Parallel Tools ↗
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See Also#
- from_provider Guide - Async client setup
- Batch Processing - Process multiple requests efficiently
- Iterable - Extract multiple objects
- Lists - Working with collections
Parallel Tool Calling is a feature that allows you to call multiple functions in a single request.
Experimental Feature
Parallel Tool Calling is supported by Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. Make sure to use the equivalent parallel tool mode for your client.
Understanding Parallel Tool Calling#
Parallel Function Calling helps you to significantly reduce the latency of your application without having to build a parent schema as a wrapper around these tool calls.
from __future__ import annotations
import instructor
from typing import Iterable, Literal
from pydantic import BaseModel
class Weather(BaseModel):
location: str
units: Literal["imperial", "metric"]
class GoogleSearch(BaseModel):
query: str
client = instructor.from_provider(
"openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
mode=instructor.Mode.PARALLEL_TOOLS,
)
function_calls = client.create(
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You must always use tools"},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "What is the weather in toronto and dallas and who won the super bowl?",
},
],
response_model=Iterable[Weather | GoogleSearch],
)
for fc in function_calls:
print(fc)
#> location='Toronto' units='metric'
#> location='Dallas' units='metric'
#> query='who won the super bowl 2023'from typing import Iterable, Literal
import instructor
from pydantic import BaseModel
try:
import vertexai
import vertexai.generative_models as gm
from instructor import from_vertexai
except ImportError:
vertexai = None
gm = None
from_vertexai = None
class Weather(BaseModel):
location: str
units: Literal["imperial", "metric"]
class GoogleSearch(BaseModel):
query: str
if from_vertexai is not None and vertexai is not None and gm is not None:
vertexai.init(project="your-project-id", location="us-central1")
client = from_vertexai(
gm.GenerativeModel("gemini-2.5-flash"),
mode=instructor.Mode.PARALLEL_TOOLS,
)
function_calls = client.create(
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": "What is the weather in toronto and dallas and who won the super bowl?",
},
],
response_model=Iterable[Weather | GoogleSearch],
)
for fc in function_calls:
print(fc)
#> location='Toronto' units='metric'
#> location='Dallas' units='imperial'
#> query='who won the super bowl'import instructor
from typing import Iterable, Literal
from pydantic import BaseModel
class Weather(BaseModel):
location: str
units: Literal["imperial", "metric"]
class GoogleSearch(BaseModel):
query: str
client = instructor.from_provider(
"anthropic/claude-3-7-sonnet-latest",
mode=instructor.Mode.PARALLEL_TOOLS,
)
function_calls = client.create(
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You must always use tools"},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "What is the weather in toronto and dallas and who won the super bowl?",
},
],
response_model=Iterable[Weather | GoogleSearch],
)
for fc in function_calls:
print(fc)
#> location='Toronto' units='metric'We need to set the response model to Iterable[Weather | GoogleSearch] to indicate that the response will be a list of Weather and GoogleSearch objects.
This is necessary because the response will be a list of objects, and we need to specify the types of the objects in the list. This returns an iterable which you can then iterate over