docs/how_to/tool_choice/

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docs/how_to/tool_choice/

This guide assumes familiarity with the following concepts:

https://python.langchain.com/docs/how_to/tool_choice/

[Ketan-K17]

I can't seem to get the point of this functionality, especially the 'tool_choice' attribute. Can't i just set a separate llm object and pass it only 1 tool to ensure it uses it?
Is there some application i'm missing here?

[brendenpetersen]

If you only pass it 1 tool, the LLM should be able to decide for itself (based on inputs) whether or not to call it--or even how many times to call it.

For example, if you have a single calculator tool and add it to an LLM and ask "What is Python?", it shouldn't call the tool. Or if you say, "What is 12345*6789, and also what is sin(100)?" it should call the tool twice in a single LLM call.