AI engineering glossary · Prompt context engineering
What is parallel tool calls?
Parallel tool calls: A feature in which the model asks for several independent tool calls in a single turn, so the application can run them at the same time and return all results together. It cuts waiting time when the calls do not depend on each other.
Parallel tool calls: an example
Asked for weather in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, the model returns three get_weather calls at once.
Related terms
More Prompt context engineering terms
- Plan-and-Solve prompting
- Position bias
- Presence penalty
- Program-aided language models
- Prompt
- Prompt caching
- Prompt chaining
- Prompt compression
Where you learn it
Parallel tool calls is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.