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# Validate Tool Schema Consistency • AI Agent SDK
> validate_tool_schema_consistency: Validate a list of tools for schema consistency with OpenAI format.
# validate\_tool\_schema\_consistency
Function
> This function is defined in the [**base**](../modules/base) module.
Validate a list of tools for schema consistency with OpenAI format.
This function ensures all tools in a list can be properly serialized
and have consistent schema structures for use with LLM providers.
```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: validate_tool_schema_consistency"]
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 validate_tool_schema_consistency(tools: List[Any], return_schemas: bool) -> Any
```
## Parameters
List of tool objects to validate
If True, return the list of built schemas instead of just a boolean, so callers can reuse them without rebuilding.
### Returns
True if all tools are valid and consistent (or the built schemas list
when `return_schemas` is True)
### Exceptions
If validation fails
## Uses
* `validate_tool`
* `ToolValidationError`
* `json.dumps`
* `names.add`
## Used By
* [`get_sorted_tool_schemas`](../functions/get_sorted_tool_schemas)
## Source
`praisonaiagents/tools/base.py` at line 516
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