Fine-tuning with FunctionGemma

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This guide demonstrates how to fine-tune FunctionGemma for tool calling.

While FunctionGemma is natively capable of calling tools. But true capability comes from two distinct skills: the mechanical knowledge of how to use a tool (syntax) and the cognitive ability to interpret why and when to use it (intent).

Models, especially smaller ones, have fewer parameters available to retain complex intent understanding. This is why we need to fine-tune them

Common use cases for fine-tuning tool calling include:

  • Model Distillation: Generating synthetic training data with a larger model and fine-tuning a smaller model to replicate the specific workflow efficiently.
  • Handling Non-Standard Schemas: Overcoming base model struggles with legacy, highly complex data structures or proprietary format not found in public data, such as handling domain-specific mobile actions.
  • Optimizing Context Usage: "Baking" tool definitions into the model's weights. This allows you to use shorthand descriptions in your prompts, freeing up the context window for the actual conversation.
  • Resolving Selection Ambiguity: Biasing the model toward specific enterprise policies, such as prioritizing an internal knowledge base over an external search engine.

In this example, we will focus specifically on managing tool selection ambiguity.

Setup development environment

The first step is to install Hugging Face Libraries, including TRL, and datasets to fine-tune open model, including different RLHF and alignment techniques.

# Install Pytorch & other libraries
%pip install torch tensorboard

# Install Hugging Face libraries
%pip install transformers datasets accelerate evaluate trl protobuf sentencepiece

# COMMENT IN: if you are running on a GPU that supports BF16 data type and flash attn, such as NVIDIA L4 or NVIDIA A100
#% pip install flash-attn

Note: If you are using a GPU with Ampere architecture (such as NVIDIA L4) or newer, you can use Flash attention. Flash Attention is a method that significantly speeds computations up and reduces memory usage from quadratic to linear in sequence length, leading to acelerating training up to 3x. Learn more at FlashAttention.

Before you can start training, you have to make sure that you accepted the terms of use for Gemma. You can accept the license on Hugging Face by clicking on the Agree and access repository button on the model page at: http://huggingface.co/google/functiongemma-270m-it

After you have accepted the license, you need a valid Hugging Face Token to access the model. If you are running inside a Google Colab, you can securely use your Hugging Face Token using the Colab secrets otherwise you can set the token as directly in the login method. Make sure your token has write access too, as you push your model to Hugging Face Hub after fine-tuning.

# Login into Hugging Face Hub
from huggingface_hub import login
login()

You can keep the results on Colab's local virtual machine. However, we highly recommend saving your intermediate results to your Google Drive. This ensures your training results are safe and allows you to easily compare and select the best model.

Also, adjust the checkpoint directory and the learning rate.

from google.colab import drive

mount_google_drive = False
checkpoint_dir = "functiongemma-270m-it-simple-tool-calling"

if mount_google_drive:
    drive.mount('/content/drive')
    checkpoint_dir = f"/content/drive/MyDrive/{checkpoint_dir}"

print(f"Checkpoints will be saved to {checkpoint_dir}")

base_model = "google/functiongemma-270m-it"
learning_rate = 5e-5

Checkpoints will be saved to functiongemma-270m-it-simple-tool-calling

Prepare the fine-tuning dataset

You will use the following example dataset, which contains sample conversations requiring a choice between two tools: search_knowledge_base and search_google.

Simple tool calling dataset

Consider the query: "What are the best practices for writing a simple recursive function in Python?"

The appropriate tool depends entirely on your specific policy. While a generic model naturally defaults to search_google, an enterprise application usually needs to check search_knowledge_base first.

Note on Data Splitting: For this demonstration, we will implement a 50/50 train-test split. While an 80/20 split is standard for production workflows, this equal division is chosen specifically to highlight the model's performance improvement on unseen data.

import json
from datasets import Dataset
from transformers.utils import get_json_schema

# --- Tool Definitions ---
def search_knowledge_base(query: str) -> str:
    """
    Search internal company documents, policies and project data.

    Args:
        query: query string
    """
    return "Internal Result"

def search_google(query: str) -> str:
    """
    Search public information.

