# An Overview of Tool Use with Cohere

Here, you'll find context on using tools with Cohere models:

- The [basic usage](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-overview) discusses 'function calling,' including how to define and create the tool, how to give it a schema, and how to incorporate it into common workflows.
- [Usage patterns](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-usage-patterns) builds on this, covering parallel execution, state management, and more.
- [Parameter types](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-parameter-types) talks about structured output in the context of tool use.
- As its name implies, [Streaming](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-streaming) explains how to deal with tools when output must be streamed.
- It's often important to double-check model output, which is made much easier with [citations](/guides/text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-citations).

These should help you leverage Cohere's tool use functionality to get the most out of our models.

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)
- [Basic usage of tool use (function calling)](./text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-overview.md)
- [Usage patterns for tool use (function calling)](./text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-usage-patterns.md)
- [Parameter types for tool use (function calling)](./text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-parameter-types.md)
- [Streaming for tool use (function calling)](./text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-streaming.md)
- [Citations for tool use (function calling)](./text-generation-v2-tool-use-tool-use-citations.md)

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