Function buildAskUserQuestionTool

packages/runtime/src/ask-user-question-tool.ts:16–42

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export function buildAskUserQuestionTool(): MakaTool<
  { questions: UserQuestion[] },
  UserQuestionResult
> {
  return {
    name: 'AskUserQuestion',
    description:
      'Ask 1–3 bounded multiple-choice questions whose answers are required to continue the current turn. Use ordinary assistant text for open-ended follow-up.',
    parameters: z.object({
      questions: z.array(questionSchema).min(1).max(3),
    }),
    nesting: 'direct_only',
    impl: ({ questions }, context) => {
      // Unreachable from any ToolRuntime-driven call: ToolRuntime injects
      // `askUserQuestion` into every tool context unconditionally, so this
      // guard answers only an embedder that assembles its own MakaToolContext.
      // It is kept, and worded for a model, because that embedder exists and
      // its caller is still a model.
      if (!context.askUserQuestion)
        throw new Error(
          'AskUserQuestion is not available on this surface, so the user was not asked anything. ' +
            'Retrying will fail the same way — write the question and its options as ordinary reply text and wait for the user to answer.',
        );
      return context.askUserQuestion(questions);
    },
  };
}