S02E03 · Augmenting Agents with Tools and Data

Planning stub — the outline is here; this section is not yet written for learners.

Outline

Deep Dive: core mechanics, CLI and MCP, principles, discovery, configuration, interfaces, common issues
Tool Design: agentic tools vs. APIs, naming, schemas, return values, dynamic errors, augmented tools
External Tools: integrations, personalization, scoping, updates, security concerns
Internal Tools: principles, planning, iterative development, hosting, evaluation, updates
Practice: ecosystems, workflows, context issues, trust issues, debugging, scaling, sandboxing