Tools

Tools enable agent actions over files, APIs, and external systems.

• Overview — All four tool types (decorator, BaseTool, provider-native, MCP) and how to choose
• @tool decorator — Create tools from plain functions
• Built-in file tools — FileRead, FileWrite, FileSearch, DirectoryList, FileExtract
• File tools detail — Deep dive into file tool features
• Integration patterns — Combining tools with agents (custom + native + MCP)
• MCP integration guide — Universal Model Context Protocol tool adapter (beta nucleusiq-mcp)
• MCP quickstart — Copy-paste MCP patterns across providers