NVIDIA-NeMo / NVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails
feature: Tool calling openAI compatible
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Since Mar 30, 2026.
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Description
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The proxy supports OpenAI-compatible tool calls, which allows it to work with the OpenAI SDK. However, for guardrails, it does not accept tool calls in the same format. As a result, I’m forced to choose between using guardrails or tool calls—a trade-off I’d rather avoid.
Describe the solution you'd like
Guardrails chat completions should accept OpenAI-compatible tool calls.
Describe alternatives you've considered
This forces a choice between tool calls and guardrails, neither of which is an option for me.
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