    Args:
        query: query string
    """
    return "Public Result"


TOOLS = [get_json_schema(search_knowledge_base), get_json_schema(search_google)]

DEFAULT_SYSTEM_MSG = "You are a model that can do function calling with the following functions"

def create_conversation(sample):
  return {
      "messages": [
          {"role": "developer", "content": DEFAULT_SYSTEM_MSG},
          {"role": "user", "content": sample["user_content"]},
          {"role": "assistant", "tool_calls": [{"type": "function", "function": {"name": sample["tool_name"], "arguments": json.loads(sample["tool_arguments"])} }]},
      ],
      "tools": TOOLS
  }

dataset = Dataset.from_list(simple_tool_calling)
# You can also load the dataset from Hugging Face Hub
# dataset = load_dataset("bebechien/SimpleToolCalling", split="train")

# Convert dataset to conversational format
dataset = dataset.map(create_conversation, remove_columns=dataset.features, batched=False)

# Split dataset into 50% training samples and 50% test samples
dataset = dataset.train_test_split(test_size=0.5, shuffle=True)

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Important Note on Dataset Distribution

When using shuffle=False to your own custom datasets, ensure your source data is pre-mixed. If the distribution is unknown or sorted, you should use shuffle=True to ensure the model learns a balanced representation of all tools during training.

Fine-tune FunctionGemma using TRL and the SFTTrainer

You are now ready to fine-tune your model. Hugging Face TRL SFTTrainer makes it straightforward to supervise fine-tune open LLMs. The SFTTrainer is a subclass of the Trainer from the transformers library and supports all the same features,

The following code loads the FunctionGemma model and tokenizer from Hugging Face.

import torch
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

# Load model and tokenizer
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    base_model,
    dtype="auto",
    device_map="auto",
    attn_implementation="eager"
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(base_model)

print(f"Device: {model.device}")
print(f"DType: {model.dtype}")

# Print formatted user prompt
print("--- dataset input ---")
print(json.dumps(dataset["train"][0], indent=2))
debug_msg = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(dataset["train"][0]["messages"], tools=dataset["train"][0]["tools"], add_generation_prompt=False, tokenize=False)
print("--- Formatted prompt ---")
print(debug_msg)

Device: cuda:0
DType: torch.bfloat16
--- dataset input ---
{
  "messages": [
    {
      "content": "You are a model that can do function calling with the following functions",
      "role": "developer",
      "tool_calls": null
    },
    {
      "content": "What is the reimbursement limit for travel meals?",
      "role": "user",
      "tool_calls": null
    },
    {
      "content": null,
      "role": "assistant",
      "tool_calls": [
        {
          "function": {
            "arguments": {
              "query": "travel meal reimbursement limit policy"
            },
            "name": "search_knowledge_base"
          },
          "type": "function"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tools": [
    {
      "function": {
        "description": "Search internal company documents, policies and project data.",
        "name": "search_knowledge_base",
        "parameters": {
          "properties": {
            "query": {
              "description": "query string",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "query"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "return": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "function"
    },
    {
      "function": {
        "description": "Search public information.",
        "name": "search_google",
        "parameters": {
          "properties": {
            "query": {
              "description": "query string",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "query"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "return": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "function"
    }
  ]
}
--- Formatted prompt ---
<bos><start_of_turn>developer
You are a model that can do function calling with the following functions<start_function_declaration>declaration:search_knowledge_base{description:<escape>Search internal company documents, policies and project data.<escape>,parameters:{properties:{query:{description:<escape>query string<escape>,type:<escape>STRING<escape>} },required:[<escape>query<escape>],type:<escape>OBJECT<escape>} }<end_function_declaration><start_function_declaration>declaration:search_google{description:<escape>Search public information.<escape>,parameters:{properties:{query:{description:<escape>query string<escape>,type:<escape>STRING<escape>} },required:[<escape>query<escape>],type:<escape>OBJECT<escape>} }<end_function_declaration><end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>user
What is the reimbursement limit for travel meals?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>model
<start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>travel meal reimbursement limit policy<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>

