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Return quickly with a handle for long jobs\n2. Deduplicate retried calls by arguments\nExpected: Request accepted / failure becomes diagnosable\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"3ffa3b08-1560-4731-b24b-272c6dc7f136","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Keep programmatic tools fast (<4 min) or make them idempotent / async (return a job id and poll).\n\nOption: Make slow tools idempotent or asynchronous [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Anthropic Claude API / programmatic tool calling latency\nSteps:\n1. Return quickly with a handle for long jobs\n2. 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