Base Tool • AI Agent SDK

BaseTool: Abstract base class for all PraisonAI tools.

BaseTool

Defined in the base module.

Abstract base class for all PraisonAI tools.

Subclass this to create custom tools that can be:

• Used directly by agents
• Distributed as pip-installable plugins
• Auto-discovered via entry_points

Attributes: name: Unique identifier for the tool description: Human-readable description (used by LLM) version: Tool version string (default: “1.0.0”) parameters: JSON Schema for parameters (auto-generated if not provided)

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Usage

class WeatherTool(BaseTool):
        name = "get_weather"
        description = "Get current weather for a location"

        def run(self, location: str, units: str = "celsius") -> dict:
            # Implementation here
            return {"temp": 22, "condition": "sunny"}

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