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# Repair Tool Arguments

Repair malformed JSON tool arguments when a model produces trailing commas, single-quoted keys, or incomplete JSON. Use this capability on its own or through [Coder](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/harness/coder/), which includes it.

> While Pydantic AI Harness is on 0.x releases, the API may change between minor releases; when it does, deprecation warnings and release-note migration guidance tell you (or your agent) exactly how to upgrade. See the [version policy](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/harness/#version-policy).

## Usage

Install `pydantic-ai-harness`; no extra is required for repair. This example uses a local test model.

-   [pip](#tab-panel-216)
-   [uv](#tab-panel-217)

Terminal

```bash
pip install pydantic-ai-harness
```

Terminal

```bash
uv add pydantic-ai-harness
```

```python
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.models.test import TestModel
from pydantic_ai_harness.repair_tool_arguments import RepairToolArguments

agent = Agent(TestModel(), capabilities=[RepairToolArguments()])

@agent.tool_plain
async def greet(name: str) -> str:
    return f'Hello, {name}!'

result = agent.run_sync('Greet someone')
print(result.output)
```

## Validation and safety

`RepairToolArguments` uses `json-repair` in `before_tool_validate`, before normal Pydantic AI tool schema validation. It applies to all tools on the agent, including tools supplied by other capabilities. Valid JSON strings and already-parsed arguments pass through unchanged. Missing fields and invalid field types still follow normal validation and retry behavior. If the repair parser raises `ValueError` or `RecursionError`, the original arguments go through normal validation.

Repair is heuristic: malformed input can be ambiguous, and inferred strings may differ from the model's intent. The capability does not supply a schema to the repair library or bypass tool validation, approval, or execution checks. It has no configuration options.

## Telemetry

Each repair attempt emits a `repair_tool_arguments` span through `ctx.tracer`. Valid JSON and parsed arguments do not emit this span. The span contains no arguments or tool contents, including when `trace_include_content` is enabled. Core still emits its normal tool spans.

See the [source](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/tree/main/src/pydantic_ai_harness/pydantic_ai_harness/repair_tool_arguments/).

## API reference

### RepairToolArguments

**Bases:** `AbstractCapability[AgentDepsT]`

Repair malformed JSON tool arguments with `json-repair`.

Valid JSON and parsed arguments pass through unchanged. Repairs are heuristic; normal schema validation and retries still apply after a repair attempt.

#### Methods

##### before\_tool\_validate

`@async`

```python
def before_tool_validate(
    ctx: RunContext[AgentDepsT],
    *,
    call: ToolCallPart,
    tool_def: ToolDefinition,
    args: RawToolArgs,
) -> RawToolArgs
```

Repair malformed JSON arguments before normal tool schema validation.

###### Returns

`RawToolArgs`