> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tool Aware Agent Protocol • AI Agent SDK

> ToolAwareAgentProtocol: Protocol for agents that support tools.

# ToolAwareAgentProtocol

> Defined in the [**protocols**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/protocols.md) module.

AI Agent

Protocol for agents that support tools.

This extends AgentProtocol with tool-related properties.

```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
    input["Input Data"] --> agent["Agent: ToolAwareAgentProtocol"]
    agent --> output["Output Result"]
    style agent fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
    style input fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
    style output fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
```

## Methods

> [card] [tools()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ToolAwareAgentProtocol-tools.md)
>
> List of tools available to the agent.

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py#L121)
>
> `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 121

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Agents Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/agents)

> [card] [Single Agent Guide](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/guides/single-agent)

> [card] [Multi-Agent Guide](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/guides/multi-agent)

> [card] [Agent Configuration](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/configuration/agent-config)

> [card] [Auto Agents](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/autoagents)


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