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Respond

A workflow answers with what its Output declares. There is no separate respond step: when the steps are done, the model replies once more and that reply, held to the Output, is the answer.

OutputRespond
Written as
Output
Output
Content
Reply
(ToolResult workflows only)
Respond has no step kind of its own. It is the workflow’s Output field, and the reply the model gives after the last step.

Inputs

Outputoutput contractRequired
What the workflow returns.ContentStructured: <schema>ToolResult
Contentstring
Text. An answer that is empty or only whitespace fails the turn.
Structured: <schema>object
JSON checked against the schema you give.
ToolResultresult[]
The tool results the run gathered, each with the query it ran and its sources, for a workflow another workflow calls to collect material.
Replyobject
On a ToolResult workflow only: the field the closing reply is returned under beside the results, and what it is narrowed to, Content or one Structured schema.

Outputs

<result>any
The committed result: recorded as result.committed, returned to a calling workflow, and the turn ends Completed.

Example

Output: Content
Steps:
  - ExecuteTool: Pay
    Operations: [IssueRefund]
  - DeliverResults: HandOver
  - ModelCall: Reply
    Instructions: Tell the billing system the refund was issued, and give its refund id.
    Output: Content

Whenever the run’s conversation ends on results, the engine asks the model to reply to them: before the next model step, and once the steps are done. A final ModelCall, as here, asks your own question last. Either way, the last reply is held to the workflow’s Output and becomes the result.

Reading the result

  • On the stream. A run started with Accept: text/event-stream sends result.committed, with the value, before the turn ends.
  • Afterwards. The turn’s resultRef names the result.committed event; the run’s events hold it for as long as the run is kept.
  • From another workflow. A WorkflowCall step receives the result as its own value.
Updated Oct 22, 2026
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