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Retrospective edition / TOOLS

Parallelize independent tool calls only

A tool scheduler should identify dependencies, ownership, idempotency, timeouts, and how multiple results rejoin the model loop.

01 / DECIDE

Architecture decision

Use it for independent reads and calculations where concurrency lowers latency without ordering risk.

A tool scheduler should identify dependencies, ownership, idempotency, timeouts, and how multiple results rejoin the model loop. Map input, output, state, tools, and side effects as one observable path, then name the owner of parallelize independent tool calls only.

02 / OPERATE

Three-step field procedure

  1. 01

    Lock the contract

    Write down the caller, data classification, success condition, timeout, cancellation, and ownership. Use it for independent reads and calculations where concurrency lowers latency without ordering risk.

  2. 02

    Run one bounded path

    Build one end-to-end path with correlation, typed state, and reversible failure handling. A tool scheduler should identify dependencies, ownership, idempotency, timeouts, and how multiple results rejoin the model loop.

  3. 03

    Verify the signal

    Turn acceptance into a repeatable fixture, contract test, or browser test. Tests inject slow, failed, duplicated, and out-of-order calls and verify deterministic reconciliation.

03 / BOUND

Operational boundary

Do not parallelize conflicting writes, shared transactions, or actions that depend on an earlier result.

04 / PROVE

Acceptance evidence

Tests inject slow, failed, duplicated, and out-of-order calls and verify deterministic reconciliation.

SOURCE / HTTP

Reproducible source probe

curl -fsSI 'https://docs.x.ai/developers/tools/function-calling' | sed -n '1,5p'