Example Built-in Tools¶

Strands offers an optional example tools package strands-agents-tools which includes pre-built tools to get started quickly experimenting with agents and tools during development. The package is also open source and available on GitHub.

Install the strands-agents-tools package by running:

pip install strands-agents-tools

Available Tools¶

RAG & Memory¶

retrieve: Semantically retrieve data from Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases for RAG, memory, and other purposes
memory: Agent memory persistence in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
mem0_memory: Agent memory and personalization built on top of Mem0

File Operations¶

editor: File editing operations like line edits, search, and undo
file_read: Read and parse files
file_write: Create and modify files

Shell & System¶

environment: Manage environment variables
shell: Execute shell commands
cron: Task scheduling with cron jobs

Code Interpretation¶

python_repl: Run Python code

Web & Network¶

http_request: Make API calls, fetch web data, and call local HTTP servers
slack: Slack integration with real-time events, API access, and message sending

image_reader: Process and analyze images
generate_image: Create AI generated images with Amazon Bedrock
nova_reels: Create AI generated videos with Nova Reels on Amazon Bedrock
speak: Generate speech from text using macOS say command or Amazon Polly

AWS Services¶

use_aws: Interact with AWS services

Utilities¶

calculator: Perform mathematical operations
current_time: Get the current date and time
load_tool: Dynamically load more tools at runtime

Agents & Workflows¶

agent_graph: Create and manage graphs of agents
journal: Create structured tasks and logs for agents to manage and work from
swarm: Coordinate multiple AI agents in a swarm / network of agents
stop: Force stop the agent event loop
think: Perform deep thinking by creating parallel branches of agentic reasoning
use_llm: Run a new AI event loop with custom prompts
workflow: Orchestrate sequenced workflows