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    Pythonlangchain-corecallbacksbaseCallbackManagerMixinon_tool_start
    Method●Since v0.1

    on_tool_start

    Run when the tool starts running.

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    on_tool_start(
      self,
      serialized: dict[str, Any],
      input_str: str,
      *,
      run_id: UUID,
      parent_run_id: UUID | None = None,
      tags: list[str] | None = None,
      metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
      inputs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
      **kwargs: Any = {}
    ) -> Any

    Parameters

    NameTypeDescription
    serialized*dict[str, Any]

    The serialized chain.

    input_str*str

    The input string.

    run_id*UUID

    The ID of the current run.

    parent_run_idUUID | None
    Default:None

    The ID of the parent run.

    tagslist[str] | None
    Default:None

    The tags.

    metadatadict[str, Any] | None
    Default:None

    The metadata.

    inputsdict[str, Any] | None
    Default:None

    The inputs.

    **kwargsAny
    Default:{}

    Additional keyword arguments.

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