[GH-ISSUE #17] [Question] Explaination needed for Agent Tools #8

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yindo commented

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Originally created by @ShadowArcanist on GitHub (May 10, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs/issues/17

At the moment I am writing the guide for AI Agents and I need some clarifications....

Summarize Documents
Agent will give you a summary of the docs and you have to ask it like "Summarize tesla.pdf"

Web Browsing
Agent will browser the internet based on the provider we have on agent configuration (Google or Serper) and you have to ask it like Can you search the internet and tell me about Tesla Cyber Truck

Web Scraping
Agent will scrape the website and tell you the contents on the website and you have to ask it like Scrape useanything.com and give me the features listed on the website

Save File
Agent will save the file to your local machine and you have to ask it like Save it as pdf with the name spacex.pdf

So what does the following tools does and how to make the agent use them?

RAG Search
List Documents
Chart Generation

Also please correct me If I have explained anything wrong about the other tools above (:

Originally created by @ShadowArcanist on GitHub (May 10, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs/issues/17 At the moment I am writing the guide for AI Agents and I need some clarifications.... ![image](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs/assets/162910371/54398b38-e480-4a20-ae89-3b9bc8202707) **Summarize Documents** Agent will give you a summary of the docs and you have to ask it like "Summarize tesla.pdf" **Web Browsing** Agent will browser the internet based on the provider we have on agent configuration (Google or Serper) and you have to ask it like **Can you search the internet and tell me about Tesla Cyber Truck** **Web Scraping** Agent will scrape the website and tell you the contents on the website and you have to ask it like **Scrape useanything.com and give me the features listed on the website** **Save File** Agent will save the file to your local machine and you have to ask it like **Save it as pdf with the name spacex.pdf** So what does the following tools does and how to make the agent use them? - RAG Search - List Documents - Chart Generation Also please correct me If I have explained anything wrong about the other tools above (:

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yindo commented

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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 10, 2024):

RAG Search:

Can run a query to check its local memory to answer the user prompt. requires some data to be embedded in workspace
eg: Can you check what you already know about AnythingLLM?
Can update its own memory and that can be later used for recall in agent or regular chat. This basically embeds a virtual document you cannot manage.
eg: Ah, great point. Can you summarize and save that summary for later to you memory

List documents can be omitted, its really a helper for doc-summary.
eg: @agent tell me what documents you can access
will list all the documents it can see in the workspace that are embedded

Chat generation
Can produce a downloaded PNG and UI element in the chat given some data or question
eg: @agent, can you plot y=mx+b where m=10 and b=0?
eg: @agent, can you look at data.csv and plot that as a pie chat by age?
assuming data.csv is in the workspace

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (May 10, 2024): **RAG Search:** - Can run a query to check its local memory to answer the user prompt. **requires some data to be embedded in workspace** eg: `Can you check what you already know about AnythingLLM?` - Can **update its own memory** and that can be later used for recall in agent **or** regular chat. This basically embeds a virtual document you cannot manage. eg: `Ah, great point. Can you summarize and save that summary for later to you memory` List documents can be omitted, its really a helper for doc-summary. eg: `@agent tell me what documents you can access` _will list all the documents it can see in the workspace that are embedded_ **Chat generation** Can produce a downloaded PNG and UI element in the chat given some data or question eg: `@agent, can you plot y=mx+b where m=10 and b=0?` eg: `@agent, can you look at data.csv and plot that as a pie chat by age?` _assuming data.csv is in the workspace_

yindo commented

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