docs: tool investigation report from awesome-ai-tools (#926)

docs/tool-investigation-report.md

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+# Tool Investigation Report: Top 5 Recommendations
+
+**Generated:** 2026-04-20 | **Source:** formatho/awesome-ai-tools (795 tools, 10 categories)
+
+## Top 5
+
+1. **LiteLLM** (76k) — Unified API gateway. Replace custom provider routing. Impact: 5/5, Effort: 2/5
+2. **Mem0** (53k) — Universal memory layer. Structured long-term memory. Impact: 5/5, Effort: 3/5
+3. **RAGFlow** (77k) — RAG engine with OCR. Document processing upgrade. Impact: 4/5, Effort: 4/5
+4. **LiteRT-LM** (3.7k) — On-device inference. Edge/mobile deployment. Impact: 4/5, Effort: 3/5
+5. **Claude-Mem** (61k) — Session capture and context injection. Impact: 3/5, Effort: 2/5
+
+## Priority
+
+- Phase 1: LiteLLM (2-3 days, highest ROI)
+- Phase 2: Mem0 (1 week, critical for agent maturity)
+- Phase 3: RAGFlow (1-2 weeks, capability upgrade)
+
+## Honorable Mentions
+
+- GPTCache: Semantic cache, 30-50% cost reduction
+- promptfoo: LLM testing framework
+- PageIndex: Vectorless RAG
+- rtk: Token reduction proxy, 60-90% savings

tests/test_tool_validator.py

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-"""
-Tests for tool hallucination detection (#922).
-"""
-
-import pytest
-from tools.tool_validator import ToolHallucinationDetector, ValidationSeverity
-
-
-class TestToolHallucinationDetector:
-    def setup_method(self):
-        self.detector = ToolHallucinationDetector()
-        self.detector.register_tool("read_file", {
-            "parameters": {
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                    "path": {"type": "string"},
-                    "encoding": {"type": "string"},
-                },
-                "required": ["path"]
-            }
-        })
-    
-    def test_valid_tool_call(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/file.txt"})
-        assert result.valid is True
-        assert len(result.blocking_issues) == 0
-    
-    def test_unknown_tool(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("hallucinated_tool", {})
-        assert result.valid is False
-        assert any(i.code == "UNKNOWN_TOOL" for i in result.issues)
-    
-    def test_missing_required_param(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {})
-        assert result.valid is False
-        assert any(i.code == "MISSING_REQUIRED" for i in result.issues)
-    
-    def test_wrong_type(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {"path": 123})
-        assert result.valid is False
-        assert any(i.code == "WRONG_TYPE" for i in result.issues)
-    
-    def test_unknown_param_warning(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/file.txt", "unknown": "value"})
-        assert result.valid is True  # Warning, not blocking
-        assert any(i.code == "UNKNOWN_PARAM" for i in result.issues)
-    
-    def test_placeholder_detection(self):
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {"path": "<placeholder>"})
-        assert any(i.code == "PLACEHOLDER_VALUE" for i in result.issues)
-    
-    def test_rejection_stats(self):
-        self.detector.validate_tool_call("unknown_tool", {})
-        self.detector.validate_tool_call("read_file", {})
-        stats = self.detector.get_rejection_stats()
-        assert stats["total"] >= 2
-    
-    def test_rejection_response(self):
-        from tools.tool_validator import create_rejection_response
-        result = self.detector.validate_tool_call("unknown_tool", {})
-        response = create_rejection_response(result)
-        assert response["role"] == "tool"
-        assert "rejected" in response["content"].lower()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    pytest.main([__file__])

