curl --request GET \
--url https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id} \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool_id": "tabc123def456",
"owner_id": 3675,
"name": "get_weather",
"description": "Get the current weather for a city",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City name"
}
},
"required": [
"city"
]
},
"delivery": {
"app_message": true,
"api": {
"url": "https://api.example.com/v1/weather/{city}",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 10,
"headers": {
"X-Service": "weather-bot"
},
"auth": {
"type": "none",
"token": "<string>",
"username": "<string>",
"password": "<string>",
"name": "X-API-Key",
"value": "<string>",
"location": "header",
"secret": "<string>",
"token_url": "https://auth.example.com/oauth/token",
"client_id": "<string>",
"client_secret": "<string>",
"scope": "<string>"
},
"body_template": {},
"query_params": {
"units": "metric"
},
"content_type": "application/json"
}
},
"is_system_tool": false,
"trigger_type": "in_call",
"origin": "llm",
"on_call": "generate_filler",
"on_resolve": "generate_response",
"static_filler": "Sure, let me grab that for you.",
"created_at": "2026-05-15T10:30:00",
"updated_at": "2026-05-15T10:30:00"
}{
"error": "Bad Request. Tool not found"
}{
"message": "Invalid access token"
}Get Tool
Returns a single tool by its tool_id. Works for both user-owned tools and built-in system tools. Secret fields (token, password, value, secret, client_secret) are replaced with ******** in the response.
curl --request GET \
--url https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id} \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://tavusapi.com/v2/tools/{tool_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool_id": "tabc123def456",
"owner_id": 3675,
"name": "get_weather",
"description": "Get the current weather for a city",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City name"
}
},
"required": [
"city"
]
},
"delivery": {
"app_message": true,
"api": {
"url": "https://api.example.com/v1/weather/{city}",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 10,
"headers": {
"X-Service": "weather-bot"
},
"auth": {
"type": "none",
"token": "<string>",
"username": "<string>",
"password": "<string>",
"name": "X-API-Key",
"value": "<string>",
"location": "header",
"secret": "<string>",
"token_url": "https://auth.example.com/oauth/token",
"client_id": "<string>",
"client_secret": "<string>",
"scope": "<string>"
},
"body_template": {},
"query_params": {
"units": "metric"
},
"content_type": "application/json"
}
},
"is_system_tool": false,
"trigger_type": "in_call",
"origin": "llm",
"on_call": "generate_filler",
"on_resolve": "generate_response",
"static_filler": "Sure, let me grab that for you.",
"created_at": "2026-05-15T10:30:00",
"updated_at": "2026-05-15T10:30:00"
}{
"error": "Bad Request. Tool not found"
}{
"message": "Invalid access token"
}Authorizations
Path Parameters
The unique identifier of the tool. For system tools this is the tool's name (e.g. end_call).
"tabc123def456"
Response
Tool returned
A standalone tool definition. Returned by every tool endpoint and embedded in the data array of the PAL-tool endpoints.
Unique identifier for the tool. System tools use their name as the tool_id (e.g. end_call).
"tabc123def456"
Internal user ID that owns the tool. null for built-in system tools.
3675
Function name the LLM uses to call the tool.
"get_weather"
Natural-language description of the tool.
"Get the current weather for a city"
JSON Schema describing the tool's arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City name"
}
},
"required": ["city"]
}
How the tool call is dispatched. Exactly one channel must be enabled:
app_message: truealone - the call is delivered to your frontend over the Daily data channel as aconversation.tool_callevent.apiset withapp_message: false- Tavus makes an HTTPS request toapi.url.
If delivery is omitted on create, the default is { "app_message": true }.
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Show child attributes
Whether this is a built-in system tool. System tools cannot be modified or deleted.
false
When the tool runs. post_call tools execute server-side after the conversation ends via delivery.api (HTTPS webhook).
in_call, post_call "in_call"
Live modality for in-call tools. Null for post-call tools.
llm, vision, audio "llm"
What the PAL does while the tool call is in flight. Always null for perception tools.
generate_filler, static_filler, silent, passthrough "generate_filler"
What the PAL does after the tool returns.
generate_response, response_in_result, add_to_context, fire_and_forget "generate_response"
Phrase the PAL speaks while the tool call is in flight. Set when on_call is static_filler.
"Sure, let me grab that for you."
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the tool was created.
"2026-05-15T10:30:00"
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the tool was last updated.
"2026-05-15T10:30:00"

