# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Client-provided local tool calls in chat API

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #20950: \[Feature\]: Support for local tool calls in OpenAI API
- PR #36097: feat(tools): support client provided tools in API

These members add support for client-supplied tools and function calling in the /v1/chat/completions API endpoint. The work includes bridging client-provided tools so they can be invoked locally during chat completions.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #20950: \[Feature\]: Support for local tool calls in OpenAI API

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#36097: feat(tools): support client provided tools in API**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#20950`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/api-server.md`
- **#102902: feat(api-server): client-tools bridge for /v1/chat/completions (Raycast AI Extensions & OpenAI function calling)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `588332f12e91a2247feb2ef26dac01eb9074222b`, `d3630f853239e8c41ce7201e09fbdf39bcbc5431`, `#20950`, `#36097`, `#102117`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`