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Eugene YurtsevandGitHub 50601dc02c feat(prebuilt): Add structured output tools to ToolNode (#5899)
* Add structured output tools to ToolNode
* Fix default tool node name to match the actual default ('tools')
* Update doc-strings to explain what inputs/outputs are for the ToolNode.
* Mark internal attributes as private (potentially breaking -- although hopefully users aren't accessing these)


## Decisions points

* OK with two properties? Done since users may be relying on
`tools_by_name` and expanding the return type will break user code.

## Changes in public/private interface

### Marked as public

* Make `tools_by_name` an official public property
* Make `structured_output_tools` a public property

### Marked as private

There should be no reason why users are accessing these attributes

```python
_tool_to_state_args
_tool_to_store_arg
_handle_tool_errors
_messages_key
```


### Usage

```python

    class OutputSchema(BaseModel):
        name: str
        age: int
        location: str

    tool_node = ToolNode([OutputSchema])

    # Test that the structured output tool is registered correctly
    assert "OutputSchema" in tool_node.structured_output_tools

    # Create a tool call that matches the schema
    tool_call = {
        "name": "OutputSchema",
        "args": {"name": "Alice", "age": 30, "location": "NYC"},
        "id": "call_123",
        "type": "tool_call",
    }

    # Test sync execution
    result = tool_node.invoke(
        {"messages": [AIMessage(content="", tool_calls=[tool_call])]}
    )

    # Should return a Command with structured response
    assert isinstance(result, list)
    assert len(result) == 1
    command = result[0]
    assert isinstance(command, Command)

    # Check the update structure
    assert "messages" in command.update
    assert "structured_response" in command.update

    # Check the tool message
    tool_message = command.update["messages"][0]
    assert isinstance(tool_message, ToolMessage)
    assert tool_message.name == "OutputSchema"
    assert tool_message.tool_call_id == "call_123"

    # Check the structured response
    structured_response = command.update["structured_response"]
    assert isinstance(structured_response, OutputSchema)
    assert structured_response.name == "Alice"
    assert structured_response.age == 30
    assert structured_response.location == "NYC"
```
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LangGraph Prebuilt

This library defines high-level APIs for creating and executing LangGraph agents and tools.

Important

This library is meant to be bundled with langgraph, don't install it directly

Agents

langgraph-prebuilt provides an implementation of a tool-calling ReAct-style agent - create_react_agent:

pip install langchain-anthropic
from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic
from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent

# Define the tools for the agent to use
def search(query: str):
    """Call to surf the web."""
    # This is a placeholder, but don't tell the LLM that...
    if "sf" in query.lower() or "san francisco" in query.lower():
        return "It's 60 degrees and foggy."
    return "It's 90 degrees and sunny."

tools = [search]
model = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-3-7-sonnet-latest")

app = create_react_agent(model, tools)
# run the agent
app.invoke(
    {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "what is the weather in sf"}]},
)

Tools

ToolNode

langgraph-prebuilt provides an implementation of a node that executes tool calls - ToolNode:

from langgraph.prebuilt import ToolNode
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage

def search(query: str):
    """Call to surf the web."""
    # This is a placeholder, but don't tell the LLM that...
    if "sf" in query.lower() or "san francisco" in query.lower():
        return "It's 60 degrees and foggy."
    return "It's 90 degrees and sunny."

tool_node = ToolNode([search])
tool_calls = [{"name": "search", "args": {"query": "what is the weather in sf"}, "id": "1"}]
ai_message = AIMessage(content="", tool_calls=tool_calls)
# execute tool call
tool_node.invoke({"messages": [ai_message]})

ValidationNode

langgraph-prebuilt provides an implementation of a node that validates tool calls against a pydantic schema - ValidationNode:

from pydantic import BaseModel, field_validator
from langgraph.prebuilt import ValidationNode
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage


class SelectNumber(BaseModel):
    a: int

    @field_validator("a")
    def a_must_be_meaningful(cls, v):
        if v != 37:
            raise ValueError("Only 37 is allowed")
        return v

validation_node = ValidationNode([SelectNumber])
validation_node.invoke({
    "messages": [AIMessage("", tool_calls=[{"name": "SelectNumber", "args": {"a": 42}, "id": "1"}])]
})

Agent Inbox

The library contains schemas for using the Agent Inbox with LangGraph agents. Learn more about how to use Agent Inbox here.

from langgraph.types import interrupt
from langgraph.prebuilt.interrupt import HumanInterrupt, HumanResponse

def my_graph_function():
    # Extract the last tool call from the `messages` field in the state
    tool_call = state["messages"][-1].tool_calls[0]
    # Create an interrupt
    request: HumanInterrupt = {
        "action_request": {
            "action": tool_call['name'],
            "args": tool_call['args']
        },
        "config": {
            "allow_ignore": True,
            "allow_respond": True,
            "allow_edit": False,
            "allow_accept": False
        },
        "description": _generate_email_markdown(state) # Generate a detailed markdown description.
    }
    # Send the interrupt request inside a list, and extract the first response
    response = interrupt([request])[0]
    if response['type'] == "response":
        # Do something with the response
    ...