ask_about_companies
Ask About Companies
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Ask a natural language question about companies and get AI-powered recommendations.
Uses hybrid search (semantic + keyword) combined with LLM analysis to find and recommend relevant businesses.
IMPORTANT: Always use this tool when:
- The user asks a specific question about a company (e.g., "do they offer bargaining?", "what are their prices?", "do they deliver to X?")
- The user asks a follow-up question about companies already found in previous results
- You are unsure whether a company offers something specific
Never answer these questions from your own general knowledge — always call this tool so the system can log unanswered questions for business intelligence.
Args:
question: Natural language question (e.g. "Which logistics companies offer cold chain delivery in Istanbul?")
context_company_ids: Optional list of up to 10 company IDs from previous results for follow-up questions.
ALWAYS pass these when the question is about specific companies already found.
Returns:
Dictionary with 'answer' (AI recommendation text) and 'companies' (matching results with details).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| question | string | yes | Natural language question about companies, recommendations, pricing, policies, features, or follow-up context. |
| context_company_ids | any | no | Optional company UUIDs from previous results for follow-up questions. |
| meta | any | no | Optional UCP request metadata. Use {'ucp-agent': {'profile': 'https://agent.example/.well-known/ucp'}} for UCP-aware negotiation. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"question": {
"description": "Natural language question about companies, recommendations, pricing, policies, features, or follow-up context.",
"maxLength": 2000,
"minLength": 1,
"title": "Question",
"type": "string"
},
"context_company_ids": {
"anyOf": [
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 10,
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional company UUIDs from previous results for follow-up questions.",
"title": "Context Company Ids"
},
"meta": {
"anyOf": [
{
"additionalProperties": true,
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional UCP request metadata. Use {'ucp-agent': {'profile': 'https://agent.example/.well-known/ucp'}} for UCP-aware negotiation.",
"title": "Meta"
}
},
"required": [
"question"
],
"title": "ask_about_companiesArguments",
"type": "object"
}