# Configure Functions

### Functions: What are Agent Functions? * Agent functions are functions that you allow your agent to call depending on if it meets the requirements of your "Description" when creating it What are Trigger Functions? * Trigger functions are functions that you want your agent to call every X minute that can either add to the agents memory or use to get information to provide to Agent Functions

Function Name: This should be in snake case What is snake case? * "Snake case" is a naming convention in programming where spaces between words are replaced with underscores ("\_"), and all letters are written in lowercase **Description:** The more descriptive the better for this as this is what your agent will use to decide if it needs to call the function **Usage Hint:** More specific and help for your agent on when to call this function **Function Arguments:** * Data that your agent should pass in to the function when it decides to call it * Ex. If you are creating something to get weather data from a specific location you would add **location** as an argument of type string and then pass it in to the request body or url with {{location}}. Without adding an argument the function won't know where to get the weather for

**Method:** The request type for the URL you are accessing **URL:** The url for the api you are accessing **Headers:** The headers necessary for the api you are accessing. You can use your arguments here but just make sure to wrap them in {{}} (Ex. {{location}} **Request Body:** The request body necessary for the api you are accessing. You can use your arguments here but just make sure to wrap them in {{}} (Ex. {{location}}

**Success Message:** This is what you should provide your agent when the request is successful (determined by the response status code). How do I parse a response from a custom API? * To describe a path to a value in JSON, use dot notation to represent the hierarchy of keys. For example, in the JSON object `{ "user": { "profile": { "name": "Alice" } } }`, the path `user.profile.name` points to the value `"Alice"`. If the key refers to an array, include the index like `items[0].price` for the first item's price in an `items` array. **Error Message:** This is what you should provide your agent when the request is unsuccessful (determined by the response status code).

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