What the Data for This Category Looks Like
Minor metal research report data primarily comes from the Minor Metal Branch of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, securities firm nonferrous metals industry research teams, professional spot trading platforms, and downstream application enterprise announcements. Update cadences vary: securities firm research reports are updated when triggered by industry policies or supply-demand fluctuations, spot price and inventory data is updated daily, and industry output and import-export statistical data is released monthly. Document structures typically include macro policy analysis, core market data, supply-demand analysis, and industry chain related content. Core fields include spot price (unit: yuan/kilogram or yuan/ton), output (unit: ton), and inventory (unit: ton). Some documents include qualitative descriptions related to downstream applications.
Constraints Imposed on Tool Calling and Plugins by These Characteristics
These characteristics impose clear constraints on the tool calling and plugin workflow. First, varied update rhythms require plugins to adapt to different data pull cycles. Spot data must support high-frequency real-time calls. Industry statistical data must be updated on a monthly cycle. Reasonable cache expiration times must also be configured to avoid repeated pulls. Second, core fields use multiple units. Unit mapping rules must be clearly defined in tool definitions, such as unifying the price units of different minor metals into a standard format. Additionally, research reports include both structured market data and unstructured analysis content. Plugins must support both structured data extraction and text semantic parsing to adapt to calls for different types of research report content.
How to Configure Settings
| Configuration Item | Recommended Value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
plugin_data_refresh_interval | 3600 seconds (spot data sources), 2592000 seconds (monthly statistical data sources) | Adapts to the update cadences of different minor metal research report data sources, avoids expired data or excessive pulls |
unit_conversion_enabled | Enabled | Unifies the multiple units used for minor metal data (yuan/kilogram, yuan/ton) and eliminates unit ambiguity in retrieval results |
rag_chunk_size | 800–1200 characters | Matches the length of structured data blocks and analysis paragraphs in minor metal research reports, improving retrieval accuracy |
tool_call_max_results | Top 3 results | Core information for minor metal research reports is concentrated in the early retrieval results, reducing context redundancy |
parse_file_timeout | 600 seconds | Adapts to the parsing needs of large industry research reports, prevents parsing failures due to excessive length |
rag_similarity_threshold | 0.65–0.75 | Adapts to the text characteristics of dense specialized terminology in minor metal materials, covers relevant retrieval results |
The parameter values provided on this page are common starting points for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume, and business rules. Specific issues require individual analysis. It is recommended to test on relevant samples before finalizing settings.
Three Common Misconfigurations
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403 Forbiddenerror or empty return occurs when calling a general overseas search plugin. This occurs because a domestic vertical search plugin is not configured, and using a general overseas search plugin directly cannot adapt to the domestic network environment. - A parameter mismatch error occurs in the tool calling workflow when attempting to call both multimodal models and pure text models. This occurs because independent model calling rules are not configured for different task types, and corresponding models are not triggered by splitting traffic based on data type.
- Structured market data cannot be accurately extracted when loading a custom minor metal research report knowledge base. This occurs because field extraction rules tailored for minor metal research reports are not configured, and using a general knowledge base parsing template directly cannot adapt to specialized field structures.
How to Confirm Proper Configuration
- Submit a query request for minor metal spot prices, verify that the returned results use unified units, and confirm that the unit conversion configuration is active.
- Trigger a tool call to pull monthly statistical data, verify that the data update time matches the data source's release cycle, and confirm that the data refresh interval configuration is correct.
- Upload a large minor metal research report, check for timeout errors after parsing completes, and confirm that the parsing timeout configuration is reasonable.
- Run a multi-task test, submit pure text queries and multimodal data queries separately, verify that corresponding models are triggered based on task type, and confirm that the model traffic splitting rules are active.
Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-14.