AI Engineer · April 24, 2025

Tool Calling Is Not Just Plumbing for AI Agents — Roy Derks

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Why it matters

AI Engineer session on Tool Calling Is Not Just Plumbing for AI Agents, presented by Roy Derks. It adds practical context for how teams are building and operating AI systems in production.

My takeaway: Tool Calling Is Not Just Plumbing for AI Agents — Roy Derks is an agent-security signal. The practical read is that autonomy, memory, tool permissions, and third-party integrations are the control surface that needs threat modeling and monitoring.