fix(translation): preserve OpenAI tool strictness for Anthropic

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What

Preserve ToolDefinition.strict when Switchyard encodes an Anthropic Messages tool definition.

The field is written for true and false, and left out when it was not set.

Why

OpenAI Chat already decodes function strictness into the shared request type, but the Anthropic encoder was dropping it. That silently turned a strict tool into a normal tool before the upstream request was sent.

This is the reverse direction of #585.

Closes #599.

Testing

• cargo fmt --all --check
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
• cargo test -p switchyard-translation
• Live OpenAI Chat to Switchyard to Anthropic capture: the outbound tool contained strict: true and Anthropic returned HTTP 200 with the forced tool call.

No public API changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Tool definitions translated to Anthropic format now preserve explicitly configured strictness settings.
  • Unspecified strictness remains unchanged during translation.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for strict, non-strict, and unspecified tool configurations.

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Walkthrough

The Anthropic tool encoder now preserves optional strict values from normalized tool definitions. A regression test covers true, false, and unspecified strictness during OpenAI Chat-to-Anthropic translation.

Changes

Tool strictness translation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Encode optional strictness crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/anthropic/buffered.rs	The encoder conditionally adds strict to each Anthropic tool object.
Verify strictness preservation crates/switchyard-translation/tests/request_translation.rs	Regression coverage verifies preservation of explicit and unspecified strictness values.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5f6d3

This change preserves requested tool strictness during Anthropic translation without adding new runtime, dependency, or permission behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Poem

A rabbit checks the tools at night
strict values hop into sight
True and false both keep their place
Missing fields leave empty space
Anthropic tools now carry them right

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the translation fix and the affected behavior: preserving OpenAI tool strictness for Anthropic targets.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation preserves ToolDefinition.strict in Anthropic tool definitions for true and false values and omits the field when unset. The regression test covers all required cases from issue #599…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the Anthropic encoder and focused regression tests. All changes directly support issue #599.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The implementation preserves ToolDefinition.strict in Anthropic tool definitions for true and false values and omits the field when unset. The regression test covers all required cases from issue #599.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/anthropic/buffered.rs (1)

1052-1053: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the optional strict invariant.

This private helper now emits strict for both boolean values and omits it when unset. Add a concise comment above this branch so the wire-format contract remains clear.

Proposed comment

                 });
+                // Preserve `strict` when specified and omit it when unset.
                 if let Some(strict) = tool.strict {

As per coding guidelines, add concise comments for private helpers with non-obvious behavior.

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In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/anthropic/buffered.rs` around lines
1052 - 1053, Add a concise comment immediately above the if let Some(strict)
branch in the private helper documenting that strict is emitted as a boolean
when set and omitted when unset, preserving the wire-format invariant.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/anthropic/buffered.rs`:
- Around line 1052-1053: Add a concise comment immediately above the if let
Some(strict) branch in the private helper documenting that strict is emitted as
a boolean when set and omitted when unset, preserving the wire-format invariant.

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