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Pattern

Call Options: prepareCall

Dynamically configure one ToolLoopAgent per request with callOptionsSchema and prepareCall. A customer-support agent rewrites instructions, gates tools, tunes reasoning effort, and injects RAG context based on account tier and urgency.

IntermediateJun 2026View the full pattern on desktop
Call Options: prepareCall preview

Problems solved

  • Configure one ToolLoopAgent per request with prepareCall
  • Inject per-user RAG context into instructions at runtime
  • Gate tools by account tier with activeTools
  • Tune reasoning effort from request urgency

Use cases

  • Multi-tier customer support agents
  • Per-user RAG injection
  • Role-based tool access
  • Runtime provider option selection

AI SDK APIs

ToolLoopAgentcallOptionsSchemaprepareCallactiveToolsproviderOptionstoolgateway

Tags

aiagentscall-optionsprepare-calldynamic-configragtool-loop-agentai-sdkagent-api

Requirements

Node.js
24+
Memory
512MB
Other
  • OpenAI API key

Environment variables

External services

openai

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