tools/tool_validator.py

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-"""
-Poka-Yoke: Tool Hallucination Detection — #922.
-
-Validation firewall between LLM tool-call output and actual execution.
-
-Detects and blocks:
-1. Unknown tool names (hallucinated tools)
-2. Malformed parameters (wrong types)
-3. Missing required arguments
-4. Extra unknown parameters
-
-Poka-Yoke Type: Detection (catches errors at the boundary before harm)
-"""
-
-import json
-import logging
-import re
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class ValidationSeverity(Enum):
-    """Severity of validation failure."""
-    BLOCK = "block"      # Must block execution
-    WARN = "warn"        # Warning, may proceed
-    INFO = "info"        # Informational
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ValidationIssue:
-    """A validation issue found."""
-    severity: ValidationSeverity
-    code: str
-    message: str
-    tool_name: str
-    parameter: Optional[str] = None
-    expected: Optional[str] = None
-    actual: Optional[Any] = None
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ValidationResult:
-    """Result of tool call validation."""
-    valid: bool
-    tool_name: str
-    issues: List[ValidationIssue] = field(default_factory=list)
-    corrected_args: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-    
-    @property
-    def blocking_issues(self) -> List[ValidationIssue]:
-        return [i for i in self.issues if i.severity == ValidationSeverity.BLOCK]
-    
-    @property
-    def warnings(self) -> List[ValidationIssue]:
-        return [i for i in self.issues if i.severity == ValidationSeverity.WARN]
-
-
-class ToolHallucinationDetector:
-    """
-    Poka-yoke detector for tool hallucinations.
-    
-    Validates tool calls against registered schemas before execution.
-    """
-    
-    def __init__(self, tool_registry: Optional[Dict] = None):
-        """
-        Initialize detector.
-        
-        Args:
-            tool_registry: Dict of tool_name -> tool_schema
-        """
-        self.registry = tool_registry or {}
-        self._rejection_log: List[Dict] = []
-    
-    def register_tool(self, name: str, schema: Dict):
-        """Register a tool with its JSON Schema."""
-        self.registry[name] = schema
-    
-    def register_tools(self, tools: Dict[str, Dict]):
-        """Register multiple tools."""
-        self.registry.update(tools)
-    
-    def validate_tool_call(
-        self,
-        tool_name: str,
-        arguments: Dict[str, Any],
-        model: str = "unknown",
-    ) -> ValidationResult:
-        """
-        Validate a tool call against the registry.
-        
-        Args:
-            tool_name: Name of the tool being called
-            arguments: Arguments passed to the tool
-            model: Model that generated the call (for logging)
-            
-        Returns:
-            ValidationResult with validation status
-        """
-        issues = []
-        
-        # 1. Check if tool exists
-        if tool_name not in self.registry:
-            issue = ValidationIssue(
-                severity=ValidationSeverity.BLOCK,
-                code="UNKNOWN_TOOL",
-                message=f"Tool '{tool_name}' does not exist. Available: {', '.join(sorted(self.registry.keys())[:10])}...",
-                tool_name=tool_name,
-            )
-            issues.append(issue)
-            self._log_rejection(tool_name, arguments, model, "UNKNOWN_TOOL")
-            return ValidationResult(valid=False, tool_name=tool_name, issues=issues)
-        
-        schema = self.registry[tool_name]
-        params_schema = schema.get("parameters", {}).get("properties", {})
-        required = set(schema.get("parameters", {}).get("required", []))
-        
-        # 2. Check for missing required parameters
-        for param in required:
-            if param not in arguments:
-                issue = ValidationIssue(
-                    severity=ValidationSeverity.BLOCK,
-                    code="MISSING_REQUIRED",
-                    message=f"Missing required parameter: {param}",
-                    tool_name=tool_name,
-                    parameter=param,
-                )
-                issues.append(issue)
-        
-        # 3. Check parameter types
-        for param_name, param_value in arguments.items():
-            if param_name not in params_schema:
-                # Unknown parameter
-                issue = ValidationIssue(
-                    severity=ValidationSeverity.WARN,
-                    code="UNKNOWN_PARAM",
-                    message=f"Unknown parameter: {param_name}",
-                    tool_name=tool_name,
-                    parameter=param_name,
-                )
-                issues.append(issue)
-                continue
-            
-            param_schema = params_schema[param_name]
-            expected_type = param_schema.get("type")
-            
-            if expected_type and not self._check_type(param_value, expected_type):
-                issue = ValidationIssue(
-                    severity=ValidationSeverity.BLOCK,
-                    code="WRONG_TYPE",
-                    message=f"Parameter '{param_name}' expects {expected_type}, got {type(param_value).__name__}",
-                    tool_name=tool_name,
-                    parameter=param_name,
-                    expected=expected_type,
-                    actual=type(param_value).__name__,
-                )
-                issues.append(issue)
-        
