tool-use

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a comprehensive guide to effectively integrating external tools with Claude, enabling sophisticated agentic workflows and reliable data interaction.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Tool Definition: Learn to design robust JSON schemas for your tools, including best practices for descriptions and parameters.
• Tool Choice Control: Understand and implement various tool_choice modes to dictate how Claude uses tools, from automatic selection to forcing specific tools.
• Execution Patterns: Master single-turn, multi-turn, and parallel tool execution, crucial for complex agentic tasks.
• Error Handling & Recovery: Implement strategies for gracefully handling tool execution errors and ensuring schema conformance.
• Use Case: Build an agent that can search a knowledge base, then use the retrieved information to call an API for further processing, all orchestrated through Claude's tool-use capabilities.

Quick Start

Use the tool-use skill to define a JSON schema for a tool that retrieves stock prices.