Tools are not working for Google Gemini Chat Model

[wowsers007]

I added tools for Wikipedia and Google search, but Gemini won’t use them. Any suggestions?

What is the error message (if any)?

None. Silent fail.

Please share your workflow

## Share the output returned by the last node
Q: who won the 2024 MLB world series?
A: The 2024 MLB World Series hasn't happened yet! The season is still ongoing. I can't predict the future, but I can definitely help you stay updated on the exciting MLB season!

## Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: 1.65.2
- Database: Postgres
- n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS: (not seeing this setting anywhere)
- Running n8n via Docker on Coolify
- Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04

[n8n]

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• n8n version:
• Database (default: SQLite):
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
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[wowsers007]

I updated the OP.

[ria]

Hi @wowsers007

How did you configure your AI Agent? How are you instructing it to use the tools?
Can you share your workflow so we can try to reproduce this?

Thank You

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[flatpackfan]

Same question / issue over here. How do we get the AI Agent node tool calling to work with Gemini? It seems that function calling is supported by Gemini (and Vertex).

[flatpackfan]

After some additional testing, I think this has to do with using Gemini Flash instead of Pro. Seems like tool call works just fine with the pro model.

[ria]

Hi guys,

I thought this might help:

@oleg posted a pretty good example of using Gemini models with the tools agent here

He uses the mode gemini-1.5-flash-latest - here’s the workflow JSON if you want to replicate it on your instance:

https://gist.github.com/OlegIvaniv/34f774c29a8395535d599395c648314b

[Vitaliy_Trenkenshu]

Google Gemini Chat Model doesn’t work for me with Tools Agent. I’ve tried gemini-1.5-flash-latest, 2.0-exp, and others.

[lightcom]

I confirm, Gemini flash does not run the tool in my case, even with the explicit mention of the name of the tool and the instructions to run it and all the send delails.

ChatGPT does the job, but sometimes misses tool launches, so I abandoned it.

I solved this problem with Gemini Flash by generating JSON in otput response with a lot of complex parsing. but i got near 100% results in tests.

[mredodos]

Same issue for me gemini 2.0 not use tools

[Andres_Rafael]

Anyone found a solution for gemini 2 flash? this is a really powerful model that couldve been utilized well

[websl]

Would you have an example workflow for us?
Unfortunately I can’t get it to work…