specific method · filed under inference & serving
Natural-language in-context option instructions
Tool choice, response format, and thinking effort are conveyed as natural-language instructions in context rather than special syntax.
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How sources treat it
One count per evidence span, weakest treatment to strongest.
core 1
Documented in
Evidence
1 span quoted from the sources, strongest treatment first.
tool_choice, response_format, and thinking-effort are each translated into a short natural-language instruction placed in context, rather than into dedicated special syntax.
coresoftware implementationin Kimi K3Moonshot AI
Filed alongside
Other methods under inference & serving :: agentic scaffolding.
Advisor strategyAutomatic tool choicePython toolFunction callingHarmony formatBrowser toolGeneric tool-call parserMCP tool configurationMulti-agent collaborationRole-based instruction hierarchyThinking with toolsVisual Search ToolXML-based tool-call schema with DSML tokenAgent Team modeAgentENVAgentic searchAgentic tool callingApp-server mode with adapted tool schemasAppArmor and eBPF sandbox policiesAssistant output channelsAsynchronous teammate spawningBash commands for context retrievalBash computer-use agentBrowsing tool with domain filtering