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Expand Up @@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ Error: Invalid function call syntax
Error executing agent: No tool calls found in the response.
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$$$conversation-length-exceeded$$$
### Context length exceeded error [conversation-length-exceeded]

This error occurs when a conversation exceeds the maximum context length supported by the LLM. This typically happens when tools return large responses that consume the available token budget.

To mitigate this issue, consider the following strategies:

- **Optimize queries**: Narrow your questions to reduce the scope of data retrieval
- **Start a new conversation**: Begin a fresh conversation, optionally providing a summary of the previous context
- **Refine tool descriptions**: Update tool descriptions and agent instructions to guide the agent toward requesting only essential data
- **Limit tool response size**: Create custom tools that filter or paginate data to return smaller, focused datasets

### {{esql}} limitations

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