Title: WP_AI_Client_Ability_Function_Resolver::is_ability_call
Published: May 20, 2026

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# WP_AI_Client_Ability_Function_Resolver::is_ability_call( WordPressAiClientToolsDTOFunctionCall $call ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks if a function call is an ability call.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$call`WordPressAiClientToolsDTOFunctionCallrequired

The function call to check.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True if the function call is an ability call, false otherwise.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function is_ability_call( FunctionCall $call ): bool {
    	$name = $call->getName();
    	if ( null === $name ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	return str_starts_with( $name, self::ABILITY_PREFIX );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ai-client/class-wp-ai-client-ability-function-resolver.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/ai-client/class-wp-ai-client-ability-function-resolver.php#L72)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/ai-client/class-wp-ai-client-ability-function-resolver.php#L72-L79)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_AI_Client_Ability_Function_Resolver::execute_ability()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/execute_ability/)`wp-includes/ai-client/class-wp-ai-client-ability-function-resolver.php` |

Executes a WordPress ability from a function call.

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| [WP_AI_Client_Ability_Function_Resolver::has_ability_calls()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/has_ability_calls/)`wp-includes/ai-client/class-wp-ai-client-ability-function-resolver.php` |

Checks if a message contains any ability function calls.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ai_client_ability_function_resolver/is_ability_call/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [7.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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