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# Get Tool Budget • AI Agent SDK

> get_tool_budget: Get token budget for a specific tool.

# get\_tool\_budget

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> This is a method of the [**ContextManager**](../classes/ContextManager) class in the [**manager**](../modules/manager) module.

Get token budget for a specific tool.

```mermaid theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': { 'primaryColor': '#8B0000', 'primaryTextColor': '#fff', 'primaryBorderColor': '#710101', 'lineColor': '#189AB4', 'secondaryColor': '#189AB4', 'tertiaryColor': '#fff' }}}%%

graph LR
    agent["Agent"] -- "uses" --> tool["Tool: get_tool_budget"]
    tool -- "returns" --> result["Result"]
    style tool fill:#189AB4,color:#fff
    style agent fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
    style result fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
```

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_tool_budget(tool_name: str) -> int
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="tool_name" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="int">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`ContextManager.truncate_tool_output`](../functions/ContextManager-truncate_tool_output)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/context/manager.py` at line 773
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Tools Concept" icon="wrench" href="/docs/concepts/tools" />

  <Card title="Create Custom Tools" icon="plus" href="/docs/guides/tools/create-custom-tools" />

  <Card title="Tool Development" icon="code" href="/docs/tutorials/advanced-tool-development" />
</CardGroup>