Discover how to enhance Claude's capabilities by integrating custom tools and functions. Progress from creating tool schemas to building autonomous agents that can interact with external systems through iterative tool use.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Writing Tool Schemas for Claude
- Building Your First Tool Function with TypeScript
- Creating Your First Tool Schema for Claude
- Building Multiple Tool Schemas for Claude Agents
- Creating the Tool Mapping System
- Unit 2: Understanding How Claude Uses Tools
- Enabling Tool Usage in API Requests
- Guiding Claude with System Prompts for Tool Usage
- Parsing Claude's Tool Use Responses
- Handling Multiple Tool Calls in a Single Request
- Mixing Different Tool Types in a Single Request
- Unit 3: Completing the Tool Use Cycle
- Detecting and Parsing Tool Use Requests
- Executing Tools and Returning Results to Claude
- Complete the Tool Execution Cycle with Claude's Final Response
- Visualizing the Complete Conversation History
- Revealing Claude's Tool Selection Reasoning
- Unit 4: Building an Autonomous Claude Agent
- Setting Up the Agent Foundation
- Building a Robust Tool Execution Engine
- Implementing Basic Agent Conversation Flow
- Designing the Agent Iterative Loop
- Building an Autonomous Agent with Action-Feedback Loops
- Solving Complex Equations with Autonomous Agents