What Does This Mean?

Function Calling

[ SLANG ][ AI ][ TOOLS ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Agent CultureCLUSTER: tool_use

The specific capability that lets a model output a structured call to a predefined function with the right arguments, rather than just free text.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Function calling made the integration way more reliable, the model actually returns valid arguments now instead of loose text to parse."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard API terminology introduced by major model providers once structured tool invocation became a first-class feature rather than a prompting trick.

FIRST SEEN

2023

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2023-2026 (Agentic AI Era)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESllamada a funciones →Français fr-FRappel de fonction →日本語 ja-JP関数呼び出し →한국어 ko-KR함수 호출 →Português pt-BRchamada de função →中文 zh-CN函数调用 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+20 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ AI ][ TOOLS ]

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2023

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