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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from msgspec import UNSET
+
+from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.model import (
+    AssistantChatMessage,
+    AssistantFunctionToolCall,
+    ChatCompletionsParam,
+    ToolChatMessage,
+)
+
+from .events import (
+    AgentEvent,
+    AssistantMessageEvent,
+    MaxRoundsEvent,
+    TextDeltaEvent,
+    ToolCallEvent,
+    ToolResultEvent,
+)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Sequence
+
+    from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.model import AnyChatMessage, AnyToolItem
+
+    from .client import ChatClient
+    from .tools import ToolRegistry
+
+
+DEFAULT_MAX_ROUNDS = 8
+
+
+async def run_chat_loop(  # noqa: PLR0913
+    client: ChatClient,
+    messages: list[AnyChatMessage],
+    *,
+    model: str,
+    tools: ToolRegistry | None = None,
+    max_rounds: int = DEFAULT_MAX_ROUNDS,
+    temperature: float | None = None,
+) -> AsyncIterator[AgentEvent]:
+    """Multi-round chat/tool loop; mutates ``messages`` in place and yields events.
+
+    Continues until the model returns no tool calls, or ``max_rounds`` is hit.
+    Streaming is non-stream LLM calls for reliable tool_calls; text is emitted
+    as a single :class:`TextDeltaEvent` when content is present.
+    """
+    tool_items: Sequence[AnyToolItem] | None = None
+    if tools is not None and len(tools) > 0:
+        tool_items = tools.tool_items()
+
+    for round_idx in range(max_rounds):
+        param = ChatCompletionsParam(
+            messages=list(messages),
+            model=model,
+            temperature=temperature if temperature is not None else UNSET,
+            tools=list(tool_items) if tool_items is not None else UNSET,
+        )
+        response = await client.chat_completions(param, stream=False)
+        if not response.choices:
+            msg = "chat completion response contained no choices"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
+        assistant = response.choices[0].message
+        messages.append(assistant)
+        yield AssistantMessageEvent(message=assistant)
+
+        if assistant.content:
+            yield TextDeltaEvent(content=assistant.content)
+
+        tool_calls = assistant.tool_calls
+        if tool_calls is UNSET or not tool_calls:
+            return
+
+        if tools is None:
+            return
+
+        for call in tool_calls:
+            yield ToolCallEvent(tool_call=call)
+            if isinstance(call, AssistantFunctionToolCall):
+                result_text = await tools.execute(call.function.name, call.function.arguments)
+                tool_msg = ToolChatMessage(content=result_text, tool_call_id=call.id)
+            else:
+                tool_msg = ToolChatMessage(
+                    content="error: custom tool calls are not supported",
+                    tool_call_id=call.id,
+                )
+            messages.append(tool_msg)
+            yield ToolResultEvent(message=tool_msg)
+
+        _ = round_idx  # used only for loop bound
+
+    yield MaxRoundsEvent(rounds=max_rounds)
+
+
+def collect_assistant_messages(events: Sequence[AgentEvent]) -> list[AssistantChatMessage]:
+    return [e.message for e in events if isinstance(e, AssistantMessageEvent)]