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## Warnings

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## Title

    Proposed fix: [Google ADK] 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT 'Tool use with function calling is unsupported' when a built-in tool (google_search, code execution) is mixed with other tools or used in a sub-agent

## Body

    Recommended action: Wrap each built-in-tool agent with AgentTool and give those AgentTools to the root agent instead of listing it in sub_agents; on ADK Python >=1.16 search tools can use bypass_multi_tools_limit=True.
    
    Option: Use AgentTool instead of sub_agents for built-in tools [evidence: official_recommended_action]
    Applies when: Any agent tree using google_search / code execution below the root
    Steps:
    1. Create search_agent = Agent(tools=[google_search]) and coding_agent = Agent(code_executor=BuiltInCodeExecutor())
    2. root_agent = Agent(tools=[AgentTool(agent=search_agent), AgentTool(agent=coding_agent)])
    Expected: Root agent calls built-in-tool agents as tools without the 400.
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

## Attribution and provenance

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