{"record":{"id":"02e9f1c8c3d61b51","repo":"rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch","slug":"tool-input-must-be-an-object","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"tool input must be an object","messagePattern":"tool input must be an object","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"certifications/claude/lessons/10-tool-use-and-agentic-loops/code/main.py","lineNumber":190,"sourceCode":"        unexpected = set(value) - set(properties)\n        if unexpected and schema.get(\"additionalProperties\") is False:\n            raise ValueError(f\"unexpected fields: {', '.join(sorted(unexpected))}\")\n        for name, item in value.items():\n            if name in properties:\n                _validate_schema_value(item, properties[name], f\"{location}.{name}\")\n\n\n@dataclass(frozen=True)\nclass Tool:\n    name: str\n    description: str\n    input_schema: dict[str, Any]\n    handler: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], Any]\n    mutates: bool = False\n\n    def validate(self, arguments: dict[str, Any]) -> None:\n        if not isinstance(arguments, dict):\n            raise ValueError(\"tool input must be an object\")\n        _validate_schema_value(arguments, self.input_schema, \"tool input\")\n\n\nclass ToolRegistry:\n    def __init__(self, tools: list[Tool]) -> None:\n        names = [tool.name for tool in tools]\n        if len(names) != len(set(names)):\n            raise ValueError(\"tool names must be unique\")\n        self._tools = {tool.name: tool for tool in tools}\n\n    def execute(self, block: dict[str, Any], approve: Callable[[Tool, dict[str, Any]], bool]) -> dict[str, Any]:\n        tool_id = block.get(\"id\")\n        name = block.get(\"name\")\n        arguments = block.get(\"input\")\n        if not isinstance(tool_id, str) or not tool_id:\n            raise ToolLoopError(\"tool_use id is required\")\n        result = {\"type\": \"tool_result\", \"tool_use_id\": tool_id}\n        tool = self._tools.get(name)","sourceCodeStart":172,"sourceCodeEnd":208,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/39ea8a1c6d0b61f071226eff7ede4d4105fed820/certifications/claude/lessons/10-tool-use-and-agentic-loops/code/main.py#L172-L208","documentation":"Error \"tool input must be an object\" thrown in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at certifications/claude/lessons/10-tool-use-and-agentic-loops/code/main.py:190 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"39ea8a1c6d0b61f071226eff7ede4d4105fed820","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T03:13:46.626Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-26T07:17:17.940Z"}