# Tool Use, Unified

DevFeed: [Tool Use, Unified](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tool-use-unified-7545.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/unified-tool-use>)

Author: Matthew Carrigan

Published: 2024-08-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [hugging face](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugging-face.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [nlp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nlp.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces tool use as a way for LLMs to call functions that provide calculators, web search, calendars, databases, and technical documentation. It explains that tools can supply structured, relevant, and current information, while highlighting the practical difficulties caused by sparse documentation and incompatible implementations across models and providers.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.