The documentation says that the parameters element in the tool definition structure ( https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#chat-create-tools ) should be a JSON Schema object. The example given is a minimal schema - but tools like pydantic generate extended schemas which for exam…

Extended or minimal Schemas for tool parameters?

jlvanhulst January 7, 2024, 3:06pm 3

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