tools
2 free lessons tagged tools across AI. Each one is a short sequence of focused steps with narration and a five-question quiz at the end — take them in any order, no signup required.
Gateway, Tools, and the M by N Problem
An agent is only as useful as the things it can do, and connecting many agents to many tools is a multiplication problem that gets expensive fast. This lesson covers what AgentCore Gateway converts into tools and how, the semantic search that stops tool overload, the two directions of authentication, and the managed sandboxes for code and browsing.
Model Context Protocol: The Open Standard for AI Tool Integration
A deep dive into MCP — Anthropic's open protocol for connecting LLMs to external tools, data, and prompts. Covers JSON-RPC transport layers, the three core primitives, capability negotiation, and how to build a working server from scratch.