# CrewAI Tools Empower your CrewAI agents with powerful, customizable tools to elevate their capabilities and tackle sophisticated, real-world tasks. CrewAI Tools provide the essential functionality to extend your agents, helping you rapidly enhance your automations with reliable, ready-to-use tools or custom-built solutions tailored precisely to your needs. --- ## Quick Links [Homepage](https://www.crewai.com/) | [Documentation](https://docs.crewai.com/) | [Examples](https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI-examples) | [Community](https://community.crewai.com/) --- ## Available Tools CrewAI provides an extensive collection of powerful tools ready to enhance your agents: - **File Management**: `FileReadTool`, `FileWriteTool` - **Web Scraping**: `ScrapeWebsiteTool`, `SeleniumScrapingTool` - **Database Integrations**: `PGSearchTool`, `MySQLSearchTool` - **API Integrations**: `SerperApiTool`, `EXASearchTool` - **AI-powered Tools**: `DallETool`, `VisionTool` And many more robust tools to simplify your agent integrations. --- ## Creating Custom Tools CrewAI offers two straightforward approaches to creating custom tools: ### Subclassing `BaseTool` Define your tool by subclassing: ```python from crewai.tools import BaseTool class MyCustomTool(BaseTool): name: str = "Tool Name" description: str = "Detailed description here." def _run(self, *args, **kwargs): # Your tool logic here ``` ### Using the `tool` Decorator Quickly create lightweight tools using decorators: ```python from crewai import tool @tool("Tool Name") def my_custom_function(input): # Tool logic here return output ``` --- ## Why Use CrewAI Tools? - **Simplicity & Flexibility**: Easy-to-use yet powerful enough for complex workflows. - **Rapid Integration**: Seamlessly incorporate external services, APIs, and databases. - **Enterprise Ready**: Built for stability, performance, and consistent results. --- ## Contribution Guidelines We welcome contributions from the community! 1. Fork and clone the repository. 2. Create a new branch (`git checkout -b feature/my-feature`). 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add my feature'`). 4. Push your branch (`git push origin feature/my-feature`). 5. Open a pull request. --- ## Developer Quickstart ```shell pip install crewai[tools] ``` ### Development Setup - Install dependencies: `uv sync` - Run tests: `uv run pytest` - Run static type checking: `uv run pyright` - Set up pre-commit hooks: `pre-commit install` --- ## Support and Community Join our rapidly growing community and receive real-time support: - [Discourse](https://community.crewai.com/) - [Open an Issue](https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/issues) Build smarter, faster, and more powerful AI solutions—powered by CrewAI Tools.