> ## 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.

# Validate Tool • AI Agent SDK

> validate_tool: Validate any tool-like object.

# validate\_tool

Function

> This function is defined in the [**base**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/base.md) 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

**tool** `Any` *required*

Object to validate (BaseTool, callable, etc.)

### Returns

**Returns** `bool`

True if valid

### Exceptions

> [accordion] ToolValidationError
>
> If validation fails

## Uses

* `tool.validate`
* `tool.validate_schema_roundtrip`
* `callable`
* `ToolValidationError`

## Used By

* [`validate_tool_schema_consistency`](../functions/validate_tool_schema_consistency)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/base.py#L481)
>
> `praisonaiagents/tools/base.py` at line 481

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Tools Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/tools)

> [card] [Create Custom Tools](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/guides/tools/create-custom-tools)

> [card] [Tool Development](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/tutorials/advanced-tool-development)


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