Recursive Growth

Recursive Growth

Leveraging function calling to grant the engine the power to autonomously refine its own knowledge structures.

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Recursive Growth
  • 17 February, 2026
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Recursive Growth

Leveraging function calling to grant the engine the power to autonomously refine its own knowledge structures.

Earlier, we built a sentinel to watch and a surgeon to refactor. Now, by utilizing Function Calling, we teach the AI to not just think, but to act upon its own internal systems.

Power is not just in knowing the answer, but in having the tools to change the question.

Intent

You will implement Tool Use (Function Calling) that allows Gemini to autonomously trigger re-indexing and metadata updates when it detects Knowledge Gaps during a query.

Background

This is the ultimate evolution of the engine, an AI that realizes its memory is incomplete or poorly structured and takes the initiative to fix it.


Action Loop

Transforming the AI from a spectator into an operator. Instead of just telling you that it needs more data, the AI executes a tool to go get it.

Function Calling

  1. Detection: The AI processes a user query and realizes the retrieved chunks are low-confidence.
  2. Tool Selection: The AI chooses the reindex_file function from its toolkit.
  3. Execution: The system executes the Python code to re-chunk the file with higher density.
  4. Verification: The AI re-runs the query and provides a high-confidence answer.

Toolkit Definition

To enable recursive growth, we must define the functions the AI is allowed to call. These act as the limbs of our Orchestrator.

Sovereign Toolkit

  • update_metadata: Allows the AI to tag chunks as deprecated or primary.
  • adjust_chunk_params: Allows the AI to signal that a specific technical stack needs smaller, more granular chunks.
  • search_external_docs: An escape hatch to fetch live documentation when the vault is silent.

Recursive Engine

We will use Gemini’s tools parameter to pass our language functions directly to the model.

  1. Define the Tool
    We create a standard Python function and wrap it in a signature Gemini can understand.

  2. Enable Function Calling
    We initialize the model with the tools list.

  3. Handle the Call
    We build a loop that executes the tool requested by the AI and feeds the result back into the conversation.

recursive_engine.py
import google.generativeai as genai
from vault import add_to_vault
# 1. Define the Tool (Limbs)
def reindex_file(file_path: str, chunk_size: int = 500):
"""Re-chunks a file with specific granularity when information is vague."""
print(f"Action: Re-indexing {file_path}...")
# Logic to trigger process_file and add_to_vault goes here
return "Vault updated with higher density chunks."
# 2. Forge the Model with Tools
model = genai.GenerativeModel(
model_name='gemini-1.5-pro',
tools=[reindex_file]
)
# 3. Execute Autonomous Chat
chat = model.start_chat(enable_automatic_function_calling=True)
res = chat.send_message("The context for 'bridge.py' is too thin. Re-index it now.")
print(res.text)

Conclusion

The engine is now self-correcting. By mastering Function Calling, you have given your Orchestrator the limbs to match its brain. It can now perform its own maintenance, ensuring that the sovereignty of your data remains absolute.

Growth is recursive; every action informs the next design.

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