Your Agents’ Swiss Army Knife
Agent Tool Usage transforms your AI workforce from simple clickers into powerful digital professionals equipped with every tool imaginable. Like giving a craftsman the perfect toolbox, these tools enable your agents to handle any task across any platform.The Capability Revolution: While competitors limit you to pre-built integrations, Action Model agents can use ANY tool—from basic file operations to advanced AI capabilities—making them infinitely more versatile.
Core Tool Categories
Web Tools
Navigate, scrape, interact with any website without APIs
File Operations
Read, write, process files in any format
Communication
Send emails, messages, notifications across platforms
Data Processing
Transform, analyze, and manipulate data
AI Capabilities
Vision, language processing, decision making
System Integration
Connect with APIs, databases, and enterprise systems
Available Tools Library
The Complete Toolkit for Digital Work
Browser Control Tools
Navigation & Interaction:- Click: Click any element on page (buttons, links, checkboxes)
- Type: Enter text into any field with human-like typing
- Scroll: Navigate pages smoothly, find hidden elements
- Hover: Trigger hover states and dropdown menus
- Drag & Drop: Move elements, upload files, reorder items
- Right Click: Access context menus
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Use any key combination
- Text Scraping: Extract visible text from any element
- Table Extraction: Convert HTML tables to structured data
- Image Capture: Screenshot specific elements or full page
- Link Harvesting: Collect all URLs from a page
- Form Reading: Identify and map form fields
- Attribute Extraction: Get any HTML attribute value
- Multi-tab Management: Work across multiple tabs simultaneously
- iframe Handling: Interact with embedded content
- Shadow DOM Access: Reach into complex web components
- Dynamic Wait: Smart waiting for elements to appear
- JavaScript Execution: Run custom scripts when needed
- Cookie Management: Read, write, delete cookies
- Local Storage Access: Interact with browser storage
Tool Combination Examples
Powerful Multi-Tool Workflows
Invoice Processing Pipeline
Invoice Processing Pipeline
Tools Combined:
- Email Tool → Read incoming invoices
- PDF Tool → Extract invoice data
- OCR Tool → Read scanned invoices
- Data Validation → Verify amounts and details
- Database Tool → Check vendor records
- Excel Tool → Update accounting spreadsheet
- API Tool → Post to accounting system
- Email Tool → Send confirmation
Lead Generation Machine
Lead Generation Machine
Tools Combined:
- Web Scraping → Extract prospects from LinkedIn
- Data Enrichment API → Find email addresses
- NLP Tool → Analyze company descriptions
- Database Tool → Check against existing CRM
- AI Writing → Generate personalized emails
- Email Tool → Send outreach
- Calendar API → Schedule follow-ups
- Slack Tool → Notify sales team
Social Media Manager
Social Media Manager
Customer Support Automation
Customer Support Automation
Tools Combined:
- Email Tool → Read support tickets
- NLP Classification → Categorize issues
- Database Query → Look up customer history
- Knowledge Base API → Find solutions
- AI Response → Draft reply
- Translation → Support multiple languages
- CRM Update → Log interaction
- Escalation Tool → Route complex issues
Smart Tool Selection
How Agents Choose the Right Tool
Intelligent Tool Selection: The LAM doesn’t just have tools—it knows exactly when and how to use them, selecting the optimal tool combination for each task automatically.
