#+RESULTS: : (gptel error: gptel error)

[trharmon0]

Howdy. I'm getting an error when executing the gptel babel block and I've been unable to divine why. I tested proper functioning of gptel on its own.

#+begin_src gptel 
Hello, are you there?
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: (gptel error: gptel error)

There's nothing in the Warnings buffer nor anything indicative in Messages. I set gptel-log-level to info and I'm actually seeing a valid reply from the model.

        "content": "Hello! 😊 Yes, I'm here and ready to help. How can I assist you today?",

Here're my gptel and ob-gptel configs in case that is useful:

  (use-package gptel
    :after (transient)
    :config
    (setopt gptel-model 'qwen/qwen3-14b)

    (gptel-make-openai "openrouter"
      :host "openrouter.ai"
      :endpoint "/api/v1/chat/completions"
      :stream t
      :key (lambda ()
             (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "openrouter.ai"))
      :models '(qwen/qwen3-14b
  	      x-ai/grok-4.1-fast))

    (gptel-make-openai "groq"
      :host "api.groq.com"
      :endpoint "/openai/v1/chat/completions"
      :stream t
      :key (lambda () (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "api.groq.com")))

  (use-package ob-gptel
    :ensure (:host github :repo "jwiegley/ob-gptel")
    :after (org gptel)
    :config
    (add-to-list 'org-babel-load-languages '(gptel . t))
    (defun ob-gptel-setup-completions ()
      (add-hook 'completion-at-point-functions
  	      'ob-gptel-capf nil t))
    :hook
    (org-mode . ob-gptel-setup-completions))

I set toggle-debug-on-error but I'm not getting a stack trace.

Any thoughts?

[ugurbolat]

I have this issue/error when using :preset websearch (or any preset with tools), blocks that need to call a tool fail with "(gptel error: gptel error)".

Example:

#+begin_src gptel :preset websearch
find gptel-agent repo
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: (gptel error: gptel error)

the preset config:

  (gptel-make-preset 'websearch
    :description "Web search (duckduckgo + fetch), no file access"
    :pre (lambda () (gptel-mcp-connect '("duckduckgo" "fetch") 'sync))
    :backend "OpenRouter"
    :model   'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite
    :tools   '("mcp-duckduckgo" "mcp-fetch")
    :use-context nil)

The model tries to use a tool but ob-gptel does not seem to handle the tool-use loop that gptel-mode has.