Function Calling Pattern (OpenAI Cookbook)

Trigger when a developer wants to let a chat model call external tools, define a JSON schema for a function the model should invoke, parse tool_calls back from the response, or build a tool-using agent loop.

Originally published by OpenAI. Licensed under MIT. View original: https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/How_to_call_functions_with_chat_models.ipynb

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