[Infographics] Tool Orchestration
Tool Orchestra: Keep Every Call in Tune - Stop one flaky API from crashing your whole Agent
One flaky API call can stall an entire tool chain—users rage-quit while you pay for blank LLM invocations.
No timeouts → hanging requests
Zero retries → transient 500s bubble up
Missing fallback → the agent has nothing to say
Our one-pager maps the orchestration playbook:
⏱️ Timeouts on every external call (e.g., 5 s)
🔄 Retries with backoff (max 3) for network hiccups
🪄 Null-tool fallback so the chain continues even if one link snaps
📊 Log latency & errors to spot flaky tools early
Stop one slow scraper from sinking your entire agent and keep every call in tune.
What’s the worst ‘one slow tool’ nightmare you’ve faced—and how did you fix it? Share your orchestration war stories below so we can all avoid the same traps.