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Tools Overview

Hymalaia supports the use of tools to extend the capabilities of your assistants. Tools allow assistants to:

  • 🔍 Fetch external information
    (e.g. query databases, call APIs, search the internet)
  • 🛠️ Perform actions
    (e.g. send messages, update records, trigger automations)
  • 🎨 Generate content
    (e.g. create images, plots, or summaries)

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Built-in Tools

By default, Hymalaia provides three built-in tools:

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1. SearchTool

This is the core tool in Hymalaia. When added to an assistant, it enables searching across all connected data sources via Connectors.

✅ This is the only tool enabled by default for the Hymalaia assistant.

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2. ImageGenerationTool

Leverages DALL·E 3 to generate images from text prompts.

Use cases:

  • Marketing visuals
  • UI mockups
  • Concept art

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3. InternetSearchTool

Uses Bing to search the web.

🔧 To enable this tool, set the following environment variable in your deployment:

BING_API_KEY=<your-bing-api-key>

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Tools Overview

Hymalaia supports the use of tools to extend the capabilities of your assistants. Tools allow assistants to:

  • 🔍 Fetch external information
    (e.g. query databases, call APIs, search the internet)
  • 🛠️ Perform actions
    (e.g. send messages, update records, trigger automations)
  • 🎨 Generate content
    (e.g. create images, plots, or summaries)

​
Built-in Tools

By default, Hymalaia provides three built-in tools:

​
1. SearchTool

This is the core tool in Hymalaia. When added to an assistant, it enables searching across all connected data sources via Connectors.

✅ This is the only tool enabled by default for the Hymalaia assistant.

​
2. ImageGenerationTool

Leverages DALL·E 3 to generate images from text prompts.

Use cases:

  • Marketing visuals
  • UI mockups
  • Concept art

​
3. InternetSearchTool

Uses Bing to search the web.

🔧 To enable this tool, set the following environment variable in your deployment:

BING_API_KEY=<your-bing-api-key>