AI engineering

Stage 5 of 8 · 10 lessons · ~6 weeks

Tool calling, structured output and MCP

Let the model act, not just talk. Design tools with clear names, parameters and errors, force outputs into a schema you validate, and expose your own systems through the Model Context Protocol so any MCP client can use them.

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