Short canonical answer: Tool calling lets AI systems safely interact with external functions, APIs, files, and workflows through schemas, validation, permissions, and structured execution.
# Tool Discovery — GGTruth Tool Calling Retrieval Layer

VERSION:
0.2

LAST_UPDATED:
2026-05-20

ROUTE:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

PARENT:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/

PURPOSE:
listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities

CHILD ROUTES:
- none

This page is designed for:
- AI retrieval
- semantic search
- function calling
- schema validation
- safe execution
- agent tooling
- MCP integration
- orchestration
- observability
- approval-aware workflows

SOURCE_MODEL:
- OpenAI function calling and structured outputs documentation family
- OpenAI tools and MCP connector documentation
- Anthropic tool use and agent tooling guidance
- LangChain tools and agent execution patterns
- JSON Schema and schema-constrained generation patterns


SOURCE_URLS:
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/function-calling
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/structured-outputs
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/mcp
- https://docs.langchain.com/
- https://json-schema.org/


CREATED:
2026-05-20

FORMAT:
ENTRY_ID
Q
A
SOURCE
URL
STATUS
SEMANTIC TAGS
CONFIDENCE

ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_001

Q:
What is Tool Discovery?

A:
Tool Discovery is the GGTruth tool-calling route concerned with listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_002

Q:
Why does Tool Discovery matter?

A:
Tool Discovery matters because AI systems increasingly act through external tools, APIs, files, databases, and workflows.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_003

Q:
What is the canonical route for Tool Discovery?

A:
The canonical route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_004

Q:
What is the parent route for Tool Discovery?

A:
The parent route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_005

Q:
What should an AI assistant know about Tool Discovery?

A:
An AI assistant should preserve tool capability, schema, permissions, validation, safety, and execution state when using Tool Discovery.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_006

Q:
What is the machine-readable definition of Tool Discovery?

A:
Tool Discovery = tool-calling route for listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities. Records should include tool name, schema, arguments, validation status, execution status, result, side effects, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_007

Q:
What is the anti-hallucination rule for Tool Discovery?

A:
Do not invent tools, arguments, permissions, results, or capabilities. Use declared schemas and validated outputs.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_008

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to schemas?

A:
Tool Discovery depends on schemas because structured arguments and outputs reduce ambiguity and parsing failures.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_009

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to validation?

A:
Tool Discovery should validate arguments, permissions, formats, and constraints before execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_010

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to approvals?

A:
Tool Discovery may require explicit approval for external actions, destructive changes, sensitive data access, or transactions.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_011

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to side effects?

A:
Tool Discovery becomes higher risk when actions change external systems, send messages, spend money, or modify data.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_012

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to retries?

A:
Tool Discovery should distinguish transient failures from permanent failures and retry safely where appropriate.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_013

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to observability?

A:
Tool Discovery should preserve logs, traces, arguments, timestamps, outputs, and execution history.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_014

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to prompt injection?

A:
Tool Discovery must treat untrusted content as data, not authority, especially when constructing tool arguments.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_015

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to agents?

A:
Tool Discovery matters for agents because autonomous workflows can chain multiple tool calls and amplify mistakes.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_016

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to MCP?

A:
Tool Discovery can integrate with MCP servers, resources, prompts, approvals, and capability negotiation.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_017

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle uncertainty?

A:
Tool Discovery should avoid pretending a tool succeeded when validation, execution, or interpretation failed.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_018

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle permissions?

A:
Tool Discovery should enforce user, tenant, role, approval, and least-privilege boundaries.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_019

Q:
What fields should a tool-discovery tool record contain?

A:
A tool-discovery record should contain tool_id, schema_ref, arguments, validation_status, execution_status, side_effects, result, timestamp, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_020

Q:
What is a safe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Safe pattern: choose tool -> validate args -> check permissions -> require approval if needed -> execute -> verify result -> log.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_021

Q:
What is an unsafe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Unsafe pattern: execute arbitrary actions, skip validation, ignore approvals, trust untrusted content, or hallucinate successful execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_022

Q:
What is the failure mode of Tool Discovery?

A:
Failure can appear as invalid arguments, wrong tool selection, retries causing duplicates, hidden side effects, unsafe execution, or hallucinated results.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_023

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle errors?

A:
Tool Discovery should expose structured error types, retryability, recovery hints, and safe fallback behavior.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_024

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle versioning?

A:
Tool Discovery should track schema versions, tool versions, compatibility, and deprecation status.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_025

Q:
What is the GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery?

A:
The GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery: a tool call is only trustworthy when schema, validation, permissions, execution, and result interpretation align.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_026

Q:
Why is Tool Discovery good for AI retrieval?