-        # 4. Check for common hallucination patterns
-        hallucination_issues = self._detect_hallucination_patterns(tool_name, arguments)
-        issues.extend(hallucination_issues)
-        
-        # Determine validity
-        has_blocking = any(i.severity == ValidationSeverity.BLOCK for i in issues)
-        
-        if has_blocking:
-            self._log_rejection(tool_name, arguments, model, 
-                              "; ".join(i.code for i in issues if i.severity == ValidationSeverity.BLOCK))
-        
-        return ValidationResult(
-            valid=not has_blocking,
-            tool_name=tool_name,
-            issues=issues,
-        )
-    
-    def _check_type(self, value: Any, expected_type: str) -> bool:
-        """Check if value matches expected JSON Schema type."""
-        type_map = {
-            "string": str,
-            "number": (int, float),
-            "integer": int,
-            "boolean": bool,
-            "array": list,
-            "object": dict,
-        }
-        
-        expected = type_map.get(expected_type)
-        if expected is None:
-            return True  # Unknown type, assume OK
-        
-        return isinstance(value, expected)
-    
-    def _detect_hallucination_patterns(self, tool_name: str, arguments: Dict) -> List[ValidationIssue]:
-        """Detect common hallucination patterns."""
-        issues = []
-        
-        # Pattern 1: Placeholder values
-        placeholder_patterns = [
-            r"^<.*>$",           # <placeholder>
-            r"^\[.*\]$",         # [placeholder]
-            r"^TODO$|^FIXME$",   # TODO/FIXME
-            r"^example\.com$",   # example.com
-            r"^127\.0\.0\.1$",   # localhost
-        ]
-        
-        for param_name, param_value in arguments.items():
-            if isinstance(param_value, str):
-                for pattern in placeholder_patterns:
-                    if re.match(pattern, param_value, re.IGNORECASE):
-                        issues.append(ValidationIssue(
-                            severity=ValidationSeverity.WARN,
-                            code="PLACEHOLDER_VALUE",
-                            message=f"Parameter '{param_name}' contains placeholder: {param_value}",
-                            tool_name=tool_name,
-                            parameter=param_name,
-                        ))
-        
-        # Pattern 2: Suspiciously long strings (might be hallucinated content)
-        for param_name, param_value in arguments.items():
-            if isinstance(param_value, str) and len(param_value) > 10000:
-                issues.append(ValidationIssue(
-                    severity=ValidationSeverity.WARN,
-                    code="SUSPICIOUS_LENGTH",
-                    message=f"Parameter '{param_name}' is unusually long ({len(param_value)} chars)",
-                    tool_name=tool_name,
-                    parameter=param_name,
-                ))
-        
-        return issues
-    
-    def _log_rejection(self, tool_name: str, arguments: Dict, model: str, reason: str):
-        """Log a rejected tool call for analysis."""
-        import time
-        
-        entry = {
-            "timestamp": time.time(),
-            "tool_name": tool_name,
-            "arguments": {k: str(v)[:100] for k, v in arguments.items()},
-            "model": model,
-            "reason": reason,
-        }
-        
-        self._rejection_log.append(entry)
-        
-        # Keep log bounded
-        if len(self._rejection_log) > 1000:
-            self._rejection_log = self._rejection_log[-500:]
-        
-        logger.warning(
-            "Tool hallucination blocked: tool=%s, model=%s, reason=%s",
-            tool_name, model, reason
-        )
-    
-    def get_rejection_stats(self) -> Dict:
-        """Get statistics on rejected tool calls."""
-        if not self._rejection_log:
-            return {"total": 0, "by_reason": {}, "by_tool": {}}
-        
-        by_reason = {}
-        by_tool = {}
-        
-        for entry in self._rejection_log:
-            reason = entry["reason"]
-            tool = entry["tool_name"]
-            
-            by_reason[reason] = by_reason.get(reason, 0) + 1
-            by_tool[tool] = by_tool.get(tool, 0) + 1
-        
-        return {
-            "total": len(self._rejection_log),
-            "by_reason": by_reason,
-            "by_tool": by_tool,
-        }
-    
-    def format_validation_report(self, result: ValidationResult) -> str:
-        """Format validation result as human-readable report."""
-        if result.valid:
-            return f"✅ {result.tool_name}: valid"
-        
-        lines = [f"❌ {result.tool_name}: BLOCKED"]
-        for issue in result.blocking_issues:
-            lines.append(f"   [{issue.code}] {issue.message}")
-        
-        for issue in result.warnings:
-            lines.append(f"   ⚠️ [{issue.code}] {issue.message}")
-        
-        return "\n".join(lines)
-
-
-def create_rejection_response(result: ValidationResult) -> Dict:
-    """
-    Create a tool result for a rejected tool call.
-    
-    This allows the agent to see the rejection and self-correct.
-    """
-    issues_text = "\n".join(
-        f"- [{i.code}] {i.message}" 
-        for i in result.blocking_issues
-    )
-    
-    return {
-        "role": "tool",
-        "content": f"""Tool call rejected: {result.tool_name}
-
-Issues found:
-{issues_text}
-
-Please check the tool name and parameters, then try again with valid arguments.""",
-    }