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API Integration
Definition
Connecting an agent to external software systems through application programming interfaces.
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Tool Use & Function Calling
Tool Use & Function Calling terms and explanations from the Agentic AI Glossary.
33 terms in this chapter
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API Tool
Definition
API Tool gives an agent controlled access to api capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Browser Tool
Definition
Browser Tool gives an agent controlled access to browser capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Calculator Tool
Definition
Calculator Tool gives an agent controlled access to calculator capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Calendar Tool
Definition
Calendar Tool gives an agent controlled access to calendar capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Code Interpreter
Definition
A tool that runs code to calculate, analyze files, transform data, or produce artifacts under controlled conditions.
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CRM Integration
Definition
Connecting an agent to customer relationship data so responses and actions can reflect account, case, and customer history.
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CRM Tool
Definition
CRM Tool gives an agent controlled access to crm capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Database Tool
Definition
Database Tool gives an agent controlled access to database capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Email Tool
Definition
Email Tool gives an agent controlled access to email capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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File Tool
Definition
File Tool gives an agent controlled access to file capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Function Calling
Definition
Structured tool invocation where the model returns validated arguments that match a predefined function schema.
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Internal System Tool
Definition
Internal System Tool gives an agent controlled access to internal system capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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JSON Schema
Definition
A formal structure that defines allowed fields, types, and constraints for tool inputs or structured outputs.
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Search Tool
Definition
Search Tool gives an agent controlled access to search capability. It is usually exposed through a function, API, service, or permissioned tool schema.
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Tool Calling
Definition
A model or agent selecting and invoking external capabilities such as APIs, search, databases, code execution, or business workflows.
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Tool Chaining
Definition
The chaining part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Description
Definition
The description part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Discovery
Definition
The discovery part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Error
Definition
The error part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Execution
Definition
The execution part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Input
Definition
The input part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Output
Definition
The output part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Permission
Definition
The permission part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Registry
Definition
The registry part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Result
Definition
The result part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Retry
Definition
The retry part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Routing
Definition
The routing part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Sandbox
Definition
The sandbox part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Schema
Definition
The schema part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Selection
Definition
The selection part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Timeout
Definition
The timeout part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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Tool Validation
Definition
The validation part of tool use, defining how an agent selects, calls, checks, recovers from, or records external actions.
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