_get_description_from_docstring() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the _get_description_from_docstring() function in _beta_functions.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.

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Source Code

src/anthropic/lib/tools/_beta_functions.py lines 119–126

    def _get_description_from_docstring(self) -> str:
        """Extract description from parsed docstring."""
        if self._parsed_docstring.short_description:
            description = self._parsed_docstring.short_description
            if self._parsed_docstring.long_description:
                description += f"\n\n{self._parsed_docstring.long_description}"
            return description
        return ""