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| 1 | +# temporal-tool-registry |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +LLM tool-calling primitives for Temporal activities — define tools once, use with |
| 4 | +Anthropic or OpenAI. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Before you start |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +A Temporal Activity is a function that Temporal monitors and retries automatically on failure. Temporal streams progress between retries via heartbeats — that's the mechanism `AgenticSession` uses to resume a crashed LLM conversation mid-turn. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +`ToolRegistry.runToolLoop` works standalone in any function — no Temporal server needed. Add `AgenticSession` only when you need crash-safe resume inside a Temporal activity. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +`AgenticSession` requires a running Temporal worker — it reads and writes heartbeat state from the active activity context. Use `ToolRegistry.runToolLoop` standalone for scripts, one-off jobs, or any code that runs outside a Temporal worker. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +New to Temporal? → https://docs.temporal.io/develop |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## Install |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Add to your `build.gradle`: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +```groovy |
| 21 | +dependencies { |
| 22 | + // Replace VERSION with the latest release from https://search.maven.org |
| 23 | + implementation 'io.temporal:temporal-tool-registry:VERSION' |
| 24 | + // Add only the LLM SDK(s) you use: |
| 25 | + implementation 'com.anthropic:anthropic-java:VERSION' // Anthropic |
| 26 | + implementation 'com.openai:openai-java:VERSION' // OpenAI |
| 27 | +} |
| 28 | +``` |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Quickstart |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Tool definitions use [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/) for `inputSchema`. The quickstart uses a single string field; for richer schemas refer to the JSON Schema docs. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +```java |
| 35 | +import io.temporal.toolregistry.*; |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +@ActivityMethod |
| 38 | +public List<String> analyze(String prompt) throws Exception { |
| 39 | + List<String> issues = new ArrayList<>(); |
| 40 | + ToolRegistry registry = new ToolRegistry(); |
| 41 | + registry.register( |
| 42 | + ToolDefinition.builder() |
| 43 | + .name("flag_issue") |
| 44 | + .description("Flag a problem found in the analysis") |
| 45 | + .inputSchema(Map.of( |
| 46 | + "type", "object", |
| 47 | + "properties", Map.of("description", Map.of("type", "string")), |
| 48 | + "required", List.of("description"))) |
| 49 | + .build(), |
| 50 | + (Map<String, Object> input) -> { |
| 51 | + issues.add((String) input.get("description")); |
| 52 | + return "recorded"; // this string is sent back to the LLM as the tool result |
| 53 | + }); |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | + AnthropicConfig cfg = AnthropicConfig.builder() |
| 56 | + .apiKey(System.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")) |
| 57 | + .build(); |
| 58 | + Provider provider = new AnthropicProvider(cfg, registry, |
| 59 | + "You are a code reviewer. Call flag_issue for each problem you find."); |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + ToolRegistry.runToolLoop(provider, registry, "" /* system prompt: "" defers to provider default */, prompt); |
| 62 | + return issues; |
| 63 | +} |
| 64 | +``` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +### Selecting a model |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +The default model is `"claude-sonnet-4-6"` (Anthropic) or `"gpt-4o"` (OpenAI). Override with the `model()` builder method: |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +```java |
| 71 | +AnthropicConfig cfg = AnthropicConfig.builder() |
| 72 | + .apiKey(System.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")) |
| 73 | + .model("claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022") |
| 74 | + .build(); |
| 75 | +``` |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +Model IDs are defined by the provider — see Anthropic or OpenAI docs for current names. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +### OpenAI |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +```java |
| 82 | +OpenAIConfig cfg = OpenAIConfig.builder() |
| 83 | + .apiKey(System.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")) |
| 84 | + .build(); |
| 85 | +Provider provider = new OpenAIProvider(cfg, registry, "your system prompt"); |
| 86 | +ToolRegistry.runToolLoop(provider, registry, "" /* system prompt: "" defers to provider default */, prompt); |
| 87 | +``` |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +## Crash-safe agentic sessions |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +For multi-turn LLM conversations that must survive activity retries, use |
| 92 | +`AgenticSession.runWithSession`. It saves conversation history via |
| 93 | +`Activity.getExecutionContext().heartbeat()` on every turn and restores it on retry. |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +```java |
| 96 | +@ActivityMethod |
| 97 | +public List<Object> longAnalysis(String prompt) throws Exception { |
