AdvancedArc 5 · Level 43300 XP

Tool Use & Function Calling Prompts

The most powerful AI systems aren't chatbots. They're agents that call tools.

Tool use turns a model from a text generator into an agent that can query APIs, run functions, and act on the world. This course teaches you to write the prompts and tool schemas that make those calls reliable, selective, and schema-valid.

55 min total·5 modules·1 free preview

After this course, you can…

After this course, you can write prompts designed for AI systems that can invoke external tools, APIs, and functions — with reliable, structured output.

Course modules

1

What Is Tool Use?

9 min

+60 XPFree
2

Prompting for Tool Selection

11 min

+60 XP
3

Structured Output for Tool Calls

12 min

+60 XP
4

Multi-Tool Orchestration Prompts

12 min

+60 XP
5

Build a Tool-Use Prompt

11 min

+60 XP
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