What are tools and agents in ConstructChat?
ConstructChat goes beyond a simple chatbot.
It can call tools and agents to perform specialized actions on top of Taiyō’s data mesh and external sources.
1. What are tools?
A tool is a focused capability that ConstructChat can call to:
Query structured data (projects, entities, bids, financials, risks, etc.)
Search specific knowledge sources (news, ASCE, Scholar, SEC, FCA, internal reports)
Analyze URLs, PDFs, satellite data, and more
You can usually invoke a tool by:
TFew readersWhat is ConstructChat?
ConstructChat is Taiyō.AI’s AI co-pilot for construction and infrastructure.
It combines:
Taiyō’s global infrastructure data mesh
Large language models tuned for AEC workflows
A growing library of tools and agents
to help you generate market reports, project lists, opportunity scans, risk assessments, and research summaries in minutes instead of days. taiyo.ai+2taiyo.ai+2
With ConstructChat, you can:
Ask open-ended questions (“WFew readersHow is Taiyō.AI different from other AI Assistants?
Generic AI tools (like ChatGPT or other public LLMs) are trained on broad internet data. They can write text and code, but they:
Don’t have specialized infrastructure datasets out of the box
Don’t know project codes, tender IDs, entities, and local procurement rules in a structured way
Don’t provide industry-specific workflows (market scans, bid support, P3 research, etc.)
Taiyō.AI is built specifically for AEC and infrastructure:
We ingest and normalize real infrastrucFew readers