Tool use (function calling)
- In French:
- Appel d’outils
Definition
A mechanism that lets a language model ask for a predefined function to be run: querying a database, launching a search, commanding a device. The model decides when to call the tool and with which parameters, then receives the result to continue its answer. Depending on the tool, execution takes place in the developer’s application or at the model provider.
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This term belongs to the software that drives robots: our AI agents section follows how it is used.