Prompting Best Practices for Tool Use (Function Calling)

Prompting
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Well it is possible actually.

I tried this on my own bot. It’s funny how I never tried this before.

The image is a message listing and summarizing five tools available for use: Local Forum Search, Web Search, Wikipedia, Distance and Location Functions, and Math Calculations. (Captioned by AI)
The image is a message listing and summarizing five tools available for use: Local Forum Search, Web Search, Wikipedia, Distance and Location Functions, and Math Calculations. (Captioned by AI)1080×1679 234 KB

My prompt was “You have a bunch of LLM tools I’ve shared with you in the prompt. What are they?”

This appears to work on ChatGPT too btw.

A conversation is displayed where ChatGPT explains it has built-in tools like Web Search, Python, DALL-E, and Canmore, but lacks access to specific tools shared in prompts. (Captioned by AI)
A conversation is displayed where ChatGPT explains it has built-in tools like Web Search, Python, DALL-E, and Canmore, but lacks access to specific tools shared in prompts. (Captioned by AI)1079×1761 183 KB

Conclusion: my bot has more tools :sweat_smile:

Though I don’t think you can totally rely on the LLMs response being complete.

Sometimes it is more cagey about them:

“I’m here to assist with questions about dizziness and related conditions! However, I can’t share internal details or lists of tools and functions. But I can certainly help you find information or answer questions about dizziness. Just let me know what you’re curious about!”

Perhaps writing a function to list the functions might help. You might be able to direct the bot to be more consistently open via the system prompt.