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DigitalOcean Inference Engine Now Offers Server-Side Tools
DigitalOcean has launched Server-Side Tools in Public Preview for its Inference Engine. This new feature enables AI models to directly search the web, access knowledge bases, and interact with systems within inference requests, removing the need for separate tool infrastructure. It includes web search and fetch powered by Exa, support for DigitalOcean Knowledge Bases and MCP servers, and compatibility with existing Anthropic and OpenAI tool definitions, all accessible via existing Model Access Keys.
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