Integrating Tools into OpenAI Agents in JavaScript

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 Travel Budget Function
Build Your Own Function Tool
Agent Powered Travel Budget Tool
Listing Custom Tools in Agents
• Unit 3: Treating Agents as Callable Tools
Turning an Agent into a Tool
Delegating Tasks with Agent Tools
Transforming Handoffs into Callable Agents
• Unit 4: Connecting Agents to External Tools with MCP Servers
Connecting to a Local MCP Server
Switching to Remote HTTP Connection
Integrating MCP Tools to an Agent
Combining Custom and MCP Tools
Complete MCP Integration

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Subjects

Computer Science