Tool best practice: one definition generates the model tool and execution runtime

Register Schema, authorization, execution, and output validation once, and bind the App per request instead of maintaining two tool lists.

defineTool is more than object formatting: it validates identity and required handlers, fixes the Schema/callback receivers, and requires authorize to return void on success and throw on rejection. defineToolCatalog generates the model-visible tools and the real tool runtime from the same source; selecting a tool does not execute the tool.

The catalog is reused at definition time; bind({app,execution}) binds request dependencies and yields async invoke plus explicit synchronous invokeSync. Core accepts implementations that satisfy the execution contract and does not require the catalog or handler to be converted into plain objects. select only chooses registered IDs and does not widen this request's authorization; authorize is still called before the real execute.

createToolRegistry is the assembly entry that wires definitions and App dependencies directly to the Core ToolRegistry; usually prefer catalog.bind, and an existing list needs no repeated manual tool Schema configuration.

Progressive examples for the same business case

Define and use a read-only tool

Beginner · Node.js

TypeScript

import { Support } from '@jangts/agent-core';
const inputSchema = Support.defineSchema({
  jsonSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
  parse(value: unknown) {
    if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Array.isArray(value) || Object.keys(value).length) throw new TypeError('需要空对象');
    return {};
  },
});
const catalog = Support.defineToolCatalog([{ id: 'get_status', kind: 'read', description: '读取服务状态', inputSchema,
  authorize() {},
  execute() { return '服务运行正常'; },
  parseOutput(value: unknown) { if (typeof value !== 'string') throw new TypeError('需要字符串'); return value; },
}]);
const tools = catalog.bind({ app: undefined });
console.log((await tools.invoke({ toolId: 'get_status', input: {} })).value);
console.log(catalog.tools.ids());

JavaScript

import { Support } from '@jangts/agent-core';
const inputSchema = Support.defineSchema({
    jsonSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
    parse(value) {
        if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Array.isArray(value) || Object.keys(value).length)
            throw new TypeError('需要空对象');
        return {};
    },
});
const catalog = Support.defineToolCatalog([{ id: 'get_status', kind: 'read', description: '读取服务状态', inputSchema,
        authorize() { },
        execute() { return '服务运行正常'; },
        parseOutput(value) { if (typeof value !== 'string')
            throw new TypeError('需要字符串'); return value; },
    }]);
const tools = catalog.bind({ app: undefined });
console.log((await tools.invoke({ toolId: 'get_status', input: {} })).value);
console.log(catalog.tools.ids());

Keep the list and add this request's permissions and service dependencies

Configuration · Node.js

TypeScript

import { Support } from '@jangts/agent-core';
import type { OperationContext } from '@jangts/agent-core/types';
type App = { allowed: boolean; readStatus(): Promise<string> };
const inputSchema = Support.defineSchema({
  jsonSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
  parse(value: unknown) {
    if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Array.isArray(value) || Object.keys(value).length) throw new TypeError('需要空对象');
    return {};
  },
});
const catalog = Support.defineToolCatalog<App>([{ id: 'get_status', kind: 'read', description: '读取状态', inputSchema,
  authorize(_input: {}, { app }: OperationContext<App>) { if (!app.allowed) throw new Error('当前请求没有读取权限'); },
  execute(_input: {}, { app }: OperationContext<App>) { return app.readStatus(); },
  parseOutput(value: unknown) { if (typeof value !== 'string') throw new TypeError('需要字符串'); return value; },
}]);
const tools = catalog.bind({ app: { allowed: true, readStatus: async () => '服务运行正常' },
  execution: { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000) },
});
console.log((await tools.invoke({ toolId: 'get_status', input: {} })).value);

JavaScript

import { Support } from '@jangts/agent-core';
const inputSchema = Support.defineSchema({
    jsonSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {}, additionalProperties: false },
    parse(value) {
        if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Array.isArray(value) || Object.keys(value).length)
            throw new TypeError('需要空对象');
        return {};
    },
});
const catalog = Support.defineToolCatalog([{ id: 'get_status', kind: 'read', description: '读取状态', inputSchema,
        authorize(_input, { app }) { if (!app.allowed)
            throw new Error('当前请求没有读取权限'); },
        execute(_input, { app }) { return app.readStatus(); },
        parseOutput(value) { if (typeof value !== 'string')
            throw new TypeError('需要字符串'); return value; },
    }]);
const tools = catalog.bind({ app: { allowed: true, readStatus: async () => '服务运行正常' },
    execution: { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000) },
});
console.log((await tools.invoke({ toolId: 'get_status', input: {} })).value);

Policies & implementations

• Authorization and model tool projection come from the same definition