feat: add more options to Agent#as_tool function

src/agents/agent.py

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 from .util._types import MaybeAwaitable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from .lifecycle import AgentHooks
+    from .lifecycle import AgentHooks, RunHooks
     from .mcp import MCPServer
+    from .memory.session import Session
     from .result import RunResult
+    from .run import RunConfig
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -384,6 +386,12 @@ def as_tool(
         custom_output_extractor: Callable[[RunResult], Awaitable[str]] | None = None,
         is_enabled: bool
         | Callable[[RunContextWrapper[Any], AgentBase[Any]], MaybeAwaitable[bool]] = True,
+        run_config: RunConfig | None = None,
+        max_turns: int | None = None,
+        hooks: RunHooks[TContext] | None = None,
+        previous_response_id: str | None = None,
+        conversation_id: str | None = None,
+        session: Session | None = None,
     ) -> Tool:
         """Transform this agent into a tool, callable by other agents.
 
@@ -410,12 +418,20 @@ def as_tool(
             is_enabled=is_enabled,
         )
         async def run_agent(context: RunContextWrapper, input: str) -> str:
-            from .run import Runner
+            from .run import DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS, Runner
+
+            resolved_max_turns = max_turns if max_turns is not None else DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS
 
             output = await Runner.run(
                 starting_agent=self,
                 input=input,
                 context=context.context,
+                run_config=run_config,
+                max_turns=resolved_max_turns,
+                hooks=hooks,
+                previous_response_id=previous_response_id,
+                conversation_id=conversation_id,
+                session=session,
             )
             if custom_output_extractor:
                 return await custom_output_extractor(output)

tests/test_agent_as_tool.py

@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
 import pytest
+from openai.types.responses import ResponseOutputMessage, ResponseOutputText
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from agents import Agent, AgentBase, FunctionTool, RunContextWrapper
+from agents import (
+    Agent,
+    AgentBase,
+    FunctionTool,
+    MessageOutputItem,
+    RunConfig,
+    RunContextWrapper,
+    RunHooks,
+    Runner,
+    Session,
+    TResponseInputItem,
+)
+from agents.tool_context import ToolContext
 
 
 class BoolCtx(BaseModel):
@@ -205,3 +222,159 @@ async def custom_extractor(result):
     tools = await orchestrator.get_all_tools(context)
     assert len(tools) == 1
     assert tools[0].name == "custom_tool_name"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_agent_as_tool_returns_concatenated_text(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Agent tool should use default text aggregation when no custom extractor is provided."""
+
+    agent = Agent(name="storyteller")
+
+    message = ResponseOutputMessage(
+        id="msg_1",
+        role="assistant",
+        status="completed",
+        type="message",
+        content=[
+            ResponseOutputText(
+                annotations=[],
+                text="Hello world",
+                type="output_text",
+                logprobs=None,
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+
+    result = type(
+        "DummyResult",
+        (),
+        {"new_items": [MessageOutputItem(agent=agent, raw_item=message)]},
+    )()
+
+    async def fake_run(
+        cls,
+        starting_agent,
+        input,
+        *,
+        context,
+        max_turns,
+        hooks,
+        run_config,
+        previous_response_id,
+        conversation_id,
+        session,
+    ):
+        assert starting_agent is agent
+        assert input == "hello"
+        return result
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Runner, "run", classmethod(fake_run))
+
+    tool = agent.as_tool(
+        tool_name="story_tool",
+        tool_description="Tell a short story",
+        is_enabled=True,
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(tool, FunctionTool)
+    tool_context = ToolContext(context=None, tool_name="story_tool", tool_call_id="call_1")
+    output = await tool.on_invoke_tool(tool_context, '{"input": "hello"}')
+
+    assert output == "Hello world"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_agent_as_tool_custom_output_extractor(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Custom output extractors should receive the RunResult from Runner.run."""
+
+    agent = Agent(name="summarizer")
+
+    message = ResponseOutputMessage(
+        id="msg_2",
+        role="assistant",
+        status="completed",
+        type="message",
+        content=[
+            ResponseOutputText(
+                annotations=[],
+                text="Original text",
+                type="output_text",
+                logprobs=None,
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+
+    class DummySession(Session):
+        session_id = "sess_123"
+
+        async def get_items(self, limit: int | None = None) -> list[TResponseInputItem]:
+            return []
+
+        async def add_items(self, items: list[TResponseInputItem]) -> None:
+            return None
+
+        async def pop_item(self) -> TResponseInputItem | None:
+            return None
+
+        async def clear_session(self) -> None:
+            return None
+
+    dummy_session = DummySession()
+
+    class DummyResult:
+        def __init__(self, items: list[MessageOutputItem]) -> None:
+            self.new_items = items
+
+    run_result = DummyResult([MessageOutputItem(agent=agent, raw_item=message)])
+
+    async def fake_run(
+        cls,
+        starting_agent,
+        input,
+        *,
+        context,
+        max_turns,
+        hooks,
+        run_config,
+        previous_response_id,
+        conversation_id,
+        session,
+    ):
+        assert starting_agent is agent
+        assert input == "summarize this"
+        assert context is None
+        assert max_turns == 7
+        assert hooks is hooks_obj
+        assert run_config is run_config_obj
+        assert previous_response_id == "resp_1"
+        assert conversation_id == "conv_1"
+        assert session is dummy_session
+        return run_result
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Runner, "run", classmethod(fake_run))
+
+    async def extractor(result) -> str:
+        assert result is run_result
+        return "custom output"
+
+    hooks_obj = RunHooks[Any]()
+    run_config_obj = RunConfig(model="gpt-4.1-mini")
+
+    tool = agent.as_tool(
+        tool_name="summary_tool",
+        tool_description="Summarize input",
+        custom_output_extractor=extractor,
+        is_enabled=True,
+        run_config=run_config_obj,
+        max_turns=7,
+        hooks=hooks_obj,
+        previous_response_id="resp_1",
+        conversation_id="conv_1",
+        session=dummy_session,
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(tool, FunctionTool)
+    tool_context = ToolContext(context=None, tool_name="summary_tool", tool_call_id="call_2")
+    output = await tool.on_invoke_tool(tool_context, '{"input": "summarize this"}')
+
+    assert output == "custom output"