Tools and Integrations
Give your assistant new capabilities by connecting tools.
The language model forms the core engine of your assistant. Although it is powerful, its knowledge is limited to the data it was trained on. By activating Tools, you extend the assistant’s capabilities so it can interact with the outside world and perform concrete tasks.
Think of tools as extra capabilities or “superpowers” that enable the assistant to perform specific actions, such as searching for information in real time, creating images, or retrieving data from external systems.
How to use tools
When you create or edit an assistant, you’ll find the Tools section. Here you can enable the capabilities you want the assistant to have.
- Go to your assistant and click Edit.
- Find the Tools section.
- Enable the tools you want to use (e.g., Web Search or Image Generation).
- Save the assistant.
Note: To use tools, you must select a language model that supports this (e.g., models from OpenAI or Anthropic). If you don’t see any tools, you may need to change the model in the assistant’s settings.