feat: add client side tools to bridge and new cas events [JAR-9629]

packages/uipath-core/src/uipath/core/chat/__init__.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     UiPathSessionStartEvent,
 )
 from .tool import (
+    UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent,
     UiPathConversationToolCall,
     UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmation,
     UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationData,
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@
     "UiPathConversationCitationData",
     "UiPathConversationCitation",
     # Tool
+    "UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent",
     "UiPathConversationToolCallStartEvent",
     "UiPathConversationToolCallEndEvent",
     "UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmation",

packages/uipath-core/src/uipath/core/chat/exchange.py

@@ -28,11 +28,24 @@
 )
 
 
+class UiPathClientSideToolDeclaration(BaseModel):
+    """A client-side tool declaration from the SDK client."""
+
+    name: str
+    input_schema: dict[str, Any] | None = Field(None, alias="inputSchema")
+    output_schema: dict[str, Any] | None = Field(None, alias="outputSchema")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(validate_by_name=True, validate_by_alias=True)
+
+
 class UiPathConversationExchangeStartEvent(BaseModel):
     """Signals the start of an exchange of messages within a conversation."""
 
     conversation_sequence: int | None = Field(None, alias="conversationSequence")
     metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = Field(None, alias="metaData")
+    client_side_tools: list[UiPathClientSideToolDeclaration] | None = Field(
+        None, alias="clientSideTools"
+    )
     timestamp: str | None = None
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(validate_by_name=True, validate_by_alias=True)

packages/uipath-core/src/uipath/core/chat/tool.py

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class UiPathConversationToolCallStartEvent(BaseModel):
     metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = Field(None, alias="metaData")
     require_confirmation: bool | None = Field(None, alias="requireConfirmation")
     input_schema: Any | None = Field(None, alias="inputSchema")
+    is_client_side_tool: bool | None = Field(None, alias="isClientSideTool")
+    output_schema: Any | None = Field(None, alias="outputSchema")
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(validate_by_name=True, validate_by_alias=True)
 
@@ -43,6 +45,18 @@ class UiPathConversationToolCallEndEvent(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(validate_by_name=True, validate_by_alias=True)
 
 
+class UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent(BaseModel):
+    """Signals the client that the tool is about to be executed.
+    Emitted in all paths. For client-side tools, the client should begin
+    executing its handler upon receiving this event."""
+
+    tool_name: str = Field(..., alias="toolName")
+    timestamp: str | None = None
+    input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(validate_by_name=True, validate_by_alias=True)
+
+
 class UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationEvent(BaseModel):
     """Signals a tool call confirmation (approve/reject) from the client."""
 
@@ -82,6 +96,9 @@ class UiPathConversationToolCallEvent(BaseModel):
     confirm: UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationEvent | None = Field(
         None, alias="confirmToolCall"
     )
+    executing: UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent | None = Field(
+        None, alias="executingToolCall"
+    )
     meta_event: dict[str, Any] | None = Field(None, alias="metaEvent")
     error: UiPathConversationErrorEvent | None = Field(None, alias="toolCallError")
 

packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/_chat/_bridge.py

@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
     UiPathConversationEvent,
     UiPathConversationExchangeEndEvent,
     UiPathConversationExchangeEvent,
+    UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent,
     UiPathConversationMessageEvent,
     UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationEvent,
+    UiPathConversationToolCallEndEvent,
+    UiPathConversationToolCallEvent,
 )
 from uipath.core.triggers import UiPathResumeTrigger
 from uipath.runtime.chat import UiPathChatProtocol
@@ -124,7 +127,9 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._tool_confirmation_event = asyncio.Event()
         self._tool_confirmation_value: (
-            UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationEvent | None
+            UiPathConversationToolCallConfirmationEvent
+            | UiPathConversationToolCallEndEvent
+            | None
         ) = None
         self._current_message_id: str | None = None
 
