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# Execute Tool Call • AI Agent SDK
> execute_tool_call: Execute a tool call with all hooks and middleware.
# execute\_tool\_call
Method
> This is a method of the [**MiddlewareManager**](../classes/MiddlewareManager) class in the [**middleware**](../modules/middleware) module.
Execute a tool call with all hooks and middleware.
Order:
1. before\_tool hooks (in order)
2. wrap\_tool\_call middleware chain
3. actual tool call
4. after\_tool hooks (in reverse order)
```mermaid theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': { 'primaryColor': '#8B0000', 'primaryTextColor': '#fff', 'primaryBorderColor': '#710101', 'lineColor': '#189AB4', 'secondaryColor': '#189AB4', 'tertiaryColor': '#fff' }}}%%
graph LR
agent["Agent"] -- "uses" --> tool["Tool: execute_tool_call"]
tool -- "returns" --> result["Result"]
style tool fill:#189AB4,color:#fff
style agent fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
style result fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
```
## Signature
```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def execute_tool_call(request: ToolRequest, tool_fn: Callable[[ToolRequest], ToolResponse]) -> ToolResponse
```
## Parameters
No description available.
No description available.
### Returns
The result of the operation.
## Uses
* `tool_fn`
* `run_before_tool`
* `run_after_tool`
* `execute`
## Source
`praisonaiagents/hooks/middleware.py` at line 413
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