From Chatbot to Agent — Tool Calling with NVIDIA NIM

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Learn to turn a chatbot into a small agent using NVIDIA NIM and Python tools

intermediate Published 26 May 2026

Action Steps

Build a simple agent using NVIDIA NIM
Create a clock tool in Python
Implement a retriever tool from Part 2 in Python
Integrate the tools with the NIM model
Test the agent's decision-making process

Who Needs to Know This

Developers and AI engineers can benefit from this tutorial to create more advanced AI agents

Key Insight

💡 NVIDIA NIM enables tool calling and decision-making in AI agents

Key Takeaways

Learn to turn a chatbot into a small agent using NVIDIA NIM and Python tools

Full Article

Turn the assistant from Parts 1-4 into a small agent. Give the NIM model two tiny Python tools — a clock and the retriever from Part 2 — and watch it decide which to call. No framework. The whole loop is fewer than 60 lines. Part 5 of a 5-part series.

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