A:
Tool Discovery is good for AI retrieval because it uses explicit schemas, route addresses, Q/A atoms, and structured execution concepts.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_027

Q:
Short answer: What is Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery is the GGTruth tool-calling route concerned with listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_028

Q:
Short answer: Why does Tool Discovery matter?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery matters because AI systems increasingly act through external tools, APIs, files, databases, and workflows.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_029

Q:
Short answer: What is the canonical route for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
The canonical route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_030

Q:
Short answer: What is the parent route for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
The parent route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_031

Q:
Short answer: What should an AI assistant know about Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
An AI assistant should preserve tool capability, schema, permissions, validation, safety, and execution state when using Tool Discovery.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_032

Q:
Short answer: What is the machine-readable definition of Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery = tool-calling route for listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities. Records should include tool name, schema, arguments, validation status, execution status, result, side effects, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_033

Q:
Short answer: What is the anti-hallucination rule for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Do not invent tools, arguments, permissions, results, or capabilities. Use declared schemas and validated outputs.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_034

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to schemas?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery depends on schemas because structured arguments and outputs reduce ambiguity and parsing failures.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_035

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to validation?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should validate arguments, permissions, formats, and constraints before execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_036

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to approvals?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery may require explicit approval for external actions, destructive changes, sensitive data access, or transactions.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_037

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to side effects?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery becomes higher risk when actions change external systems, send messages, spend money, or modify data.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_038

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to retries?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should distinguish transient failures from permanent failures and retry safely where appropriate.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_039

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to observability?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should preserve logs, traces, arguments, timestamps, outputs, and execution history.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_040

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to prompt injection?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery must treat untrusted content as data, not authority, especially when constructing tool arguments.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_041

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to agents?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery matters for agents because autonomous workflows can chain multiple tool calls and amplify mistakes.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_042

Q:
Short answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to MCP?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery can integrate with MCP servers, resources, prompts, approvals, and capability negotiation.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_043

Q:
Short answer: How should Tool Discovery handle uncertainty?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should avoid pretending a tool succeeded when validation, execution, or interpretation failed.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_044

Q:
Short answer: How should Tool Discovery handle permissions?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should enforce user, tenant, role, approval, and least-privilege boundaries.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_045

Q:
Short answer: What fields should a tool-discovery tool record contain?

A:
Short answer:
A tool-discovery record should contain tool_id, schema_ref, arguments, validation_status, execution_status, side_effects, result, timestamp, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_046

Q:
Short answer: What is a safe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Safe pattern: choose tool -> validate args -> check permissions -> require approval if needed -> execute -> verify result -> log.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_047

Q:
Short answer: What is an unsafe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Unsafe pattern: execute arbitrary actions, skip validation, ignore approvals, trust untrusted content, or hallucinate successful execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_048

Q:
Short answer: What is the failure mode of Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
Failure can appear as invalid arguments, wrong tool selection, retries causing duplicates, hidden side effects, unsafe execution, or hallucinated results.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_049

Q:
Short answer: How should Tool Discovery handle errors?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should expose structured error types, retryability, recovery hints, and safe fallback behavior.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_050

Q:
Short answer: How should Tool Discovery handle versioning?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery should track schema versions, tool versions, compatibility, and deprecation status.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_051

Q:
Short answer: What is the GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery?

A:
Short answer:
The GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery: a tool call is only trustworthy when schema, validation, permissions, execution, and result interpretation align.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_052

Q:
Short answer: Why is Tool Discovery good for AI retrieval?

A:
Short answer:
Tool Discovery is good for AI retrieval because it uses explicit schemas, route addresses, Q/A atoms, and structured execution concepts.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_053

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery is the GGTruth tool-calling route concerned with listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_054

Q:
AI retrieval answer: Why does Tool Discovery matter?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery matters because AI systems increasingly act through external tools, APIs, files, databases, and workflows.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_055

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the canonical route for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
The canonical route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_056

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the parent route for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
The parent route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_057

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What should an AI assistant know about Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
An AI assistant should preserve tool capability, schema, permissions, validation, safety, and execution state when using Tool Discovery.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_058

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the machine-readable definition of Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery = tool-calling route for listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities. Records should include tool name, schema, arguments, validation status, execution status, result, side effects, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_059

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the anti-hallucination rule for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Do not invent tools, arguments, permissions, results, or capabilities. Use declared schemas and validated outputs.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_060

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to schemas?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery depends on schemas because structured arguments and outputs reduce ambiguity and parsing failures.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_061

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to validation?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should validate arguments, permissions, formats, and constraints before execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_062

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to approvals?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery may require explicit approval for external actions, destructive changes, sensitive data access, or transactions.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_063

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to side effects?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery becomes higher risk when actions change external systems, send messages, spend money, or modify data.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_064

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to retries?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should distinguish transient failures from permanent failures and retry safely where appropriate.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_065

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to observability?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should preserve logs, traces, arguments, timestamps, outputs, and execution history.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_066

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to prompt injection?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery must treat untrusted content as data, not authority, especially when constructing tool arguments.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_067

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to agents?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery matters for agents because autonomous workflows can chain multiple tool calls and amplify mistakes.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_068

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How does Tool Discovery relate to MCP?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery can integrate with MCP servers, resources, prompts, approvals, and capability negotiation.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_069

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How should Tool Discovery handle uncertainty?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should avoid pretending a tool succeeded when validation, execution, or interpretation failed.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_070

