Host A: Welcome back to Exploring Next! Today we're looking at GitHub - Chen-zexi/open-ptc-agent: An open source implementation of code execution with MCP (Programatic Tool Calling).
Host B: Yeah, this one caught our eye because Open PTC Agent English | 中文 Getting Started | Demo Notebooks | Configuration | Changelog | Roadmap What is Programmatic Tool Calling?
Host A: So the big idea is This project is an open source implementation of Anthropic recently introduced Programmatic Tool Calling (PTC) , which enables agents to invoke tools with code execution rather than making individual JSON tool calls.
Host B: What stood out to me is This paradigm is also featured in their earlier engineering blog Code execution with MCP .
Host A: If you're curious, give the original a read: https://github.com/Chen-zexi/open-ptc-agent.
Host B: And let us know what you try next!