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Use caseenabling AI models to interact with external tools and APIs
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AI capability enabling models to interact with external tools, APIs, and systems to complete tasks.

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defined as

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AI capability enabling models to interact with external systems and APIs○UnverifiedHighFresh1

implemented by

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OpenAI GPT models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Anthropic Claude○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Google Gemini○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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enabling AI models to interact with external tools and APIs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Enabling AI systems to interact with external tools and APIs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enabling AI agents to perform actions beyond text generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
autonomous task execution by AI agents○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

enables capability

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API interaction○UnverifiedHighFresh1
function calling○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Function calling in AI systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
API integration○UnverifiedHighFresh1
API integration for language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
function calling in language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
calculator and computation access○UnverifiedHighFresh1
code execution○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
API integration for AI agents○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
web browsing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
structured data processing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Structured data retrieval○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
mathematical computation○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports protocol

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function calling○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON schema definitions○UnverifiedHighFresh1
REST API calls○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON schema○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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structured tool definitions○UnverifiedHighFresh1
structured function definitions○UnverifiedHighFresh1
structured function schemas○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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REST APIs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
LangChain framework○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON Schema○UnverifiedHighFresh1
database systems○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

implemented in

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GPT-4○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Claude○UnverifiedHighFresh1

popularized around year

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2023○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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function calling and API integration techniques○UnverifiedHighFresh1

core concept in

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Large Language Models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

related to concept

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agentic AI○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports use case

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Code execution and interpretation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Web browsing by AI agents○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

enables use case

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database queries○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
web browsing automation○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

alternative to

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manual API integration○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
manual prompt engineering for external actions○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

requires technology

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structured JSON schemas○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports model

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GPT-3.5-turbo○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
GPT-4○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Claude○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

related to

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ReAct framework○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Autonomous agents○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

alternative approach to

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retrieval augmented generation○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

component of

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Multi-modal AI systems○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Commonly Used With

REST APIsLangChain frameworkJSON Schemadatabase systems

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