Agentic Tool

Agentic Tool is a software component or capability that enables AI agents to interact with external systems, execute actions, and manipulate their environment autonomously. These tools extend an agent’s functionality beyond text generation by providing access to APIs, databases, calculators, web browsers, code interpreters, and other resources.

Agentic tools operate through structured interfaces that allow AI systems to invoke specific functions, process responses, and chain multiple operations together to accomplish complex tasks. Unlike static utilities, agentic tools are designed for dynamic, context-aware usage where the AI agent determines when, how, and in what sequence to deploy them based on user objectives and environmental conditions. The effectiveness of agentic tools depends on proper function calling protocols, error handling mechanisms, and the agent’s ability to reason about tool selection and orchestration within multi-step workflows.