Discover how to enhance GPT-5'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 GPT-5
- Building Your First Tool Function
- Creating Your First JSON Schema for GPT-5 Tool Functions
- Building a Multi-Tool System with Functions and Schemas
- Creating the Tool Name to Function Mapping System
- Unit 2: Understanding How GPT-5 Uses Tools
- Enable Tool Usage and Inspect GPT-5 Response Structure
- Guiding GPT-5 to Use Tools with Instructions
- Parsing GPT-5 Tool Use Responses
- Requesting Multiple Tool Calls in a Single Request
- Mixing Different Tool Types in a Single Request
- Unit 3: Completing the Tool Use Cycle with GPT-5
- Detecting and Parsing GPT-5 Function Call Requests
- Executing Tool Requests from GPT-5
- Structuring the Conversation History for GPT-5
- Complete the Tool Execution Cycle with GPT-5
- Unit 4: Building an Autonomous GPT-5 Agent
- Building the Agent Foundation: Constructor and Configuration
- Building a Robust Tool Execution Engine
- Implementing Your First Agent Conversation
- Building the Autonomous Loop Structure
- Building an Autonomous Agent with Action-Feedback Loops
- Solving Complex Equations with Extended Agent Turns