Flowise AI Tutorial #13: Creating Custom Tools with External Node Dependencies

📦 Learn how to install external node dependencies.

🔧 Create a custom tool that uses external dependencies.

📚 Set up Flowise for development and use the Flowise repo.

💻 To start working with Flowise, open the project folder in VS Code and install the dependencies using yarn.

🔧 Once the dependencies are installed, build the project to create a development version of Flowise and modify the source code as needed.

🧪 To test if Flowise is working, run the command 'yarn start' and check localhost:3000 in the browser.

💡 In this video tutorial, we learn how to create custom tools with external node dependencies in Flowise AI.

⚙️ We select credentials and add memory nodes to the canvas.

🔧 We create two custom tools: one to fetch a random Pokemon name and another to get the ID for a specific Pokemon.

👋 The bot is tested and working by typing 'hello' and receiving a response.

🔍 The process of installing an external Node library in a Flowise project is explained.

📦 The steps for adding external Node packages to the environment variables are outlined.

📝 By including a specific node dependency in the code, we can enhance the functionality of Flowise tools.

✨ Using the Pokemon package as an example, we can see how to include and utilize external node libraries in Flowise.

🔧 Through the random method provided by the Pokemon package, Flowise can generate and return a random Pokemon.

🔧 The video demonstrates how to create custom tools with external node dependencies in Flowise AI.

💬 The tutorial shows how to test the created tool by asking for a random Pokemon name in the chat window.

🔍 The process of creating a second tool to retrieve the ID of a Pokemon is explained, including the use of properties and JavaScript code.

💡 Creating custom tools with external node dependencies in Flowise AI.

🔧 Adding custom tools to the chat flow and connecting them to the agent.

🤖 Demonstrating the use of custom tools in automating business processes.