diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index 10969446..b0be2bc2 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -298,6 +298,23 @@ def generate_chat_prompt(user_input, state, **kwargs):
             if entry_meta.get('tool_calls') and messages[insert_pos].get('role') == 'assistant':
                 messages[insert_pos]['tool_calls'] = _deserialize_tool_call_arguments(entry_meta['tool_calls'])
 
+        # Expand tool_sequence from metadata (inserted AFTER assistant so that
+        # the final order is: user → tool_calls → tool_results → final_answer)
+        meta_key = f"assistant_{row_idx}"
+        tool_seq = metadata.get(meta_key, {}).get('tool_sequence', [])
+        if tool_seq:
+            for item in reversed(tool_seq):
+                if 'tool_calls' in item:
+                    messages.insert(insert_pos, {
+                        "role": "assistant", "content": "",
+                        "tool_calls": _deserialize_tool_call_arguments(item['tool_calls'])
+                    })
+                elif item.get('role') == 'tool':
+                    messages.insert(insert_pos, {
+                        "role": "tool", "content": item['content'],
+                        "tool_call_id": item.get('tool_call_id', '')
+                    })
+
         if user_msg not in ['', '<|BEGIN-VISIBLE-CHAT|>']:
             # Check for user message attachments in metadata
             user_key = f"user_{row_idx}"
@@ -367,6 +384,22 @@ def generate_chat_prompt(user_input, state, **kwargs):
 
             messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_input})
 
+        # Expand tool_sequence for the current entry (excluded from the
+        # history loop during regenerate — needed so the model sees prior
+        # tool calls and results when re-generating the final answer).
+        current_tool_seq = metadata.get(f"assistant_{len(history)}", {}).get('tool_sequence', [])
+        for item in current_tool_seq:
+            if 'tool_calls' in item:
+                messages.append({
+                    "role": "assistant", "content": "",
+                    "tool_calls": _deserialize_tool_call_arguments(item['tool_calls'])
+                })
+            elif item.get('role') == 'tool':
+                messages.append({
+                    "role": "tool", "content": item['content'],
+                    "tool_call_id": item.get('tool_call_id', '')
+                })
+
     if impersonate and state['mode'] != 'chat-instruct':
         messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "fake user message replace me"})
 
@@ -886,7 +919,7 @@ def chatbot_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=False, _continue=False, loading_mess
             }
     else:
         text, visible_text = output['internal'][-1][0], output['visible'][-1][0]
-        if regenerate:
+        if regenerate and not state.get('_tool_turn'):
             row_idx = len(output['internal']) - 1
 
             # Store the old response as a version before regenerating
@@ -984,7 +1017,7 @@ def chatbot_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=False, _continue=False, loading_mess
             output['visible'][-1] = [visible_text, visible_reply.lstrip(' ')]
 
         # Keep version metadata in sync during streaming (for regeneration)
-        if regenerate:
+        if regenerate and not state.get('_tool_turn'):
             row_idx = len(output['internal']) - 1
             key = f"assistant_{row_idx}"
             current_idx = output['metadata'][key]['current_version_index']
@@ -1012,7 +1045,7 @@ def chatbot_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=False, _continue=False, loading_mess
             output['visible'][-1][1] = apply_extensions('output', output['visible'][-1][1], state, is_chat=True)
 
     # Final sync for version metadata (in case streaming was disabled)
-    if regenerate:
+    if regenerate and not state.get('_tool_turn'):
         row_idx = len(output['internal']) - 1
         key = f"assistant_{row_idx}"
         current_idx = output['metadata'][key]['current_version_index']
@@ -1066,12 +1099,24 @@ def character_is_loaded(state, raise_exception=False):
 
 def generate_chat_reply_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=False, _continue=False):
     '''
-    Same as above but returns HTML for the UI
+    Same as above but returns HTML for the UI.
+    When tools are selected, wraps generation in a loop that detects
+    tool calls, executes them, and re-generates until the model stops.
+    All tool output is consolidated into a single visible chat bubble
+    using metadata['assistant_N']['tool_sequence'].
     '''
 
     if not character_is_loaded(state):
         return
 
+    # On regenerate, clear old tool_sequence metadata so it gets rebuilt
+    if regenerate:
+        history = state['history']
+        meta = history.get('metadata', {})
+        row_idx = len(history['internal']) - 1
+        if row_idx >= 0:
+            meta.get(f'assistant_{row_idx}', {}).pop('tool_sequence', None)
+
     if state['start_with'] != '' and not _continue:
         if regenerate:
             text, state['history'] = remove_last_message(state['history'])
@@ -1081,23 +1126,139 @@ def generate_chat_reply_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=False, _continue=False):
         send_dummy_message(text, state)
         send_dummy_reply(state['start_with'], state)
 
