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# List available tool metadata

> Returns a static map of every AI tool the agent runtime can invoke, keyed by tool name. Used by the playground/agent builder to render the tool palette and surface tool descriptions.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml get /api/tools
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Tether Relay and Tether API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Route-derived OpenAPI contract generated from tether-relay backend sources.
    Regenerate with scripts/sync-openapi-from-backend.mjs.
servers:
  - url: https://your-instance.example.com
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:2212
    description: Local API service
security: []
tags:
  - name: AI
  - name: Applications
  - name: Approval
  - name: Auth
  - name: Automations
  - name: Calls
  - name: Campaigns
  - name: Contact Analytics
  - name: Contact Metrics
  - name: Contact Notes
  - name: Contacts
  - name: Conversation Monitor
  - name: Conversations
  - name: Departments
  - name: Email
  - name: Escalation Dashboard
  - name: Event Logs
  - name: Google Sheets
  - name: Marketplace
  - name: Messages
  - name: Notification Sounds
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Org Snapshots
  - name: Organizations
  - name: Outreach
  - name: Outreach Metrics
  - name: Outreach Sources
  - name: Pipelines
  - name: Processes
  - name: Prompts
  - name: Reminders
  - name: Sms
  - name: Templates
  - name: Traces
  - name: Training
  - name: Upload
  - name: User Snapshots
  - name: Users
  - name: Vertical
  - name: Webchats
  - name: Webhook
paths:
  /api/tools:
    get:
      tags:
        - Tools
      summary: List available tool metadata
      description: >-
        Returns a static map of every AI tool the agent runtime can invoke,
        keyed by tool name. Used by the playground/agent builder to render the
        tool palette and surface tool descriptions.
      operationId: get_tools
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tools returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetToolsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    GetToolsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        tools:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              description:
                type: string
            required:
              - name
              - description
            additionalProperties: true
      required:
        - tools
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        tools:
          send_message:
            name: send_message
            description: Send an outbound message to the contact on the current channel.
          escalate_to_human:
            name: escalate_to_human
            description: Escalate the conversation to a human agent.

````