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Tools: install or build your own

Install ready-made tools or connect any HTTP API as a tool.

2 min read Updated October 19, 2026

Tools let the AI do things, not just talk: search the web, generate images, check the weather, or call your own API. Install ready-made tools from the store, or connect any HTTP API yourself.

The Tools sidebar

Open Tools in the left icon bar. It has two sections:

  • Store - Tools (Browse and install tools) and MCP Connector (Browse and install MCP connectors).
  • Installed - Tools (View installed tools) and MCP Connector (View installed MCP connectors).

Installed → Tools opens Your Tools. All the ready-made tools are already there.

Your Tools - tools that need a key show Setup required
Your Tools - tools that need a key show Setup required

Ready-made tools

CategoryTools
CommonWeb Search, Wikipedia Search, Dictionary Lookup
Image GeneratorDALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, Stable Diffusion v1
UtilitiesChart Generator, Weather Now, Currency Exchange Rate, Crypto Price Checker

Tools that need a key show Setup required. Click the tool's settings (gear) button and enter the key - see Search the web and Create images. Remove a tool you don't need with its delete (red) button, and reinstall it from Store → Tools later.

Use a tool in a chat

Type ! in the message box, or click Tools under it, and pick the tool. It's listed under Selected Tools for this chat. The AI decides when to call it based on your question.

Connect your own API

Turn any HTTP API into a tool - your CRM, an internal service, a public data API.

  1. In Tools → Installed → Tools, click + Add Custom Tool.
  2. Fill in the Metadata: Name, Description and an optional Icon URL. The description matters - the AI reads it to decide when to use the tool.
  3. Under Configuration, set the base URL (for example https://api.example.com) and add one or more operations:
    • GET (Path Parameters) or POST (JSON Body)
    • the path, such as /v1/resource
    • an operation_id and a description of what it does
  4. Add any Headers your API needs, such as an Authorization header.
  5. Check the generated Schema in Preview, then save.

For services that support the Model Context Protocol, an MCP connector is usually quicker to set up.