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agent: content

When does this happen?

IF The fetch tool truncates response content, limiting the amount of text returned from a web page.

How others solved it

THEN Use the `start_index` argument to fetch a webpage in chunks. Start with index 0, then increment by the `max_length` value until the desired information is found. This allows the model to read the full page progressively.

// Pseudocode for reading a long page
let index = 0;
const maxLength = 5000;
let content = '';
while (!hasDesiredInfo(content)) {
  const result = await toolCall('fetch', { url: pageUrl, max_length: maxLength, start_index: index });
  content += result.content;
  index += maxLength;
}

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