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tool_choice: type "tool" and "any" are not supported for this model. — forced tool use rejected on Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic-apiclaude-opus-5-5#anthropic#claude#tool-use#structured-outputs#breaking-change
tool_choice: type "tool" and "any" are not supported for this model.
Fix

Use tool_choice: {"type": "auto"} with strict tool use, or structured outputs, and say in the prompt when the tool applies:

tools=[{"name": "extract", "strict": True,
        "input_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {...},
                         "required": [...], "additionalProperties": False}}]
tool_choice={"type": "auto"}
# or: output_config={"format": {"type": "json_schema", "schema": {...}}}

Strict mode requires additionalProperties: false on every object. On Amazon Bedrock, structured outputs (incl. strict tools) aren't available for Opus 5.5: send auto without strict and validate the tool input in code.

Symptom

A request with tool_choice: {"type": "tool", "name": "extract"} or {"type": "any"} (the classic way to force JSON extraction through a tool) returns 400 on claude-opus-5-5, including on the token-counting endpoint: tool_choice: type "tool" and "any" are not supported for this model.

Cause

Forced tool choice is not supported on Claude Opus 5.5 (Opus 4.8 / 4.7 / Opus 5 still accept it).

Verify

Request returns 200; the response contains a tool_use block whose input validates against the schema.

Sources

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