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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions docs/tools.md
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Expand Up @@ -320,3 +320,26 @@ When you create a function tool via `@function_tool`, you can pass a `failure_er
- If you explicitly pass `None`, then any tool call errors will be re-raised for you to handle. This could be a `ModelBehaviorError` if the model produced invalid JSON, or a `UserError` if your code crashed, etc.

If you are manually creating a `FunctionTool` object, then you must handle errors inside the `on_invoke_tool` function.

## Example: Custom Error Handling in Function Tools
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Sorry, can you delete this headline, plus move the whole change above L322? I noticed placing here does not make sense.

If you are manually creating a FunctionTool object, then you must handle errors inside the on_invoke_tool function.

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fix it


```python
from agents import function_tool, RunContextWrapper
from typing import Any

def my_custom_error_function(context: RunContextWrapper[Any], error: Exception) -> str:
"""A custom function to provide a user-friendly error message."""
print(f"A tool call failed with the following error: {error}")
return "An internal server error occurred. Please try again later."

@function_tool(failure_error_function=my_custom_error_function)
def get_user_profile(user_id: str) -> str:
"""Fetches a user profile from a mock API.
This function demonstrates a 'flaky' or failing API call.
"""
if user_id == "user_123":
return "User profile for user_123 successfully retrieved."
else:
raise ValueError(f"Could not retrieve profile for user_id: {user_id}. API returned an error.")

```