Stores OpenAI-style function schemas at ``meta/info.json["tools"]`` so
datasets can declare which tools are available (today: just ``say``;
tomorrow: per-dataset extensions). The ``DEFAULT_TOOLS`` constant
fills in for unannotated datasets so chat-template consumers don't
have to special-case anything.
Three pieces:
- ``language.py``: ``SAY_TOOL_SCHEMA`` and ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``
constants. Single source of truth — PR 2's writer and PR 3's
runtime tool registry will both import from here instead of
duplicating the dict.
- ``dataset_metadata.py``: ``LeRobotDatasetMetadata.tools`` property
reads ``info.json["tools"]`` and falls back to ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``.
Returns deep-copied dicts so callers can mutate the result safely.
- ``docs/source/tools.mdx``: spec page covering the catalog, per-row
invocations, and the three-step "how to add a new tool" workflow
(declare schema, implement, register). Linked from the docs
toctree under the Datasets section.
This lays the groundwork for PR 2's pipeline writing the catalog out
during annotation, and PR 3's ``src/lerobot/tools/`` package shipping
runnable implementations (one file per tool — first up:
``say.py`` wrapping Kyutai's pocket-tts).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pepijn