| 98 | + List<Object> issues = new ArrayList<>(); |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | + AgenticSession.runWithSession(session -> { |
| 101 | + ToolRegistry registry = new ToolRegistry(); |
| 102 | + registry.register( |
| 103 | + ToolDefinition.builder().name("flag").description("...").inputSchema(Map.of("type", "object")).build(), |
| 104 | + input -> { session.addIssue(input); return "ok"; /* sent back to LLM */ }); |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + AnthropicConfig cfg = AnthropicConfig.builder() |
| 107 | + .apiKey(System.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")).build(); |
| 108 | + Provider provider = new AnthropicProvider(cfg, registry, "your system prompt"); |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | + session.runToolLoop(provider, registry, "your system prompt", prompt); |
| 111 | + issues.addAll(session.getIssues()); // capture after loop completes |
| 112 | + }); |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | + return issues; |
| 115 | +} |
| 116 | +``` |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +## Testing without an API key |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +```java |
| 121 | +import io.temporal.toolregistry.testing.*; |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +@Test |
| 124 | +public void testAnalyze() throws Exception { |
| 125 | + ToolRegistry registry = new ToolRegistry(); |
| 126 | + registry.register( |
| 127 | + ToolDefinition.builder().name("flag").description("d") |
| 128 | + .inputSchema(Map.of("type", "object")).build(), |
| 129 | + input -> "ok"); |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | + MockProvider provider = new MockProvider( |
| 132 | + MockResponse.toolCall("flag", Map.of("description", "stale API")), |
| 133 | + MockResponse.done("analysis complete")); |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | + List<Map<String, Object>> msgs = |
| 136 | + ToolRegistry.runToolLoop(provider, registry, "sys", "analyze"); |
| 137 | + assertTrue(msgs.size() > 2); |
| 138 | +} |
| 139 | +``` |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +## Integration testing with real providers |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +To run the integration tests against live Anthropic and OpenAI APIs: |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +```bash |
| 146 | +RUN_INTEGRATION_TESTS=1 \ |
| 147 | + ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-... \ |
| 148 | + OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-... \ |
| 149 | + ./gradlew test --tests "*.ToolRegistryTest.testIntegration*" |
| 150 | +``` |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +Tests skip automatically when `RUN_INTEGRATION_TESTS` is unset. Real API calls |
| 153 | +incur billing — expect a few cents per full test run. |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +## Storing application results |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +`session.getIssues()` accumulates application-level |
| 158 | +results during the tool loop. Elements are serialized to JSON inside each heartbeat |
| 159 | +checkpoint — they must be plain maps/dicts with JSON-serializable values. A non-serializable |
| 160 | +value raises a non-retryable `ApplicationError` at heartbeat time rather than silently |
| 161 | +losing data on the next retry. |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +### Storing typed results |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | +Convert your domain type to a plain dict at the tool-call site and back after the session: |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +```java |
| 168 | +record Issue(String type, String file) {} |
| 169 | + |
| 170 | +// Inside tool handler: |
| 171 | +session.addIssue(Map.of("type", "smell", "file", "Foo.java")); |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +// After session (using Jackson for convenient mapping): |
| 174 | +// requires jackson-databind in your build.gradle: |
| 175 | +// implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:VERSION' |
| 176 | +ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); |
| 177 | +List<Issue> issues = session.getIssues().stream() |
| 178 | + .map(m -> mapper.convertValue(m, Issue.class)) |
| 179 | + .toList(); |
| 180 | +``` |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +## Per-turn LLM timeout |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +Individual LLM calls inside the tool loop are unbounded by default. A hung HTTP |
| 185 | +connection holds the activity open until Temporal's `ScheduleToCloseTimeout` |
| 186 | +fires — potentially many minutes. Set a per-turn timeout on the provider client: |
| 187 | + |
| 188 | +```java |
| 189 | +AnthropicConfig cfg = AnthropicConfig.builder() |
| 190 | + .apiKey(System.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")) |
| 191 | + .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30)) |
| 192 | + .build(); |
| 193 | +Provider provider = new AnthropicProvider(cfg, registry, "your system prompt"); |
| 194 | +// provider now enforces 30s per turn |
| 195 | +``` |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | +Recommended timeouts: |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | +| Model type | Recommended | |
| 200 | +|---|---| |
| 201 | +| Standard (Claude 3.x, GPT-4o) | 30 s | |
| 202 | +| Reasoning (o1, o3, extended thinking) | 300 s | |
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