# Tool Execution Pipeline
Maintenance mode: curated Mermaid flow; exact tool schemas and event signatures live in generated catalogs.
This graph shows where policy, hooks, sandboxing, filesystem guards, result rewriting, and UI rendering fit without changing the loop. The key extension points are the `tools/pre-execute` and `tools/post-execute` waterfalls.
```mermaid
flowchart TD
model["Assistant message contains tool-call block"]
toolCall["Session event: tool/call
logged before execution"]
presentCall["UI pending card
presentCall(args)"]
pre["tools/pre-execute waterfall
hooks, permission, sandbox"]
denied["deny or ask
tool body skipped"]
toolBody["Registered tool execute() body"]
fsGate["fs/write-intent or fs/edit-intent
tool-fs mutations only"]
owned["Tool-owned session events
todo/write, fs/observed, hook/invoked, hook/result"]
post["tools/post-execute waterfall
accept, block, replace, add context"]
context["Buffered additionalContext
context/message after all tool results"]
toolResult["Session event: tool/result
single model-facing outcome"]
presentResult["UI completed card
presentResult(args, result)"]
model --> toolCall
toolCall --> presentCall
toolCall --> pre
pre -->|allow| toolBody
pre -->|deny or ask| denied
denied --> post
toolBody --> fsGate
fsGate --> toolBody
toolBody --> owned
toolBody --> post
post --> context
post --> toolResult
toolResult --> presentResult
```
Filesystem read-before-edit checks live below `tool-fs` on the `fs/*` event gate, while hook bridges and future permission prompts live on the generic tool waterfalls. That split lets the same hooks observe bash, fs, web, todo, and subagent calls without coupling those tools to one policy service.