Using Tools and Workflows

Once you've set up a budget and added tools, your agent can start using them immediately. Here's how the day-to-day experience works.

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Using Tools Through Your Agent#

Your agent sees the tools in its budget and calls them based on your instructions. You don't need to specify which tool to use -- the agent picks the right one.

Example conversation:

You: "Search for recent news about AI regulation in the EU"

Agent: Calls the web search tool, retrieves results, summarizes findings

The tool call happens behind the scenes. You see the result. Your budget is charged the tool's credit cost.

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Using Workflows#

Workflows run as a sequence of tool calls. When your agent recognizes that a task matches a workflow in your budget, it follows the workflow's steps automatically.

You can also trigger a workflow explicitly:

You: "Run the competitor analysis workflow for Company X"

The agent will execute each step in the workflow, passing results between tools, and return the final output.

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What Happens During a Tool Call#

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Viewing Results#

Tool call results appear inline in your agent conversation. You can also review all calls in the Agent Activity tab on your dashboard, where you'll see:

• Tool name and vendor
• Request and response payloads
• Credit cost
• Timestamp
• Which budget was used

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Next Steps#