Fix nutrition agent error handling and prevent hallucination #220
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Summary
Fixes the nutrition agent error handling to prevent hallucination of products when nutrition data is not available for specific pet types.
Root Cause Analysis
Based on the investigation results, the nutrition agent was hallucinating products because:
Changes Made
1. Updated Error Handling
get_nutrition_data()to explicitly handle 404 responses with clear messaging: "We don't currently have nutrition information for [pet_type] in our database"has_dataflag to track when actual nutrition data is available vs. error states2. Modified System Prompt
3. Updated Tool Functions
get_feeding_guidelines,get_dietary_restrictions,get_nutritional_supplements) now checkhas_dataflag before providing recommendations4. Enhanced Order Creation
create_orderfunction now prevents order creation for unsupported pet typesImpact
Testing
The changes ensure that:
Fixes the issues identified in the investigation where 1,575 rabbit requests and 265 ferret requests were failing due to hallucinated product recommendations.