
| acp.md | ||
| api-server.md | ||
| batch-processing.md | ||
| browser.md | ||
| built-in-plugins.md | ||
| code-execution.md | ||
| codex-app-server-runtime.md | ||
| computer-use.md | ||
| context-files.md | ||
| context-references.md | ||
| credential-pools.md | ||
| cron.md | ||
| curator.md | ||
| delegation.md | ||
| deliverable-mode.md | ||
| extending-the-dashboard.md | ||
| fallback-providers.md | ||
| goals.md | ||
| honcho.md | ||
| hooks.md | ||
| image-generation.md | ||
| kanban-tutorial.md | ||
| kanban-worker-lanes.md | ||
| kanban.md | ||
| lsp.md | ||
| mcp.md | ||
| memory-providers.md | ||
| memory.md | ||
| overview.md | ||
| personality.md | ||
| plugins.md | ||
| provider-routing.md | ||
| skills.md | ||
| skins.md | ||
| spotify.md | ||
| subscription-proxy.md | ||
| tool-gateway.md | ||
| tool-search.md | ||
| tools.md | ||
| tts.md | ||
| vision.md | ||
| voice-mode.md | ||
| web-dashboard.md | ||
| web-search.md | ||
| x-search.md | ||