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The capability of a language model to call external functions, retrieve data, or invoke services as part of generating an answer. The model emits a structured request, an external runtime executes it, and the result feeds back into the model. Tool use turns a static text predictor into a system that can act on the world.
Most modern AI products that do something useful depend on tool use. Understanding the schema, the security boundary between model and tool runtime, and the failure modes when a tool returns junk is part of every AI engineering job.
The capability of a language model to call external functions, retrieve data, or invoke services as part of generating an answer. The model emits a structured request, an external runtime executes it, and the result feeds back into the model. Tool use turns a static text predictor into a system that can act on the world.
Most modern AI products that do something useful depend on tool use. Understanding the schema, the security boundary between model and tool runtime, and the failure modes when a tool returns junk is part of every AI engineering job.
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