What is the best practices using third party API data with assistant?

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Hello guys,

I am trying to use an assistant as an advisor in a specific context. I created a function to retrieve data from a third party API. With the response I expect that the advisor do a deep analysis in the data to answer the user. But right now the advisor response is pretty the same I can do using this third party API by myself. For example, reccomending the first three options.

Am I missing something to make it more useful? I already tried to change the assistant instruction, the user prompt and the model. But the results are pretty the same.

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Hi and welcome to the Developer Forum!

What does your prompting look like? The AI will only do as you have asked, so it is probably down to the wording of the prompt.

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Yes, perhaps you should refine your commands. You can try out the effects of the commands in the square; moreover, if the commands are a bit more complex, you might need GPT-4. GPT-4’s ability to understand commands should be higher than 3.5, though of course, 4 is also more expensive.

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