core: docstrings shouldn't inherit from parents
Author: mdrxyCreated Jul 16, 2025Updated Sep 17, 2026
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from langchain_core.tools import tool from pydantic import BaseModel class MyTool(BaseModel): """Parent Tool""" foo: str @tool class ChildTool(MyTool): bar: strFor 0.4 release we could consider updating the behavior so that doc-strings are not inherited from their parents. It's fairly odd that doc-strings are inherited for BaseModels as in general the descriptions need to be different
Originally posted by @eyurtsev in #31606
Source: langchain-ai/langchain