@@ -360,23 +365,42 @@ async def emit_exchange_error_event(self, error: Exception) -> None:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to send exchange error event: {e}") from e
 
     async def emit_interrupt_event(self, resume_trigger: UiPathResumeTrigger):
-        """No-op.
-
-        Tool confirmation — the only interrupt pattern CAS uses today — is
-        handled end-to-end via ``startToolCall`` with ``requireConfirmation:
-        true`` paired with ``wait_for_resume()``. This is deliberately
-        simpler than the old interrupt-based flow: CAS needs
-        ``requireConfirmation`` on the tool call event itself to render the
-        confirmation UI, so a parallel ``startInterrupt`` event would be
-        redundant.
-
-        The only hypothetical reason to put work here is a generic,
-        non-tool-call agent interrupt (e.g. a coded agent calling
-        ``interrupt("do you want to continue?")``). Nothing uses that today
-        and it's not a near-term requirement — the method is kept for
-        generic flexibility.
+        """Emit an executingToolCall event if the trigger is marked with is_execution_phase.
+
+        Called by the runtime loop for every durable interrupt. Emits executingToolCall
+        for triggers that signal execution is about to begin, The
+        is_execution_phase marker ensures it fires exactly once per tool call.
         """
-        return None
+        request = (
+            resume_trigger.api_resume.request if resume_trigger.api_resume else None
+        )
+        if not request or not isinstance(request, dict):
+            return
+
+        if not request.get("is_execution_phase"):
+            return
+
+        tool_call_id = request.get("tool_call_id")
+        tool_name = request.get("tool_name")
+        tool_input = request.get("input")
+
+        if not tool_call_id or not tool_name:
+            return
+
+        if not self._current_message_id:
+            return
+
+        executing_event = UiPathConversationMessageEvent(
+            message_id=self._current_message_id,
+            tool_call=UiPathConversationToolCallEvent(
+                tool_call_id=tool_call_id,
+                executing=UiPathConversationExecutingToolCallEvent(
+                    tool_name=tool_name,
+                    input=tool_input,
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        await self.emit_message_event(executing_event)
 
     async def wait_for_resume(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Wait for a confirmToolCall event to be received."""
@@ -424,13 +448,13 @@ async def _handle_conversation_event(
                 parsed_event.exchange
                 and parsed_event.exchange.message
                 and (tool_call := parsed_event.exchange.message.tool_call)
-                and (confirm := tool_call.confirm)
             ):
-                logger.info(
-                    f"Received confirmToolCall for tool_call_id: {tool_call.tool_call_id}, approved: {confirm.approved}"
-                )
-                self._tool_confirmation_value = confirm
-                self._tool_confirmation_event.set()
+                if confirm := tool_call.confirm:
+                    self._tool_confirmation_value = confirm
+                    self._tool_confirmation_event.set()
+                elif end := tool_call.end:
+                    self._tool_confirmation_value = end
+                    self._tool_confirmation_event.set()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(f"Error parsing conversation event: {e}")
 

packages/uipath/src/uipath/agent/models/agent.py

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class AgentToolType(str, CaseInsensitiveEnum):
     INTEGRATION = "Integration"
     INTERNAL = "Internal"
     IXP = "Ixp"
+    CLIENT_SIDE = "ClientSide"
     UNKNOWN = "Unknown"  # fallback branch discriminator
 
 
@@ -895,6 +896,15 @@ class AgentInternalToolResourceConfig(BaseAgentToolResourceConfig):
     )
 
 
+class AgentClientSideToolResourceConfig(BaseAgentToolResourceConfig):
+    """Resource config for client-side tools executed by the client SDK."""
+
+    type: Literal[AgentToolType.CLIENT_SIDE] = AgentToolType.CLIENT_SIDE
+    properties: BaseResourceProperties = Field(default_factory=BaseResourceProperties)
+    output_schema: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(None, alias="outputSchema")
+    arguments: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
 class AgentUnknownToolResourceConfig(BaseAgentToolResourceConfig):
     """Fallback for unknown tool types (parent normalizer sets type='Unknown')."""
 
@@ -908,6 +918,7 @@ class AgentUnknownToolResourceConfig(BaseAgentToolResourceConfig):
         AgentIntegrationToolResourceConfig,
         AgentInternalToolResourceConfig,
         AgentIxpExtractionResourceConfig,
+        AgentClientSideToolResourceConfig,
         AgentUnknownToolResourceConfig,  # when parent sets type="Unknown"
     ],
     Field(discriminator="type"),
@@ -1290,6 +1301,7 @@ def _normalize_resources(v: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             "integration": "Integration",
             "internal": "Internal",
             "ixp": "Ixp",
+            "clientside": "ClientSide",
             "unknown": "Unknown",
         }
         CONTEXT_MODE_MAP = {