self.early_stopping_method, intermediate_steps, **inputs
                )
                return await self._areturn(
                    output, intermediate_steps, run_manager=run_manager
                )
            except TimeoutError:
                # stop early when interrupted by the async timeout
                output = self.agent.return_stopped_response(
                    self.early_stopping_method, intermediate_steps, **inputs
                )
                return await self._areturn(
                    output, intermediate_steps, run_manager=run_manager
                )
    def _get_tool_return(
        self, next_step_output: Tuple[AgentAction, str]
    ) -> Optional[AgentFinish]:
        """Check if the tool is a returning tool."""
        agent_action, observation = next_step_output
        name_to_tool_map = {tool.name: tool for tool in self.tools}
        # Invalid tools won't be in the map, so we return False.
        if agent_action.tool in name_to_tool_map:
            if name_to_tool_map[agent_action.tool].return_direct:
                return AgentFinish(
                    {self.agent.return_values[0]: observation},
                    "",
                )
        return None
    def _prepare_intermediate_steps(
        self, intermediate_steps: List[Tuple[AgentAction, str]]
    ) -> List[Tuple[AgentAction, str]]:
        if (
            isinstance(self.trim_intermediate_steps, int)
            and self.trim_intermediate_steps > 0
        ):
            return intermediate_steps[-self.trim_intermediate_steps :]
        elif callable(self.trim_intermediate_steps):
            return self.trim_intermediate_steps(intermediate_steps)
        else:
            return intermediate_steps