Hi we are using the ai component talking to openai within our application.
We are using the assistants api when combining requests with files.
We are are using tools also, including an email tool we have written.
We have two issues.
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when using the assistant the tools are disregarded. ie. a request to analyse a pdf and send the summary to an email address does not work. However if you do not use the assistant and ask for a joke to be sent to the email it uses the tool and and it is sent.
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the assistant uses the filesearch - this mode seems to allow access to pdf files but not image files. If a user requests an image to be emailed to themselves we get an error saying file of type png, jpg are not supported.
so combined this really restricts it’s practical use.
as an aside I note openai are deprecating the assistants api in a few months, what is roadmap on adjusting the component to use the new api?
As the Assistants API will be deprecated in August 2026, we will do no more efforts on the Assistants API. The regular OpenAI use already relies on the Responses API, so we plan to move the current Assistants only API feature to be ported to the Responses API. With that efforts, we'll also look if the image file type when uploaded via the Files API can also be used in combination with the Responses API.
Thanks Bruno.
When do you foresee the Responses API work being ready? When finished will it be possible to use Tools in conjunction with the Responses API - as it is not possible currently to use Tools in conjunction with the Assistants API.
Are you aware if the Responses API can handle more file types than the Assistants API which seems to only handle pdfs?
In the meantime I’m not sure what we should do. Probably the most sensible action is to prevent the use of files - then we can use all our tools. Given that only pdfs are supported anyway it’s not much of a loss at this point.
Looking forward to your reply
In the latest version of TMS AI Studio, it is possible to work with the Files API to upload files to OpenAI and query on this uploaded content via the Responses API already.
We also tested and it can work on several more file types. We checked XLSX, PDF, DOC, MD, image formats, ... for example
Thank you Bruno. Looks like we will need to migrate from the FNC AI component to the AI Studio.
We will investigate swapping over to the TMSMCPCloudAI component from the TMSFNCCloudAI component.
We had shied away from using AI Studio as we were under the impression that was for MCP’s. we had thought we could use the FNC component for what we needed
MCP is at this moment the difference between the AI component in TMS FNC Cloud Pack and TMS AI Studio.
The Files API is usable in the TMS FNC Cloud Pack TTMSFNCCloudAI component as well as in the TMS AI Studio TTMSMCPCloudAI component.
If all you need is the cloud LLM REST API and no MCP, you can stay with TMS FNC Cloud Pack.