PocketClawvol. 1 · 2026

Tool call

Structured invocation of an external function by a language model, typically as JSON conforming to a declared schema.

When an agent decides to perform an action — read a file, hit an API, run a shell command — it produces a tool call. The runtime validates the call against the declared tool schema, executes it (in a sandbox or not), and feeds the result back to the model.

Related terms

MCP (Model Context Protocol)AI agentSandbox

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