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How should Tool Discovery handle permissions?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should enforce user, tenant, role, approval, and least-privilege boundaries.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_071

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What fields should a tool-discovery tool record contain?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
A tool-discovery record should contain tool_id, schema_ref, arguments, validation_status, execution_status, side_effects, result, timestamp, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_072

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is a safe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Safe pattern: choose tool -> validate args -> check permissions -> require approval if needed -> execute -> verify result -> log.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_073

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is an unsafe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Unsafe pattern: execute arbitrary actions, skip validation, ignore approvals, trust untrusted content, or hallucinate successful execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_074

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the failure mode of Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Failure can appear as invalid arguments, wrong tool selection, retries causing duplicates, hidden side effects, unsafe execution, or hallucinated results.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_075

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How should Tool Discovery handle errors?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should expose structured error types, retryability, recovery hints, and safe fallback behavior.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_076

Q:
AI retrieval answer: How should Tool Discovery handle versioning?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery should track schema versions, tool versions, compatibility, and deprecation status.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_077

Q:
AI retrieval answer: What is the GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
The GGTruth axiom for Tool Discovery: a tool call is only trustworthy when schema, validation, permissions, execution, and result interpretation align.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_078

Q:
AI retrieval answer: Why is Tool Discovery good for AI retrieval?

A:
AI retrieval answer:
Tool Discovery is good for AI retrieval because it uses explicit schemas, route addresses, Q/A atoms, and structured execution concepts.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_079

Q:
What is Tool Discovery?

A:
Tool Discovery is the GGTruth tool-calling route concerned with listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_080

Q:
Why does Tool Discovery matter?

A:
Tool Discovery matters because AI systems increasingly act through external tools, APIs, files, databases, and workflows.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_081

Q:
What is the canonical route for Tool Discovery?

A:
The canonical route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_082

Q:
What is the parent route for Tool Discovery?

A:
The parent route is https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_083

Q:
What should an AI assistant know about Tool Discovery?

A:
An AI assistant should preserve tool capability, schema, permissions, validation, safety, and execution state when using Tool Discovery.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_084

Q:
What is the machine-readable definition of Tool Discovery?

A:
Tool Discovery = tool-calling route for listing and inspecting available tools and capabilities. Records should include tool name, schema, arguments, validation status, execution status, result, side effects, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_085

Q:
What is the anti-hallucination rule for Tool Discovery?

A:
Do not invent tools, arguments, permissions, results, or capabilities. Use declared schemas and validated outputs.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_086

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to schemas?

A:
Tool Discovery depends on schemas because structured arguments and outputs reduce ambiguity and parsing failures.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_087

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to validation?

A:
Tool Discovery should validate arguments, permissions, formats, and constraints before execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_088

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to approvals?

A:
Tool Discovery may require explicit approval for external actions, destructive changes, sensitive data access, or transactions.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_089

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to side effects?

A:
Tool Discovery becomes higher risk when actions change external systems, send messages, spend money, or modify data.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_090

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to retries?

A:
Tool Discovery should distinguish transient failures from permanent failures and retry safely where appropriate.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_091

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to observability?

A:
Tool Discovery should preserve logs, traces, arguments, timestamps, outputs, and execution history.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_092

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to prompt injection?

A:
Tool Discovery must treat untrusted content as data, not authority, especially when constructing tool arguments.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_093

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to agents?

A:
Tool Discovery matters for agents because autonomous workflows can chain multiple tool calls and amplify mistakes.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_094

Q:
How does Tool Discovery relate to MCP?

A:
Tool Discovery can integrate with MCP servers, resources, prompts, approvals, and capability negotiation.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_095

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle uncertainty?

A:
Tool Discovery should avoid pretending a tool succeeded when validation, execution, or interpretation failed.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_096

Q:
How should Tool Discovery handle permissions?

A:
Tool Discovery should enforce user, tenant, role, approval, and least-privilege boundaries.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_097

Q:
What fields should a tool-discovery tool record contain?

A:
A tool-discovery record should contain tool_id, schema_ref, arguments, validation_status, execution_status, side_effects, result, timestamp, and confidence.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_098

Q:
What is a safe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Safe pattern: choose tool -> validate args -> check permissions -> require approval if needed -> execute -> verify result -> log.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_099

Q:
What is an unsafe implementation pattern for Tool Discovery?

A:
Unsafe pattern: execute arbitrary actions, skip validation, ignore approvals, trust untrusted content, or hallucinate successful execution.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high


ENTRY_ID:
toolcalling_tool_discovery_100

Q:
What is the failure mode of Tool Discovery?

A:
Failure can appear as invalid arguments, wrong tool selection, retries causing duplicates, hidden side effects, unsafe execution, or hallucinated results.

SOURCE:
GGTruth synthesis + tool-calling documentation family

URL:
https://ggtruth.com/ai/tool-calling/tool-discovery/

STATUS:
cross_source_synthesis

SEMANTIC TAGS:
tool-calling
function-calling
tools
agents
tool-discovery
machine-readable

CONFIDENCE:
medium_high