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+"""
+Semantic Tool Filter Hook
+
+Pre-call hook that filters MCP tools semantically before LLM inference.
+Reduces context window size and improves tool selection accuracy.
+"""
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional, Union
+
+from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
+from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
+    from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.semantic_tool_filter import (
+        SemanticMCPToolFilter,
+    )
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+
+
+class SemanticToolFilterHook(CustomLogger):
+    """
+    Pre-call hook that filters MCP tools semantically.
+    
+    This hook:
+    1. Extracts the user query from messages
+    2. Filters tools based on semantic similarity to the query
+    3. Returns only the top-k most relevant tools to the LLM
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, semantic_filter: "SemanticMCPToolFilter"):
+        """
+        Initialize the hook.
+        
+        Args:
+            semantic_filter: SemanticMCPToolFilter instance
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.filter = semantic_filter
+        
+        verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+            f"Initialized SemanticToolFilterHook with filter: "
+            f"enabled={semantic_filter.enabled}, top_k={semantic_filter.top_k}"
+        )
+    
+    async def async_pre_call_hook(
+        self,
+        user_api_key_dict: "UserAPIKeyAuth",
+        cache: "DualCache",
+        data: dict,
+        call_type: str,
+    ) -> Optional[Union[Exception, str, dict]]:
+        """
+        Filter tools before LLM call based on user query.
+        
+        This hook is called before the LLM request is made. It filters the
+        tools list to only include semantically relevant tools.
+        
+        Args:
+            user_api_key_dict: User authentication
+            cache: Cache instance
+            data: Request data containing messages and tools
+            call_type: Type of call (completion, acompletion, etc.)
+            
+        Returns:
+            Modified data dict with filtered tools, or None if no changes
+        """
+        # Only filter chat completions with tools
+        if call_type not in ("completion", "acompletion"):
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                f"Skipping semantic filter for call_type={call_type}"
+            )
+            return None
+        
+        # Check if tools are present
+        tools = data.get("tools")
+        if not tools:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug("No tools in request, skipping semantic filter")
+            return None
+        
+        # Check if messages are present
+        messages = data.get("messages", [])
+        if not messages:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug("No messages in request, skipping semantic filter")
+            return None
+        
+        # Check if filter is enabled
+        if not self.filter.enabled:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug("Semantic filter disabled, skipping")
+            return None
+        
+        try:
+            # Extract user query from messages
+            user_query = self.filter.extract_user_query(messages)
+            if not user_query:
+                verbose_proxy_logger.debug("No user query found, skipping semantic filter")
+                return None
+            
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                f"Applying semantic filter to {len(tools)} tools "
+                f"with query: '{user_query[:50]}...'"
+            )
+            
+            # Filter tools semantically
+            filtered_tools = await self.filter.filter_tools(
+                query=user_query,
+                available_tools=tools,
+            )
+            
+            # Only modify data if filtering actually reduced the tool count
+            if len(filtered_tools) < len(tools):
+                data["tools"] = filtered_tools
+                
+                verbose_proxy_logger.info(
+                    f"Semantic tool filter: {len(tools)} -> {len(filtered_tools)} tools"
+                )
+                
+                return data
+            else:
+                verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                    f"Semantic filter did not reduce tool count ({len(tools)}), "
+                    "returning original"
+                )
+                return None
+            
+        except Exception as e:
+            verbose_proxy_logger.warning(
+                f"Semantic tool filter hook failed: {e}. Proceeding with all tools."
+            )
+            return None