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ToolChoice

How the model should use the provided tools.

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Name	Type	Description
type	string	The type of tool choice. "auto" lets the model decide, "any" forces tool use, "tool" forces a specific tool, "none" disables tools.
name	string	The name of the tool to use. Required when type is "tool".
disable_parallel_tool_use	boolean	Whether to disable parallel tool use.