# Add ToolException that a tool can throw
This is an optional exception that tool throws when execution error
occurs.
When this exception is thrown, the agent will not stop working,but will
handle the exception according to the handle_tool_error variable of the
tool,and the processing result will be returned to the agent as
observation,and printed in pink on the console.It can be used like this:
```python
from langchain.schema import ToolException
from langchain import LLMMathChain, SerpAPIWrapper, OpenAI
from langchain.agents import AgentType, initialize_agent
from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
from langchain.tools import BaseTool, StructuredTool, Tool, tool
from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
llm = ChatOpenAI(temperature=0)
llm_math_chain = LLMMathChain(llm=llm, verbose=True)
class Error_tool:
def run(self, s: str):
raise ToolException('The current search tool is not available.')
def handle_tool_error(error) -> str:
return "The following errors occurred during tool execution:"+str(error)
search_tool1 = Error_tool()
search_tool2 = SerpAPIWrapper()
tools = [
Tool.from_function(
func=search_tool1.run,
name="Search_tool1",
description="useful for when you need to answer questions about current events.You should give priority to using it.",
handle_tool_error=handle_tool_error,
),
Tool.from_function(
func=search_tool2.run,
name="Search_tool2",
description="useful for when you need to answer questions about current events",
return_direct=True,
)
]
agent = initialize_agent(tools, llm, agent=AgentType.ZERO_SHOT_REACT_DESCRIPTION, verbose=True,
handle_tool_errors=handle_tool_error)
agent.run("Who is Leo DiCaprio's girlfriend? What is her current age raised to the 0.43 power?")
```

## Who can review?
- @vowelparrot
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Co-authored-by: Dev 2049 <dev.dev2049@gmail.com>
Haven't gotten to all of them, but this:
- Updates some of the tools notebooks to actually instantiate a tool
(many just show a 'utility' rather than a tool. More changes to come in
separate PR)
- Move the `Tool` and decorator definitions to `langchain/tools/base.py`
(but still export from `langchain.agents`)
- Add scene explain to the load_tools() function
- Add unit tests for public apis for the langchain.tools and langchain.agents modules
- Remove dynamic model creation in the `args()` property. _Only infer
for the decorator (and add an argument to NOT infer if someone wishes to
only pass as a string)_
- Update the validation example to make it less likely to be
misinterpreted as a "safe" way to run a repl
There is one example of "Multi-argument tools" in the custom_tools.ipynb
from yesterday, but we could add more. The output parsing for the base
MRKL agent hasn't been adapted to handle structured args at this point
in time
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Co-authored-by: Harrison Chase <hw.chase.17@gmail.com>
This pull request adds an enum class for the various types of agents
used in the project, located in the `agent_types.py` file. Currently,
the project is using hardcoded strings for the initialization of these
agents, which can lead to errors and make the code harder to maintain.
With the introduction of the new enums, the code will be more readable
and less error-prone.
The new enum members include:
- ZERO_SHOT_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- REACT_DOCSTORE
- SELF_ASK_WITH_SEARCH
- CONVERSATIONAL_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- CHAT_ZERO_SHOT_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- CHAT_CONVERSATIONAL_REACT_DESCRIPTION
In this PR, I have also replaced the hardcoded strings with the
appropriate enum members throughout the codebase, ensuring a smooth
transition to the new approach.