diff --git a/gr2gw.go b/gr2gw.go
index b757651..67ed18e 100644
--- a/gr2gw.go
+++ b/gr2gw.go
@@ -658,7 +658,10 @@ type ToolTagPair struct {
 var ToolTagPairs = []ToolTagPair{
   {Start: "<tool_call>", End: "</tool_call>"},
   {Start: "<tool_calls>", End: "</tool_calls>"},
+  {Start: "<toolCall>", End: "</toolCall>"},
+  {Start: "<toolCalls>", End: "</toolCalls>"},
   {Start: "<function_call>", End: "</function_call>"},
+  {Start: "<functionCall>", End: "</functionCall>"},
   {Start: "[TOOL_CALLS]", End: "[/TOOL_CALLS]"},
 }
 
@@ -903,6 +906,36 @@ func parseXMLToolCall(block string) ([]ToolCall, bool) {
     }
   }
 
+  if argsStr != "" && !json.Valid([]byte(argsStr)) {
+    reTagOpen := regexp.MustCompile(`<([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)>`)
+    openMatches := reTagOpen.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(argsStr, -1)
+    if len(openMatches) > 0 {
+      xmlMap := make(map[string]interface{})
+      for _, match := range openMatches {
+        tagName := argsStr[match[2]:match[3]]
+        closeTag := "</" + tagName + ">"
+        closeIdx := strings.Index(argsStr[match[1]:], closeTag)
+        if closeIdx != -1 {
+          v := strings.TrimSpace(argsStr[match[1] : match[1]+closeIdx])
+          if num, err := strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64); err == nil && !strings.HasPrefix(v, "0") {
+            xmlMap[tagName] = num
+          } else if v == "true" {
+            xmlMap[tagName] = true
+          } else if v == "false" {
+            xmlMap[tagName] = false
+          } else {
+            xmlMap[tagName] = v
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if len(xmlMap) > 0 {
+        if b, err := json.Marshal(xmlMap); err == nil {
+          argsStr = string(b)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   if fnName != "" {
     if argsStr == "" {
       argsStr = "{}"
@@ -976,6 +1009,12 @@ func DetectToolCalls(content string) ([]ToolCall, string, bool) {
   }
 
   if len(calls) > 0 {
+    remaining = strings.TrimSpace(remaining)
+    if remaining == "```xml" || remaining == "```" || remaining == "```json" {
+      remaining = ""
+    }
+    reEmptyFence := regexp.MustCompile("(?m)^```(?:xml|json)?\\s*\\n?\\s*```\\s*$")
+    remaining = strings.TrimSpace(reEmptyFence.ReplaceAllString(remaining, ""))
     return calls, remaining, true
   }
 
diff --git a/gr2gw_test.go b/gr2gw_test.go
index b48b4cc..0a21dc8 100644
--- a/gr2gw_test.go
+++ b/gr2gw_test.go
@@ -670,6 +670,22 @@ Some postamble.`
   if rem4 != "" {
     t.Errorf("expected empty remaining, got %q", rem4)
   }
+
+  // 5. XML toolCall with child tags
+  xmlChildTags := "```xml\n<toolCall>\n  <name>get_weather</name>\n  <arguments>\n    <loc>Paris</loc>\n  </arguments>\n</toolCall>\n```"
+  calls5, rem5, ok5 := DetectToolCalls(xmlChildTags)
+  if !ok5 || len(calls5) != 1 {
+    t.Fatalf("expected 1 call from xmlChildTags, got %d", len(calls5))
+  }
+  if calls5[0].Function.Name != "get_weather" {
+    t.Errorf("expected get_weather, got %q", calls5[0].Function.Name)
+  }
+  if !strings.Contains(calls5[0].Function.Arguments, `"Paris"`) {
+    t.Errorf("expected Paris in arguments, got %s", calls5[0].Function.Arguments)
+  }
+  if rem5 != "" {
+    t.Errorf("expected empty remaining, got %q", rem5)
+  }
 }
 
 func TestUniversalStreamToolCallFilterVariants(t *testing.T) {