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Task Analysis
Agent analyzes the workflow requirements and identifies needed capabilities
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Tool Matching
LAM matches task requirements with available tools in the library
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Optimization
Selects the most efficient tool combination for speed and accuracy
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Execution
Implements tools in the optimal sequence with proper error handling
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Learning
Records tool performance for future optimization
Custom Tool Creation
Build Your Own Tools
JavaScript/Python Integration:Features:
- Write custom JavaScript or Python
- Access to all browser APIs
- Integration with npm/pip packages
- Reusable across workflows
- Version control support
Tool Performance Metrics
Monitoring Tool Effectiveness
Tool Category | Avg Execution Time | Success Rate | Usage Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
Web Scraping | 2.3s per page | 98.5% | 45,000/day |
File Operations | 0.8s per file | 99.9% | 28,000/day |
API Calls | 1.2s per request | 97.2% | 62,000/day |
AI Processing | 3.5s per task | 96.8% | 15,000/day |
Email Operations | 1.5s per email | 99.5% | 22,000/day |
Database Queries | 0.5s per query | 99.8% | 38,000/day |
Tool Security & Governance
Enterprise-Grade Tool Management
Access Control
Permission Management:
- Role-based tool access
- Tool usage limits
- Approval workflows for sensitive tools
- Audit logging of all tool usage
- Time-based restrictions
- Encrypted credential storage
- Sandboxed execution
- Input validation
- Output sanitization
Compliance Tools
Governance Features:
- GDPR-compliant data tools
- PII detection and masking
- Audit trail generation
- Compliance reporting
- Data retention policies
- Tool usage analytics
- Anomaly detection
- Cost tracking
- Performance monitoring
Advanced Tool Features
Parallel Tool Execution
Parallel Tool Execution
Run Multiple Tools Simultaneously:Execute independent tools in parallel for maximum efficiency:
- Scrape multiple websites at once
- Process files while sending emails
- Query multiple APIs simultaneously
- Parallel data processing
- 5-10x faster execution
- Better resource utilization
- Reduced total workflow time
- Improved scalability
Conditional Tool Usage
Conditional Tool Usage
Smart Tool Selection Based on Context:Dynamic Adaptation:
- Choose tools based on data
- Skip unnecessary tools
- Handle edge cases
- Optimize for each scenario
Tool Chaining
Tool Chaining
Pass Data Between Tools Seamlessly:Output from one tool becomes input for the next:
- Web Scraper → extracts data
- Data Cleaner → processes extraction
- Validator → checks quality
- Transformer → formats for target
- API Tool → sends to destination
- Automatic data transformation
- Error propagation handling
- Rollback capability
- State management
Self-Healing Tools
Self-Healing Tools
Automatic Error Recovery:When tools fail, agents automatically:
- Retry with exponential backoff
- Try alternative tools
- Adjust parameters
- Request human help if needed
- Log issues for improvement
- Automatic retries
- Fallback strategies
- Error classification
- Recovery procedures
Tool Marketplace
Community-Powered Tool Ecosystem
Coming Soon: Share and monetize custom tools with the Action Model community. Earn $LAM tokens when others use your tools.
Browse Tools
Discover thousands of pre-built tools created by the community
Share Tools
Publish your custom tools and earn from every usage
Tool Ratings
Community-vetted quality with reviews and ratings
ROI of Tool Usage
The Economics of Automation Tools
Manual vs Automated Tool Usage:
Task | Manual Time | With Tools | Savings |
---|---|---|---|
Data Entry (1000 records) | 8 hours | 10 minutes | 98% |
Email Campaign (500 contacts) | 4 hours | 15 minutes | 94% |
Report Generation | 2 hours | 5 minutes | 96% |
Lead Research (100 leads) | 6 hours | 20 minutes | 94% |
Invoice Processing (50) | 3 hours | 10 minutes | 94% |
Getting Started with Tools
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Explore Available Tools
Browse the tool library in your Actionist dashboard
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Enable Required Tools
Activate tools needed for your workflows
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Configure Credentials
Securely store API keys and passwords
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Test Tool Execution
Run tools in test mode to verify setup
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Monitor Performance
Track tool usage and optimization opportunities
Tool Power: Every tool you add to your agent’s arsenal multiplies its capabilities exponentially. Start with basic tools and gradually add advanced capabilities as your automation sophistication grows.
Tool Library
Browse all available tools
Custom Tools
Learn to create your own
Best Practices
Tool usage optimization
Agent Tool Usage: Infinite capabilities. Zero limitations. Complete automation. Give your agents the tools. Watch them build your empire.