Feature request: per-tool `eager_input_streaming` so `assistant.tool_call_delta` fires early for Anthropic models
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Description
### What
The recently added `assistant.tool_call_delta` provides access to incremental tool call deltas. For recent OpenAI models (e.g. GPT 5.5), it works as expected to send deltas smoothly *as they are generated*. However, for Anthropic models (e.g. Claude Opus 4.8), the deltas arrive as a burst because Claude buffers them. Anthropic provided the `eager_input_streaming` flag for the expected behavior: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/fine-grained-tool-streaming#how-to-use-fine-grained-tool-streaming. But the SDK hasn't exposed this option yet.
#### Proposed Usage Example
```js
defineTool("my_tool", {
description,
parameters,
handler,
eagerInputStreaming: true, // or a different name
});
```
### Why
Responsiveness: for tools capable of handling partial arguments, this improves responsiveness when the whole response might take many seconds - sometimes minutes - to generate.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the assistant.tool_call_delta flow and the per-tool definition API used by the proposed defineTool example, then inspect where Anthropic model options are sent. Done means a per-tool eager input streaming option is exposed and causes tool-call deltas to arrive incrementally for Anthropic models without changing existing behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, javascript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100