Before fine-tune

The output below shows that the out-of-the-box capabilities may not be good enough for this use case.

def check_success_rate():
  success_count = 0
  for idx, item in enumerate(dataset['test']):
    messages = [
        item["messages"][0],
        item["messages"][1],
    ]

    inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tools=TOOLS, add_generation_prompt=True, return_dict=True, return_tensors="pt")

    out = model.generate(**inputs.to(model.device), pad_token_id=tokenizer.eos_token_id, max_new_tokens=128)
    output = tokenizer.decode(out[0][len(inputs["input_ids"][0]) :], skip_special_tokens=False)

    print(f"{idx+1} Prompt: {item['messages'][1]['content']}")
    print(f"  Output: {output}")

    expected_tool = item['messages'][2]['tool_calls'][0]['function']['name']
    other_tool = "search_knowledge_base" if expected_tool == "search_google" else "search_google"

    if expected_tool in output and other_tool not in output:
      print("  `-> ✅ correct!")
      success_count += 1
    elif expected_tool not in output:
      print(f"  -> ❌ wrong (expected '{expected_tool}' missing)")
    else:
      if output.startswith(f"<start_function_call>call:{expected_tool}"):
        print(f"  -> ⚠️ tool is correct {expected_tool}, but other_tool exists in output")
      else:
        print(f"  -> ❌ wrong (hallucinated '{other_tool}')")

  print(f"Success : {success_count} / {len(dataset['test'])}")

check_success_rate()

1 Prompt: How do I access my paystubs on the ADP portal?
  Output: I cannot assist with accessing or retrieving paystubs or other company documents on the ADP portal. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with searching internal company documents and knowledge base queries.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
2 Prompt: What is the syntax for Python list comprehensions?
  Output: I cannot assist with programming or providing programming syntax information. My current capabilities are focused on searching internal company documents and project data.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
3 Prompt: Where can I find the floor plan for Building B?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>Floor plan for Building B<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>Floor plan for Building B<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ⚠️ tool is correct search_knowledge_base, but other_tool exists in output
4 Prompt: Check the latest stock price for Apple.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>AAPL stock price<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
5 Prompt: What is the procedure for reporting a phishing email?
  Output: I cannot assist with providing instructions or procedures for reporting phishing emails. My capabilities are limited to assisting with specific search and document management functions.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
6 Prompt: Show me examples of using the useEffect hook in React.
  Output: I am sorry, but I cannot assist with providing examples of using the `useEffect` hook in React. My current capabilities are focused on assisting with searching and retrieving internal company documents and project data using the specified tools. I cannot generate or explain code examples related to React hooks.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
7 Prompt: Who are the direct reports for the VP of Engineering?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>VP of Engineering<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>VP of Engineering<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ⚠️ tool is correct search_knowledge_base, but other_tool exists in output
8 Prompt: How do I list open ports on a Linux server?
  Output: I cannot assist with listing or querying open ports on Linux servers. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with searching internal company documents and project data using the specified tools.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
9 Prompt: What is our Slack message retention policy?
  Output: I cannot assist with finding or recommending company policies or terms of service regarding Slack messaging retention. My current capabilities are focused on searching internal company documents and project data.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
10 Prompt: Compare the features of iPhone 15 vs Samsung S24.
  Output: I cannot assist with comparing device features or specifications. My current capabilities are focused on assisting with searching and managing company knowledge. I cannot browse or compare external product information.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
11 Prompt: I need the expense code for team building events.
  Output: I can certainly assist with searching for expense codes. Could you please specify the exact query you would like to use for searching the company expense database?<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
12 Prompt: Best practices for writing a Dockerfile for Node.js.
  Output: I am sorry, but I cannot assist with recommending best practices for writing Dockerfiles for Node.js. My current capabilities are focused on searching company documents and project data using specific tools. I cannot recommend or provide expert advice on software development best practices.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
13 Prompt: How do I request a new monitor setup?
  Output: I cannot assist with recommending or requesting hardware setup or configurations. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with searching company documents and project data using the specified tools. I cannot provide technical advice or recommendations for hardware setup.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
14 Prompt: What is the difference between VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP in Google Sheets?
  Output: I cannot assist with comparing or contrasting Google Sheets and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP in specific technical terms. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with specific data management functions like searching internal company documents and searching public knowledge base. I cannot provide expert comparisons or explanations of Google Sheets and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
15 Prompt: Find the onboarding checklist for new engineering hires.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>onboarding checklist for new engineering hires<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
16 Prompt: What are the latest release notes for the OpenAI API?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>OpenAI API release notes latest<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
17 Prompt: Do we have preferred hotel partners in Paris?
  Output: I apologize, but I cannot assist with finding hotel partner information. My current capabilities are focused on searching company documents and project data using specific keywords. I cannot connect with or query business databases for hotel partnerships.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
18 Prompt: How to undo the last git commit but keep the changes?
  Output: I cannot assist with managing or undoing Git repositories. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with searching and managing organizational knowledge bases. I cannot provide specific instructions or assistance with technical issues related to software development or Git operations.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
19 Prompt: What is the process for creating a new Jira project?
  Output: I cannot assist with creating or managing Jira project processes. My current capabilities are limited to assisting with searching company documents and project data using the specified tools.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_knowledge_base' missing)
20 Prompt: Tutorial on SQL window functions.
  Output: I cannot assist with tutorials or programming advice regarding SQL window functions. My capabilities are limited to assisting with searching company documents and knowledge base information.<end_of_turn>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
Success : 2 / 20

