Tools
=============

.. note::
   `Conceptual Guide <https://docs.langchain.com/docs/components/agents/tool>`_



Tools are ways that an agent can use to interact with the outside world.

For an overview of what a tool is, how to use them, and a full list of examples, please see the getting started documentation

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   ./tools/getting_started.md

Next, we have some examples of customizing and generically working with tools

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   ./tools/custom_tools.ipynb
   ./tools/multi_input_tool.ipynb
   ./tools/tool_input_validation.ipynb


In this documentation we cover generic tooling functionality (eg how to create your own)
as well as examples of tools and how to use them.


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   ./tools/examples/*