'handoffs' and 'agent.as_tool' have different performances.

[huangbhan]

hi, I created a query_agent that can invoke tools. There is also an assistants_agent that has control over the conversation.

If I use handoffs = [query_agent] in the assistants_agent, it can invoke tools well and pass the correct parameters, but this causes the assistants_agent to lose control of the conversation.

I tried using tools = [query_agent.as_tool] in the assistants_agent, but the performance of invoking tools deteriorated, and the parameters passed were not always correct.

Is this normal? How can I solve it?

[huangbhan]

Since assistants_agent might handle other sub-tasks and needs to output the results of those sub-tasks, I have to give it control of the conversation.
Maybe I can pass the output of assistants_agent to query_agent as well, and let query_agent make the final output ?

[huangbhan]

Sorry, I just figured out what handoff does, it can solve this problem

[huangbhan]

Although I solved this problem, I still want to know why they behave differently. When using 'query_agent.as_tool', the instructions in query_agent do not seem to take effect.

hi, I created a query_agent that can invoke tools. There is also an assistants_agent that has control over the conversation.

If I use handoffs = [query_agent] in the assistants_agent, it can invoke tools well and pass the correct parameters, but this causes the assistants_agent to lose control of the conversation.

I tried using tools = [query_agent.as_tool] in the assistants_agent, but the performance of invoking tools deteriorated, and the parameters passed were not always correct.

Is this normal? How can I solve it?