Approachable
Approachable
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AI Glossary term

Tool Use

Giving a model access to real capabilities - search, a database query, a calculator, an API call - that it can invoke when needed.

Also called: tools, actions

Giving a model access to real capabilities - search, a database query, a calculator, an API call - that it can invoke when needed.

Why it mattersTurns a model that talks about your data into one that reads it.

See also Function Calling, MCP, AI Agent

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