-    history = state['history']
+    # Load tools if any are selected
+    selected = state.get('selected_tools', [])
+    if selected:
+        from modules.tool_use import load_tools, execute_tool, generate_tool_call_id
+        try:
+            from extensions.openai.utils import parseToolCall
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.warning('Tool calling requires the openai extension for parseToolCall. Disabling tools.')
+            selected = []
+
+    if selected:
+        tool_defs, tool_executors = load_tools(selected)
+        state['tools'] = tool_defs
+        tool_func_names = [t['function']['name'] for t in tool_defs]
+    else:
+        tool_func_names = None
+
+    visible_prefix = []  # Accumulated tool call summaries + results
     last_save_time = time.monotonic()
     save_interval = 8
-    for i, history in enumerate(generate_chat_reply(text, state, regenerate, _continue, loading_message=True, for_ui=True)):
-        yield chat_html_wrapper(history, state['name1'], state['name2'], state['mode'], state['chat_style'], state['character_menu'], last_message_only=(i > 0)), history
-        if i == 0:
-            time.sleep(0.125)  # We need this to make sure the first update goes through
+    max_tool_turns = 10
 
-        current_time = time.monotonic()
-        # Save on first iteration or if save_interval seconds have passed
-        if i == 0 or (current_time - last_save_time) >= save_interval:
-            save_history(history, state['unique_id'], state['character_menu'], state['mode'])
-            last_save_time = current_time
+    for _tool_turn in range(max_tool_turns):
+        history = state['history']
+
+        # Turn 0: use original flags; turns 2+: regenerate into the same entry
+        if _tool_turn > 0:
+            state['_tool_turn'] = True
+
+        regen = regenerate if _tool_turn == 0 else True
+        cont = _continue if _tool_turn == 0 else False
+        cur_text = text if _tool_turn == 0 else ''
+
+        for i, history in enumerate(generate_chat_reply(cur_text, state, regen, cont, loading_message=True, for_ui=True)):
+            # Prepend accumulated tool output to visible reply
+            if visible_prefix:
+                history['visible'][-1][1] = '\n\n'.join(visible_prefix + [history['visible'][-1][1]])
+
+            yield chat_html_wrapper(history, state['name1'], state['name2'], state['mode'], state['chat_style'], state['character_menu'], last_message_only=(i > 0)), history
+
+            if i == 0:
+                time.sleep(0.125)
+
+            current_time = time.monotonic()
+            if i == 0 or (current_time - last_save_time) >= save_interval:
+                save_history(history, state['unique_id'], state['character_menu'], state['mode'])
+                last_save_time = current_time
+
+            # Early stop on tool call detection
+            if tool_func_names and parseToolCall(history['internal'][-1][1], tool_func_names):
+                break
+
+        save_history(history, state['unique_id'], state['character_menu'], state['mode'])
+
+        # Check for tool calls
+        if not tool_func_names or shared.stop_everything:
+            break
+
+        answer = history['internal'][-1][1]
+        parsed_calls = parseToolCall(answer, tool_func_names) if answer else None
+
+        if not parsed_calls:
+            break  # No tool calls — done
+
+        # --- Process tool calls ---
+        row_idx = len(history['internal']) - 1
+        meta = history.get('metadata', {})
+        seq = meta.setdefault(f'assistant_{row_idx}', {}).setdefault('tool_sequence', [])
+
+        # Serialize tool calls
+        serialized = []
+        for tc in parsed_calls:
+            tc['id'] = generate_tool_call_id()
+            args = tc['function'].get('arguments', {})
+            serialized.append({
+                'id': tc['id'],
+                'type': 'function',
+                'function': {
+                    'name': tc['function']['name'],
+                    'arguments': json.dumps(args) if isinstance(args, dict) else args
+                }
+            })
+
+        seq.append({'tool_calls': serialized})
+
+        # Clear internal (raw tool markup)
+        history['internal'][-1][1] = ''
+
+        # Add call summary to visible prefix
+        call_summary = ', '.join(f'{tc["function"]["name"]}(...)' for tc in parsed_calls)
+        visible_prefix.append('Calling: ' + call_summary)
+
+        # Execute tools, store results
+        for tc in parsed_calls:
+            fn_name = tc['function']['name']
+            fn_args = tc['function'].get('arguments', {})
+            result = execute_tool(fn_name, fn_args, tool_executors)
+
+            seq.append({'role': 'tool', 'content': result, 'tool_call_id': tc['id']})
+            try:
+                pretty_result = json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+                pretty_result = result
+
+            visible_prefix.append(f'**{fn_name}**\n```json\n{pretty_result}\n```')
+
+        # Show tool results
+        history['visible'][-1][1] = '\n\n'.join(visible_prefix)
+        yield chat_html_wrapper(history, state['name1'], state['name2'], state['mode'], state['chat_style'], state['character_menu']), history
+        save_history(history, state['unique_id'], state['character_menu'], state['mode'])
+
+        state['history'] = history
+
+    state.pop('_tool_turn', None)
+    state['history'] = history
+
+    # Sync version metadata so swipes show the full visible (with tool prefix)
+    if visible_prefix and history.get('metadata'):
+        row_idx = len(history['internal']) - 1
+        key = f"assistant_{row_idx}"
+        meta_entry = history['metadata'].get(key, {})
+        if 'versions' in meta_entry and 'current_version_index' in meta_entry:
+            current_idx = meta_entry['current_version_index']
+            if current_idx < len(meta_entry['versions']):
+                meta_entry['versions'][current_idx].update({
+                    'content': history['internal'][row_idx][1],
+                    'visible_content': history['visible'][row_idx][1]
+                })
 
