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Enh - Use handoff_description as Default Fallback for Tool Description in as_tool() of agents #1199

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Pass the handoff description given to the agent as the tool descripti…
SyedMohamedHyder Jul 21, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into Enh/tool_handoff_description
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/agents/agent.py
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Expand Up @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def as_tool(

@function_tool(
name_override=tool_name or _transforms.transform_string_function_style(self.name),
description_override=tool_description or "",
description_override=tool_description or self.handoff_description,
)
async def run_agent(context: RunContextWrapper, input: str) -> str:
from .run import Runner
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