Tools onboarding tutorials
This section provides onboarding tutorials that are focused on tools. These examples help you understand how tools work, how they interact with agents, and how to integrate them into your solutions.
Use the tutorials by choosing one, following the guided actions, and understanding how tools effectively extend your agent's capabilities.
All tutorials on this page come from IBM Developer. Each one includes a link that redirects you to access the content directly on IBM Developer.
Creating intelligent, reusable agentic workflows on watsonx Orchestrate with no code
In this tutorial, learn how to create agentic workflows on watsonx Orchestrate without needing to write any code. These workflows help AI agents run tasks step-by-step using a reusable structure. This is a hands-on step-by-step for creating agentic workflows with human-in-the-loop user activities, forms, document extraction, and generative prompts shows how to mix AI with clear rules and human feedback.
Access the Creating intelligent, reusable agentic workflows on watsonx Orchestrate with no code tutorial and start your learning.
Prerequisites
IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® instance, whether on IBM Cloud or AWS.
Creating tools by using the IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® Agent Development Kit (ADK)
The following section brings together tutorials that use IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® ADK as part of their building process.
If you don't have the IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® ADK installed locally, access the Getting started with watsonx Orchestrate Agent Development Kit tutorial and start your learning.
Connecting to MCP tools with watsonx Orchestrate
In this tutorial, learn how to create MCP tools on watsonx Orchestrate and build agents that use these MCP tools. After completing this tutorial, you will have the skills to author your own MCP tools and integrate them into agents for flexible, secure, and reusable automation.
Access the Connecting to MCP tools with watsonx Orchestrate tutorial and start your learning.
Prerequisites
IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® Agent Development Kit (ADK) installed locally.
Deploying MCP Tools on watsonx Orchestrate by using ContextForge MCP Gateway
In this tutorial, learn how to expose your MCP tools by using the MCP Gateway. Then, use these tools from agents that are built on watsonx Orchestrate. After completing this tutorial, you will have the skills to include your own MCP tools in MCP Gateway, and integrate them into agents for flexible, secure, and reusable automation.
Access the Deploying MCP Tools on watsonx Orchestrate by using ContextForge MCP Gateway tutorial and start your learning.
Prerequisites
You must complete the Connecting to MCP tools with watsonx Orchestrate.
IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® Agent Development Kit (ADK) installed locally.
IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® instance, whether on IBM Cloud or AWS.