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title: "Tool-Augmented Retrieval"
description: "When LLMs call external tools (search, calculators, databases) to ground responses."
topic: "Retrieval & Behavior"
canonical: "https://geordy.ai/glossary/retrieval-behavior/tool-augmented-retrieval"
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# Tool-Augmented Retrieval

When LLMs call external tools (search, calculators, databases) to ground responses.

Your site's API and structured feeds are often the tools. Sites with public APIs and well-described endpoints get called more often by tool-using agents than sites without.
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Source: https://geordy.ai/glossary/retrieval-behavior/tool-augmented-retrieval
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