Tool Calling and Plugins for Shipping Port Financing Daily Reports

Shipping port financing daily report data comes from domestic major port operation databases, international shipping transaction disclosure platforms

What Data for This Category Looks Like

Shipping port financing daily report data comes from domestic major port operation databases, international shipping transaction disclosure platforms, and customs import and export financing filing systems. Full business data for the previous day is aggregated and released every early morning. The document structure of a single record includes: port UN/LOCODE code, statistical date, financing project type (such as ship financial leasing, yard credit line), financing amount (unit: ten thousand RMB or USD), financing term (unit: calendar day or month), credit granting financial institution name, and collateral type. Each record corresponds to the daily business data of a single financing project for a single port.

Constraints on Tool Calling and Plugins Imposed by These Characteristics

The daily full update feature requires tool calling to support precise filtering by statistical date, to avoid pulling expired or duplicate data. Multi-unit fields (amount, term) require plugins to include built-in unit conversion logic, or require callers to pass clear unit parameters, to prevent parsing errors. The need to integrate multiple data sources requires plugins to support parallel calls of multiple interfaces and result merging, while adapting to the interface formats of different data sources. The large volume of daily financing projects for a single port requires tool calling to support pagination parameters or result truncation configuration, to prevent overload of conversation context.

Configuration Settings

Configuration ItemRecommended ValueRationale
plugin_fetch_timeout600 secondsShipping port financing daily report data may include aggregated content for multiple ports, full data pulling takes a long time; 600 seconds covers pulling needs for most scenarios
plugin_cache_ttl86400 secondsData is updated once daily, caching for 24 hours avoids repeated pulling while ensuring data timeliness
plugin_request_rate_limit10 requests per minuteMost public shipping financing data sources have a current limit threshold of 10 times per minute, which complies with industry general specifications
tool_call_max_results50 entriesThe number of daily financing projects for a single port usually does not exceed 50; exceeding this will cause conversation context overload and affect interaction experience
tool_call_filter_fields["port code", "statistical date", "financing amount"]Core analysis only requires key fields, reducing data transmission volume and parsing complexity
plugin_request_methodGETMost public shipping financing data sources support GET requests, no request body needs to be passed, adapting to standard interface calls

The parameter values provided on this page are common recommended starting points for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume and business rules. Specific issues require specific analysis, and it is recommended to test on your own samples before finalizing settings.

Three Common Mistakes

  • Scenario: The conversation details page does not display complete tool call request and response records. Cause: The tool_call_log_enable configuration item is not enabled, and storage and display of tool call logs are not activated.
  • Scenario: Session context cannot be retained during cross-application calls, and chatId cannot be passed continuously. Cause: The chatId field is not bound in the plugin request parameters, and automatic transfer rules for session parameters are not configured.
  • Scenario: A 400 Bad Request error is returned when calling a custom Python plugin. Cause: The Python script is not encapsulated as an HTTP interface according to plugin specifications, and request header and parameter verification logic are not correctly configured.

How to Verify Proper Configuration

  • Initiate a financing daily report plugin call for a specified port, check whether the conversation details page displays complete tool call logs, and verify whether the request parameters and configuration items in the logs are consistent.
  • Call the plugin to obtain data, check whether the fields, units and data source format of the returned results match the preset tool_call_filter_fields and unit configuration.
  • Initiate 15 consecutive plugin calls, check whether a current limit prompt is triggered, and confirm that the request rate complies with the plugin_request_rate_limit configuration threshold.
  • Check the system error logs, confirm that no timeout errors occur, and verify whether the plugin_fetch_timeout configuration covers actual pulling time.

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.