Restructure ai.ToolHandler to the structured, ctx-carrying shape that
mirrors a go-micro RPC handler:
func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult
This reuses the existing ToolCall (with its correlation ID) and
ToolResult types instead of the flat (name, input)->(any, string)
signature, and adds ToolCall.Scan for typed argument access.
Add ai.ToolWrapper and the agent option WrapTool / micro.AgentWrapTool —
the tool-side analogue of client.CallWrapper and server.HandlerWrapper.
Reframe the built-in guardrails (MaxSteps, LoopLimit, ApproveTool) as
composed wrappers around a base handler; developer wrappers compose
outermost, so they observe every call and result, including refusals.
Update all provider call sites, the MCP server and chat handlers, the
integration harnesses, and docs to the new signature.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add LoopLimit: refuse a tool call repeated with identical arguments in
one Ask, with a self-heal message so the model changes approach. Catches
the no-progress loop that MaxSteps (count) and the gateway circuit
breaker (failures) miss. Enforced at the same tool-handler choke point as
MaxSteps/ApproveTool; on by default (lenient 3); AgentLoopLimit(0) to
disable. Tests cover repeats, distinct calls, disabled, and default-on.
Docs: new Agent Guardrails guide (MaxSteps/LoopLimit/ApproveTool, the
ApproveTool integration seam for external policy engines, and the
gateway's RateLimit/CircuitBreaker), nav + README + AGENT_DESIGN updates,
and blog/23 'Agent Guardrails'.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>