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Automatic JS AI Tool Calling with Supporting JS Sources

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Demonstrates an automatic JavaScript tool function calling where JavaScript code can be loaded from additional scripts that don't include a tool registry.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The Javascript file loaded here is shown at the bottom of this page.
//  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

//  In this example, we'll load the Javascript tool functions and registry from a file.
$sbJs = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $sbJs->LoadFile('qa_data/js_tools/toolset_5.js','utf-8');
if ($success == false) {
    print $sbJs->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ai = new CkAi();

//  Additional JavaScript code can be loaded into the AI object's internal JS engine
//  by calling RegisterJsTools with evalOnly = true.
$sbExtraJs = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbExtraJs->Append('function getOrderTotal({ order_id }) { return 149.95; }');

//  When evalOnly equals true, it tells Chilkat that no toolRegistry will be present.
//  The purpose for doing the eval is to add function definitions to the global namespace.
//  The value passed for allowAllKeyword is meaningless (not used) when evalOnly = true.
$evalOnly = true;
$allowAllKeyword = true;
$ai->RegisterJsTools($sbExtraJs,$evalOnly,$allowAllKeyword);

//  Register the tools that will be made available to the AI.
$evalOnly = false;
$ai->RegisterJsTools($sbJs,$evalOnly,$allowAllKeyword);

//  The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "grok", "mistral", "custom", etc.
$ai->put_Provider('openai');
//  Use your provider's API key.
$ai->put_ApiKey('MY_API_KEY');
//  Choose a model.
$ai->put_Model('gpt-5.6-luna');

//  Tool function calling must always occur within a conversation.
$conversation_name = 'convo_4';
$sysMessage = 'You are a helpful business assistant';
$devMessage = 'Respond only with a information generated by a tool.';
$ai->NewConvo($conversation_name,$sysMessage,$devMessage);

//  Provide inputs
$ai->InputAddText('What is the total for order A123?');

//  Send inputs, tool functions, etc. and ask for a "text" response.
//  If the AI responds with tool calls, Chilkat automatically handles them by calling your JavaScript
//  tool functions as directed by the AI, and sending results back to the AI until the final
//  response is received.
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if ($success == false) {
    print $ai->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the AI response.
$sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\n";

?>
JavaScript
// The namespace for the AI tool functions in this JavaScript source file.
Example = {};

// Tool functions must have only one argument, which should be an object.
// The function names used here must match the "name" in the toolRegistry below.

Example.get_order_total = function(arg) {
  // Here we are calling another function that is defined in a support (additional) JavaScript source
  // that was loaded in previous call to Ai.RegisterJsTools with evalOnly = true.
  return getOrderTotal(arg);
}

Example.multiply_numbers = function(arg) {
  return arg.a * arg.b;
}

// The inputSchema.type must ALWAYS be "object".
Example.toolRegistry = [
  {
    name: "get_order_total",
    description: "Calculate total cost of an order",
    parameters: {
      properties: {
        order_id: { type: "string", description: "The order ID" },
      }
    }
  },
  {
    name: "multiply_numbers",
    description: "Multiplies two numbers and returns the product.",
    parameters: {
      properties: {
        a: { type: "number", description: "First number" },
        b: { type: "number", description: "Second number" }
      }
    }
  }
];


Example.toolPermissions = [
	  {
	    name: "all",
	    perm: "sandbox",
	  }
	  		
	];
	
	
// Return the name of this toolset
// This tells Chilkat the namespace of this toolset.
"Example";