R/provider-google-tools.R

Defines functions google_tool_web_fetch google_tool_web_search

Documented in google_tool_web_fetch google_tool_web_search

#' Google web search (grounding) tool
#'
#' @description
#' Enables Gemini models to search the web for up-to-date information and ground
#' responses with citations to sources. The model automatically decides when
#' (and how) to search the web based on your prompt. Search results are
#' incorporated into the response with grounding metadata including source
#' URLs and titles.
#'
#' Learn more in <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search>.
#'
#' @family built-in tools
#' @export
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' chat <- chat_google_gemini()
#' chat$register_tool(google_tool_web_search())
#' chat$chat("What was in the news today?")
#' chat$chat("What's the biggest news in the economy?")
#' }
google_tool_web_search <- function() {
  ToolBuiltIn(
    name = "web_search",
    description = "Search the web for up-to-date information.",
    annotations = tool_annotations(
      title = "Web search",
      read_only_hint = TRUE,
      open_world_hint = TRUE
    ),
    json = list(google_search = set_names(list()))
  )
}

#' Google URL fetch tool
#'
#' @description
#' When this tool is enabled, you can include URLs directly in your prompts and
#' Gemini will fetch and analyze the content.
#'
#' Learn more in <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/url-context>.
#'
#' @family built-in tools
#' @export
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' chat <- chat_google_gemini()
#' chat$register_tool(google_tool_web_fetch())
#' chat$chat("What are the latest package releases on https://tidyverse.org/blog?")
#' }
google_tool_web_fetch <- function() {
  ToolBuiltIn(
    name = "web_fetch",
    description = "Fetch and analyze content from a web URL.",
    annotations = tool_annotations(
      title = "Web fetch",
      read_only_hint = TRUE,
      open_world_hint = TRUE
    ),
    json = list(url_context = set_names(list()))
  )
}

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