diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
index fde38515b..209f5dbd8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import (
     BuiltinTool,
     ToolCall,
 )
+from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import (
+    convert_message_to_openai_dict_new,
+    convert_openai_chat_completion_stream,
+    convert_tooldef_to_openai_tool,
+)
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import KVStore
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.telemetry import tracing
 
@@ -177,12 +182,12 @@ class ChatAgent(ShieldRunnerMixin):
         return messages
 
     async def create_and_execute_turn(self, request: AgentTurnCreateRequest) -> AsyncGenerator:
+        turn_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
         span = tracing.get_current_span()
         if span:
             span.set_attribute("session_id", request.session_id)
             span.set_attribute("agent_id", self.agent_id)
             span.set_attribute("request", request.model_dump_json())
-            turn_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
             span.set_attribute("turn_id", turn_id)
             if self.agent_config.name:
                 span.set_attribute("agent_name", self.agent_config.name)
@@ -505,26 +510,55 @@ class ChatAgent(ShieldRunnerMixin):
 
             tool_calls = []
             content = ""
-            stop_reason = None
+            stop_reason: StopReason | None = None
 
             async with tracing.span("inference") as span:
                 if self.agent_config.name:
                     span.set_attribute("agent_name", self.agent_config.name)
-                async for chunk in await self.inference_api.chat_completion(
-                    self.agent_config.model,
-                    input_messages,
-                    tools=self.tool_defs,
-                    tool_prompt_format=self.agent_config.tool_config.tool_prompt_format,
+                # Convert messages to OpenAI format
+                openai_messages: list[dict] = []
+                for message in input_messages:
+                    openai_messages.append(await convert_message_to_openai_dict_new(message))
+
+                # Convert tool definitions to OpenAI format
+                openai_tools = [convert_tooldef_to_openai_tool(x) for x in (self.tool_defs or [])]
+
+                # Extract tool_choice from tool_config for OpenAI compatibility
+                # Note: tool_choice can only be provided when tools are also provided
+                tool_choice = None
+                if openai_tools and self.agent_config.tool_config and self.agent_config.tool_config.tool_choice:
+                    tc = self.agent_config.tool_config.tool_choice
+                    tool_choice = tc.value if hasattr(tc, "value") else str(tc)
+
+                # Convert sampling params to OpenAI format (temperature, top_p, max_tokens)
+                temperature = getattr(getattr(sampling_params, "strategy", None), "temperature", None)
+                top_p = getattr(getattr(sampling_params, "strategy", None), "top_p", None)
+                max_tokens = getattr(sampling_params, "max_tokens", None)
+
+                # Use OpenAI chat completion
+                openai_stream = await self.inference_api.openai_chat_completion(
+                    model=self.agent_config.model,
+                    messages=openai_messages,
+                    tools=openai_tools if openai_tools else None,
+                    tool_choice=tool_choice,
                     response_format=self.agent_config.response_format,
+                    temperature=temperature,
+                    top_p=top_p,
+                    max_tokens=max_tokens,
                     stream=True,
-                    sampling_params=sampling_params,
-                    tool_config=self.agent_config.tool_config,
-                ):
+                )
+
+                # Convert OpenAI stream back to Llama Stack format
+                response_stream = convert_openai_chat_completion_stream(
+                    openai_stream, enable_incremental_tool_calls=True
+                )
+
+                async for chunk in response_stream:
                     event = chunk.event
                     if event.event_type == ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start:
                         continue
                     elif event.event_type == ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete:
-                        stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_turn
+                        stop_reason = event.stop_reason or StopReason.end_of_turn
                         continue
 
                     delta = event.delta
@@ -533,7 +567,7 @@ class ChatAgent(ShieldRunnerMixin):
                             tool_calls.append(delta.tool_call)
                         elif delta.parse_status == ToolCallParseStatus.failed:
                             # If we cannot parse the tools, set the content to the unparsed raw text
-                            content = delta.tool_call
+                            content = str(delta.tool_call)
                         if stream:
                             yield AgentTurnResponseStreamChunk(
                                 event=AgentTurnResponseEvent(
@@ -560,9 +594,7 @@ class ChatAgent(ShieldRunnerMixin):
                     else:
                         raise ValueError(f"Unexpected delta type {type(delta)}")
 
-                    if event.stop_reason is not None:
-                        stop_reason = event.stop_reason
-                span.set_attribute("stop_reason", stop_reason)
+                span.set_attribute("stop_reason", stop_reason or StopReason.end_of_turn)
                 span.set_attribute(
                     "input",
                     json.dumps([json.loads(m.model_dump_json()) for m in input_messages]),