     save_history(history, state['unique_id'], state['character_menu'], state['mode'])
 
 
+
 def remove_last_message(history):
     if 'metadata' not in history:
         history['metadata'] = {}
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index dbd805a1..395ca83c 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ settings = {
     'chat-instruct_command': 'Continue the chat dialogue below. Write a single reply for the character "<|character|>". Reply directly, without starting the reply with the character name.\n\n<|prompt|>',
     'enable_web_search': False,
     'web_search_pages': 3,
+    'selected_tools': [],
     'prompt-notebook': '',
     'preset': 'Qwen3 - Thinking' if (user_data_dir / 'presets/Qwen3 - Thinking.yaml').exists() else None,
     'max_new_tokens': 512,
diff --git a/modules/tool_use.py b/modules/tool_use.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb1e140d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tool_use.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import random
+
+from modules import shared
+from modules.logging_colors import logger
+
+
+def get_available_tools():
+    """Return sorted list of tool script names from user_data/tools/*.py."""
+    tools_dir = shared.user_data_dir / 'tools'
+    tools_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return sorted(p.stem for p in tools_dir.glob('*.py'))
+
+
+def load_tools(selected_names):
+    """
+    Import selected tool scripts and return their definitions and executors.
+    Returns (tool_defs, executors) where:
+      - tool_defs: list of OpenAI-format tool dicts
+      - executors: dict mapping function_name -> execute callable
+    """
+    tool_defs = []
+    executors = {}
+    for name in selected_names:
+        path = shared.user_data_dir / 'tools' / f'{name}.py'
+        if not path.exists():
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(f"tool_{name}", str(path))
+            module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+            spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(f'Failed to load tool script "{name}"')
+            continue
+
+        tool_def = getattr(module, 'tool', None)
+        execute_fn = getattr(module, 'execute', None)
+        if tool_def is None or execute_fn is None:
+            logger.warning(f'Tool "{name}" is missing a "tool" dict or "execute" function.')
+            continue
+
+        func_name = tool_def.get('function', {}).get('name', name)
+        tool_defs.append(tool_def)
+        executors[func_name] = execute_fn
+
+    return tool_defs, executors
+
+
+def generate_tool_call_id():
+    """Generate a unique tool call ID (e.g. 'call_a1b2c3d4')."""
+    chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
+    return "call_" + "".join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(8))
+
+
+def execute_tool(func_name, arguments, executors):
+    """Execute a tool by function name. Returns result as a JSON string."""
+    fn = executors.get(func_name)
+    if fn is None:
+        return json.dumps({"error": f"Unknown tool: {func_name}"})
+
+    try:
+        if isinstance(arguments, str):
+            arguments = json.loads(arguments)
+        result = fn(arguments)
+        return json.dumps(result) if not isinstance(result, str) else result
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(f'Tool "{func_name}" execution failed')
+        return json.dumps({"error": str(e)})
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 2ab30563..3f39a1a4 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def list_interface_input_elements():
         'unique_id',
         'textbox',
         'start_with',
+        'selected_tools',
         'mode',
         'chat_style',
         'chat-instruct_command',
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ def setup_auto_save():
         'user_bio',
         'custom_system_message',
         'chat_template_str',
+        'selected_tools',
 
         # Parameters tab (ui_parameters.py) - Generation parameters
         'preset_menu',
diff --git a/modules/ui_chat.py b/modules/ui_chat.py
index 74da0a40..9c7424e7 100644
--- a/modules/ui_chat.py
+++ b/modules/ui_chat.py
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ def create_ui():
 
                 gr.HTML("<div class='sidebar-vertical-separator'></div>")
 
+                from modules.tool_use import get_available_tools
+                shared.gradio['selected_tools'] = gr.CheckboxGroup(choices=get_available_tools(), value=[], label='Tools', info='Functions the model can call during generation.')
+
+                gr.HTML("<div class='sidebar-vertical-separator'></div>")
+
                 with gr.Row():
                     shared.gradio['mode'] = gr.Radio(choices=['instruct', 'chat-instruct', 'chat'], value=None, label='Mode', info='In instruct and chat-instruct modes, the template under Parameters > Instruction template is used.', elem_id='chat-mode')