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# Tool Plugin Protocol • Rust AI Agent SDK
> ToolPluginProtocol: Tool-providing plugin protocol
# ToolPluginProtocol
> Defined in the [**plugins**](../modules/plugins) module.
Rust AI Agent SDK
Tool-providing plugin protocol
```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: ToolPluginProtocol"]
tool -- "returns" --> result["Result"]
style tool fill:#189AB4,color:#fff
style agent fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
style result fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
```
## Methods
### `get_tools`
```rust theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
fn get_tools(&self) -> Vec
```
Get tool definitions provided by this plugin
### `execute_tool`
```rust theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
fn execute_tool(&self, name: &str, args: serde_json::Value) -> Result
```
Execute a tool by name
**Parameters:**
| Name | Type |
| ------ | ------------------- |
| `name` | `&str` |
| `args` | `serde_json::Value` |
## Source
`praisonai/src/parity/plugins.rs` at line 0
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