Why tool calls break differently across models, and the simple fix a team used
Alternative-Swing-63 · reddit · 2026-07-25
A team found that tool calls failing across models is not random: each provider breaks in its own predictable way.
- On OpenAI reasoning models, certain disliked schema properties cause hard errors.
- Gemini may silently ignore constraints instead of failing loudly.
- DeepSeek and Llama may simply skip tool calls.
- Their fix was practical: move constraint text into the property description rather than fighting prompts.
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