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ccurme 9ef324c9ab fix(langchain,openai): only set strict=True on tools for OpenAI-compatible models in ProviderStrategy (#38370)
When using `ProviderStrategy`, `create_agent` unnecessarily sets
`strict=True` on tools for all providers. This is only needed for OpenAI
/ chat completions. Here we unset `strict`. For OpenAI:
1. We set it in `BaseChatOpenAI.bind_tools` (as a convenience to users
calling `model.bind_tools` directly)
2. We (redundantly) special-case OpenAI in the `create_agent` factory
logic so that things will not break for users who upgrade `langchain`
but not `langchain-openai`.

Note: payloads for OpenAI are tested here and appear unchanged:
https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/master/libs/langchain_v1/tests/unit_tests/agents/test_response_format_integration.py

Quick test:
```python
from langchain.agents import create_agent
from langchain.agents.structured_output import ProviderStrategy
from pydantic import BaseModel

class Weather(BaseModel):
    temperature: float
    condition: str

def weather_tool(location: str) -> str:
    """Get the weather at a location."""
    return "Sunny and 75 degrees F."

for model in [
    "anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "openai:gpt-5.4",
    "google_genai:gemini-3.5-flash",
]:

    agent = create_agent(
        model=model,
        tools=[weather_tool],
        response_format=ProviderStrategy(Weather),
    )
    
    result = agent.invoke({
        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in SF?"}]
    })
    
    print(result["structured_response"])
```
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This repository is structured as a monorepo, with various packages located in this libs/ directory. Packages to note in this directory include:

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