Define a Chat Tool — hf_tool • huggingfaceR

Build an OpenAI-compatible function-calling tool definition for hf_chat(). The parameters argument can be a lightweight named character vector, for example c(city = "string"), or a full JSON Schema object.

Usage

hf_tool(
  name,
  description,
  parameters = list(type = "object", properties = list(), additionalProperties = FALSE)
)

Arguments

name: Tool/function name. Must be a non-empty character scalar.
description: Human-readable description of what the tool does.
parameters: A named character vector or JSON Schema list describing function arguments.

Value

A list suitable for the tools argument of hf_chat().

Examples

weather_tool <- hf_tool(
  "get_weather",
  "Get current weather for a city.",
  c(city = "string")
)