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Integrating Tools into OpenAI Agents in Python

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Overview

Enhance your agents with powerful tools. This course shows how to use OpenAI-hosted tools, create your own function tools, treat agents as tools, and integrate external tools from an MCP server.

Syllabus

  • Unit 1: Leveraging OpenAI Hosted Tools
    • Comparing Agents With and Without Tools
    • Inspecting Your Agent Workflow
    • Exploring Your Agent Toolset
  • Unit 2: Creating and Registering Custom Function Tools
    • Create a Custom Travel Budget Tool
    • Agent Powered Travel Budget Tool
    • Listing Custom Tools in Agents
    • Structured Input for Travel Budget Tool
  • Unit 3: Treating Agents as Callable Tools
    • Turning an Agent into a Tool
    • Delegating Tasks with Agent Tools
    • Transforming a Handoffs into Callable Agents
  • Unit 4: Connecting Agents to External Tools with MCP Servers
    • Connecting to a Local MCP Server
    • Switching to SSE Connection
    • MCP Tool Use in Action
    • Combining Custom and MCP Tools
    • Manual MCP Server Connection Management

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