Training

Before you can start your training, you need to define the hyperparameters you want to use in a SFTConfig instance.

from trl import SFTConfig

torch_dtype = model.dtype

args = SFTConfig(
    output_dir=checkpoint_dir,              # directory to save and repository id
    max_length=512,                         # max sequence length for model and packing of the dataset
    packing=False,                          # Groups multiple samples in the dataset into a single sequence
    num_train_epochs=8,                     # number of training epochs
    per_device_train_batch_size=4,          # batch size per device during training
    gradient_checkpointing=False,           # Caching is incompatible with gradient checkpointing
    optim="adamw_torch_fused",              # use fused adamw optimizer
    logging_steps=1,                        # log every step
    #save_strategy="epoch",                  # save checkpoint every epoch
    eval_strategy="epoch",                  # evaluate checkpoint every epoch
    learning_rate=learning_rate,            # learning rate
    fp16=True if torch_dtype == torch.float16 else False,   # use float16 precision
    bf16=True if torch_dtype == torch.bfloat16 else False,  # use bfloat16 precision
    lr_scheduler_type="constant",            # use constant learning rate scheduler
    push_to_hub=True,                        # push model to hub
    report_to="tensorboard",                 # report metrics to tensorboard
)

You now have every building block you need to create your SFTTrainer to start the training of your model.

from trl import SFTTrainer

# Create Trainer object
trainer = SFTTrainer(
    model=model,
    args=args,
    train_dataset=dataset['train'],
    eval_dataset=dataset['test'],
    processing_class=tokenizer,
)

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The model is already on multiple devices. Skipping the move to device specified in `args`.

Start training by calling the train() method.

# Start training, the model will be automatically saved to the Hub and the output directory
trainer.train()

# Save the final model again to the Hugging Face Hub
trainer.save_model()

The tokenizer has new PAD/BOS/EOS tokens that differ from the model config and generation config. The model config and generation config were aligned accordingly, being updated with the tokenizer's values. Updated tokens: {'bos_token_id': 2, 'pad_token_id': 0}.

To plot the training and validation losses, you would typically extract these values from the TrainerState object or the logs generated during training.

