> ## 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.

# get • AI Agent SDK

> get: Get a tool by name.

# get

Method

> This is a method of the [**ToolRegistry**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ToolRegistry.md) class in the [**registry**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/registry.md) module.

Get a tool by name.

Thread-safe: Uses lock for concurrent access.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get(name: str) -> Optional[Union[BaseTool, Callable]]
```

## Parameters

**name** `str` *required*

Tool name

### Returns

**Returns** `Optional[Union[BaseTool, Callable]]`

BaseTool instance, callable, or None if not found

## Uses

* `discover_plugins`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/registry.py#L215)
>
> `praisonaiagents/tools/registry.py` at line 215


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