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# Get Tools • AI Agent SDK
> get_tools: Get the list of tool functions from this MCP instance.
# get\_tools
Method
> This is a method of the [**MCP**](../classes/MCP) class in the [**mcp**](../modules/mcp) module.
Get the list of tool functions from this MCP instance.
This method provides explicit access to the tools list, which is useful
when you need to inspect or manipulate the tools programmatically.
```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_tools"]
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_tools() -> List[Callable]
```
### Returns
List of tool functions that can be called
## Usage
```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
mcp = MCP("npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-time")
tools = mcp.get_tools()
for tool in tools:
print(f"Tool: {tool.__name__}")
```
## Source
`praisonaiagents/mcp/mcp.py` at line 510
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