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Building a RAG System: Let LLMs Search Autonomously
A developer tutorial shows how to give LLMs tool-use abilities, letting them decide when to search and what queries to run. The approach replaces hardcoded search-then-answer pipelines with autonomous function calls. Multiple searches can be chained to improve answer quality.
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Tool use is a practical step toward more autonomous AI agents, but the real challenge is ensuring the LLM doesn't go down rabbit holes or call tools unnecessarily.
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Building a RAG System from Scratch — Tool Use: Let the LLM Search Autonomously →
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