Hook your agent up to the real world with JSON schemas and MCP. Part of the free AI Agents Academy — every lesson below is open to everyone, no signup required.
Passing Tools to Models To let an LLM use a tool, you define its signature using a JSON Schema. The LLM doesn't execute the code—it asks you to execut...
Model Context Protocol (MCP) MCP is the open standard for connecting AI to data sources and tools. Think of it as USB-C for AI. Instead of writing cus...
Desktop Automation Modern models (like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemini) have native Computer Use capabilities. They can see screenshots, calculate pixel...
Designing Tools That Agents Actually Use Correctly The tools you give your agent are just as important as the prompt. Poorly designed tools lead to ha...
Making Agents Resilient In production, things break constantly. APIs time out, databases go down, and rate limits are hit. A robust agent must handle...