Libraries like Matplotlib can then be used to visualize these values over training steps or epochs. The x-asis would represent the training steps or epochs, and the y-axis would represent the corresponding loss values.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Access the log history
log_history = trainer.state.log_history

# Extract training / validation loss
train_losses = [log["loss"] for log in log_history if "loss" in log]
epoch_train = [log["epoch"] for log in log_history if "loss" in log]
eval_losses = [log["eval_loss"] for log in log_history if "eval_loss" in log]
epoch_eval = [log["epoch"] for log in log_history if "eval_loss" in log]

# Plot the training loss
plt.plot(epoch_train, train_losses, label="Training Loss")
plt.plot(epoch_eval, eval_losses, label="Validation Loss")
plt.xlabel("Epoch")
plt.ylabel("Loss")
plt.title("Training and Validation Loss per Epoch")
plt.legend()
plt.grid(True)
plt.show()

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Test Model Inference

After the training is done, you'll want to evaluate and test your model. You can load different samples from the test dataset and evaluate the model on those samples.

check_success_rate()

1 Prompt: How do I access my paystubs on the ADP portal?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>paystubs API portal access codes<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
2 Prompt: What is the syntax for Python list comprehensions?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>Python list comprehensions syntax<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
3 Prompt: Where can I find the floor plan for Building B?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>floor plan Building B floor plan<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
4 Prompt: Check the latest stock price for Apple.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>latest stock price Apple<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
5 Prompt: What is the procedure for reporting a phishing email?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>phishing email procedure reporting policy<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
6 Prompt: Show me examples of using the useEffect hook in React.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>useEffect hook examples React<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
7 Prompt: Who are the direct reports for the VP of Engineering?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>VP of Engineering direct reports<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
8 Prompt: How do I list open ports on a Linux server?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>open ports Linux server equivalents<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
9 Prompt: What is our Slack message retention policy?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>slack message retention policy policy excerpt<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
10 Prompt: Compare the features of iPhone 15 vs Samsung S24.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>iPhone 15 vs Samsung S24 feature comparison<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
11 Prompt: I need the expense code for team building events.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>expense code team building events<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
12 Prompt: Best practices for writing a Dockerfile for Node.js.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>Docker file best practices Node.js<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
13 Prompt: How do I request a new monitor setup?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>new monitor setup request procedure<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
14 Prompt: What is the difference between VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP in Google Sheets?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>VLOOKUP vs XLOOKUP difference Google Sheets中<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
15 Prompt: Find the onboarding checklist for new engineering hires.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>engineering hire onboarding checklist New hires.<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
16 Prompt: What are the latest release notes for the OpenAI API?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_google{query:<escape>latest OpenAI API release notes latest version<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
17 Prompt: Do we have preferred hotel partners in Paris?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>preferred hotel partners in Paris<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
18 Prompt: How to undo the last git commit but keep the changes?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>undo git commit last commit<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
19 Prompt: What is the process for creating a new Jira project?
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>Jira project creation process<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  `-> ✅ correct!
20 Prompt: Tutorial on SQL window functions.
  Output: <start_function_call>call:search_knowledge_base{query:<escape>SQL window functions tutorial<escape>}<end_function_call><start_function_response>
  -> ❌ wrong (expected 'search_google' missing)
Success : 16 / 20

Summary and next steps

You learned how to fine-tune FunctionGemma to resolve tool selection ambiguity, a scenario where a model must choose between overlapping tools (e.g., internal vs. external search) based on specific enterprise policies. By utilizing the Hugging Face TRL library and SFTTrainer, the tutorial walked through the process of preparing a dataset, configuring hyperparameters, and executing a supervised fine-tuning loop.

The results illustrate the critical difference between a "capable" base model and a "production-ready" fine-tuned model:

  • Before Fine-tuning: The base model struggled to adhere to the specific policy, often failing to call tools or choosing the wrong one, resulting in a low success rate (e.g., 2/20).
  • After Fine-tuning: After training for 8 epochs, the model learned to correctly distinguish between queries requiring search_knowledge_base versus search_google, improving the success rate (e.g., 16/20).

Now that you have a fine-tuned model, consider the following steps to move toward production:

  • Expand the Dataset: The current dataset was a small, synthetic split (50/50) used for demonstration. For a robust enterprise application, curate a larger, more diverse dataset that covers edge cases and rare policy exceptions.
  • Evaluation with RAG: Integrate the fine-tuned model into a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to verify that the search_knowledge_base tool calls actually retrieve relevant documents and result in accurate final answers.

Check out the following docs next: