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# Truncate Tool Output • AI Agent SDK
> truncate_tool_output: Truncate tool output according to its budget.
# truncate\_tool\_output
Method
> This is a method of the [**ContextManager**](../classes/ContextManager) class in the [**manager**](../modules/manager) module.
Truncate tool output according to its budget.
```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: truncate_tool_output"]
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 truncate_tool_output(tool_name: str, output: str) -> str
```
## Parameters
No description available.
No description available.
### Returns
The result of the operation.
## Uses
* `get_tool_budget`
* `estimate_tokens`
## Source
`praisonaiagents/context/manager.py` at line 789
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