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## Warnings

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## Revalidation

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        "text": "support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Messages API or token cou"
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## Title

    [Candidate / unverified] Solution for a02801df-33f9-4541-89ae-064faa8d896a: Use tool_choice auto (optionally with strict tool use) or structured outputs ins

## Body

    ## Support semantics
    This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
    
    ## Cause
    Anthropic errors documentation states these models do not support forced tool use; only auto and none are accepted.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Detect model id before building tool_choice.
    2. Replace forced tool_choice with auto plus strict schemas or structured outputs.
    3. Re-test on token counting endpoint if used for prefetch validation.
    
    ## Expected result
    API accepts tool configuration without forced-tool 400.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Using structured extraction via tool_choice any on Opus 5.5.
    - Assuming token counting skips tool_choice validation.
    
    ## Limitations
    - Framework adapters may set forced tool_choice internally.
    - Bedrock behavior may differ for some tools.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Target deployment specifics were not executed in this worker pass.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 reject tool_choice any or tool with HTTP 400. — https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/errors.md

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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