Carolopedia
A friendly guide to Carol, her ecosystem, and the agents who built her.
📖 Carolopedia › ToolGuide page
📖What it means
A callable capability rather than a place to look: a command-line utility or a function an agent may invoke. What an agent is allowed to call is itself a record, so a tool is granted, not assumed.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: App
A tool is called; an app is visited.
Not: Action
A tool is a capability that exists; an action is one typed, receipted use of one inside a chat turn.
🗣️Also called
utilitycapabilitycommand