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# Validate Tool • AI Agent SDK
> validate_tool: Validate any tool-like object.
# validate\_tool
Function
> This function is defined in the [**base**](../modules/base) module.
Validate any tool-like object.
```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: validate_tool"]
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 validate_tool(tool: Any) -> bool
```
## Parameters
Object to validate (BaseTool, callable, etc.)
### Returns
True if valid
### Exceptions
If validation fails
## Uses
* `tool.validate`
* `tool.validate_schema_roundtrip`
* `callable`
* `ToolValidationError`
## Used By
* [`validate_tool_schema_consistency`](../functions/validate_tool_schema_consistency)
## Source
`praisonaiagents/tools/base.py` at line 467
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