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  • Voices
    • POSTCreate voice
    • GETList voices
    • DELDelete voice
  • Text-to-Speech (TTS)
    • WSSStream Input
    • STREAMText-to-Speech (Streamed JSON)
    • POSTText-to-Speech (Streamed File)
    • POSTText-to-Speech (Json)
    • POSTText-to-Speech (File)
    • POSTVoice Conversion (Streamed File)
    • STREAMVoice Conversion (Streamed JSON)
  • Speech-to-speech (EVI)
    • WSSChat
      • POSTCreate tool
      • GETList tools
      • GETList tool versions
      • GETGet tool version
      • POSTCreate tool version
      • PATCHUpdate tool name
      • PATCHUpdate tool description
      • DELDelete tool
      • DELDelete tool version
  • Expression Measurement API
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Speech-to-speech (EVI)Tools

Update tool name

PATCH
https://api.hume.ai/v0/evi/tools/:id
PATCH
/v0/evi/tools/:id
$curl -X PATCH https://api.hume.ai/v0/evi/tools/your-tool-id \
> -H "X-Hume-Api-Key: <apiKey>" \
> -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
> -d '{
> "name": "get_current_temperature"
>}'

Updates the name of a Tool.

Refer to our tool use guide for comprehensive instructions on defining and integrating tools into EVI.

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Authentication

X-Hume-Api-Keystring
API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"
Identifier for a Tool. Formatted as a UUID.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
namestringRequired

Name of the built-in tool to use. Hume supports the following built-in tools:

  • web_search: enables EVI to search the web for up-to-date information when applicable.
  • hang_up: closes the WebSocket connection when appropriate (e.g., after detecting a farewell in the conversation).

For more information, see our guide on using built-in tools.

Response

Success