Overview

AI agents need content to deliver accurate, context-aware, and up-to-date information. You can use connectors to connect your AI agents to various data sources and applications using AI Agent Studio.

Here's a high-level overview of the steps required to configure and use connectors in AI Agent Studio.

Create and configure a connector. You can use one of the following:
- Custom content source: Use this option if you need to store and manage your content. For more information, see Create Connector for a Custom Content Source.
- Available connectors: Use this option to connect to one of your existing applications supported by AI Agent Studio. For more information, see Create Connectors for External Applications.
  For a list of available connectors, see Supported Connectors.
- Create your own connector: Use this option to connect to an external application that is not supported in AI Agent Studio. For more information, see Create Your Own Connector.
Create a tool for your connector and select the required connector functions. For more information, see Create a Tool for Your Connector.
You can also choose to create multiple tools for the same connector if you want to expose specific functions in each tool.
You can use your tool in many ways. Here are some examples:
- Add the tool to an AI agent. Then add the AI agent to an AI workflow.
  Use this approach if you want to give users interacting with the AI agent broader access by exposing all the functions enabled for the tool. When using this approach, consider providing prompts that establish guardrails to define which actions the AI agent is permitted to perform on the user's behalf and which actions should be restricted.
- Add the tool to an AI workflow.
  Use this approach if you want greater control over the tool by exposing only a single function and configuring its parameters. This allows you to define and restrict the actions users can perform while interacting with the AI agent.
Test what you have created.

For information on configuring AI agents using AI Agent Studio, see How do I use AI Agent Studio?