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Dev tools · August 26, 2024

Astra AI

Universal API for adding any app to your LLM

Astra AI launched on August 26, 2024 with 142 votes, #420 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Astra makes it easy to integrate any app and API with an LLM for function calling. The JSON schemas and end-user authentication setup is handled by us. Even if your LLM isn't fine-tuned for function calling, we can provide a proxy method of integration.

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