create-tools

To provision Databricks resources for an agent, you create managed resources like Genie spaces for structured Q&A, Vector Search indexes for RAG, or UC functions for custom logic. This establishes the permissioned endpoints your agent needs.

Before adding tools to your agent, you must create the underlying Databricks resources first, such as Genie rooms, Vector Search endpoints, or Unity Catalog HTTP connections. Once these managed resources exist, you can wire MCP and tool permissions.

Setting up a Unity Catalog HTTP connection for external MCP servers involves creating a UC connection resource to bridge the external tool. After creating the UC connection, you align it with subsequent add-tools and deploy steps to enable federated tool access.

Create a Vector Search index for semantic retrieval and RAG workloads, while a Genie space is for structured querying and Q&A. Both are Databricks tool resources that require creating the managed resource first before wiring MCP permissions.

This creates the Databricks tool resources and aligns them with subsequent MCP permission wiring. It guides the end-to-end setup path by creating the managed resource first, then handing off to the add-tools and deploy steps to connect it to the agent.