def get_response():
    """Get the response from the AI and execute the tool call if necessary"""
    response = call_chatgpt(messages, open_ai_client)

    # Verify that the response has a tool call, then execute the tool call
    tool_response = wrk_gpt_client.execute_tool(response)
    if tool_response[0]:

        messages.append(response.choices[0].message)
        messages.append({
            "role": "tool",
            "content": json.dumps(tool_response[0]),
            "tool_call_id": response.choices[0].message.tool_calls[0].id
        })

        # Start a processing thread to monitor the tool that was called
        if tool_response[1]:
            tool_thread = threading.Thread(
                target=monitor_tool, 
                args=(tool_response[1],)
            )
            tool_thread.start()

        response = call_chatgpt(messages, open_ai_client)

    messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response.choices[0].message.content})
    
    return response.choices[0].message.content