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Tools and credentials ​

APIs give your Agent access to real-world data and actions.

Choose capabilities in the Agent builder. SandBase handles how supported capabilities are made available to the runtime.

What to add ​

Add tools when your Agent needs to:

  • search the web
  • read pages
  • call a SaaS API
  • fetch social or business data
  • create or transform media
  • trigger an external workflow

Add a capability ​

  1. Browse APIs or Skills in Store.
  2. Open the Agent draft.
  3. Add only the capabilities required by its instructions.
  4. Add the required values under Developer → Credentials. SandBase resolves matching credentials when the Agent runs.
  5. Test the Agent and inspect its Session events and tool activity.

Protocol-level integration details are documented in the API Reference, not required for the normal Agent-building flow.

Skills vs APIs ​

APIs do things.

Skills teach the Agent how to do a job.

For example:

  • Web Search API: fetch search results
  • Research Skill: decide how to search, compare sources, and write the report

Most useful Agents use both.

API credentials ​

Credentials are private values used to authenticate an API, such as GITHUB_TOKEN, SLACK_WEBHOOK, or SERPER_API_KEY.

  • call them credentials in the Console and documentation
  • store them outside prompts and Agent instructions
  • treat the value as write-only after saving; the Console and public API return masked metadata rather than the stored value
  • do not paste secret values into prompts, Agent instructions, or test input

Next steps ​