4.2.2. Built-in Tools

Assistants come with powerful built-in tools that would require significant custom code to replicate. These tools execute in secure sandboxes managed by Azure.

Code Interpreter:

• Executes Python code in a sandboxed environment
• Can process uploaded files (CSV, Excel, images)
• Useful for data analysis, visualization, math computations
• Files persist within the thread

File Search (Retrieval):

• Automatically chunks and embeds uploaded documents
• Performs semantic search over your documents
• Returns relevant passages for RAG-style grounding
• Supports PDF, DOCX, TXT, and other formats