# Server-Side Tools Are Now Available for DigitalOcean Inference Engine

DevFeed: [Server-Side Tools Are Now Available for DigitalOcean Inference Engine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/server-side-tools-are-now-available-for-digitalocean-inference-engine-19942.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/server-side-tools-public-preview>)

Author: Grace Morgan

Published: 2026-06-17T16:33:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [DigitalOcean](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/digitalocean.md>)

Topics: [Digital Ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-ocean.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [digitalocean](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digitalocean.md>), [fetch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fetch.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [preview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/preview.md>), [product-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-updates.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

DigitalOcean announces that Server-Side Tools are available in Public Preview for its Inference Engine. The tools let models use web search, web fetch, DigitalOcean Knowledge Bases, MCP servers, and supported Anthropic and OpenAI tools within inference requests.

## Source excerpt

AI applications and agents are only as capable as the tools, data, and systems they can access. With Server-Side Tools, now in Public Preview for DigitalOcean Inference Engine, a model can call out to search the web, read your data, call your systems, and take action all from inside a single inference request. You can enable the new tools with your existing DigitalOcean Model Access Key. No separate tool infrastructure to assemble, no new credentials, no orchestration layer to operate. Server-Side Tools bring web search, web fetch, DigitalOcean Knowledge Bases, MCP servers, and supported Anthropic and OpenAI tools into your inference requests, each covered below. Bring Real-Time Information Into Your AI Applications When applications need current information such as news, documentation, or live data, models can access the web directly during inference. Web Search: Get live answers from the web Web Search enables retrieval of up-to-date information from the web. This enables research workflows, support experiences, and agentic applications that need to reason over recent events, changing information, or content that is not available in a model's training data. Web Fetch: Pull in content from URLs and documents Web Fetch pulls in content from specific URLs or PDFs during inference. It is useful for summarizing pages, extracting structured data from documents, or pulling in reference material on demand. Both Web Search and Web Fetch are powered by Exa. Pricing is usage-based; see the pricing page for current rates. Web Mode: Enable web access through the model URL Some agent frameworks only allow you to configure a model name and do not expose tool configuration. For these cases, DigitalOcean supports Web Mode, which automatically enables Web Search and Web Fetch through the model field. This gives the model access to Web Search and Web Fetch without explicitly defining tools, making it easier to integrate with agent frameworks that only allow model-level configuration