Agent skill

Tools And Integrations

by VectorSpaceLab in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill

Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Tools And Integrations

skills CLI
$ npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill tools-and-integrations -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill tools-and-integrations --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/repositories/repo-skills/smolagents/sub-skills/tools-and-integrations .claude/skills/tools-and-integrations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tools-and-integrations
GitHub stars
330
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
371 words
Files
6 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
159
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections.

  • Works in 5 steps: Choose @tool for a simple stateless… → Keep tool names valid Python identifiers… → Validate schema shape before wiring a… → …
  • Tasks that involve Building AI agents
  • SKILL.md covers Use This For, Route Elsewhere, Fast Path and Minimal Examples, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Tools And Integrations is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md`, `references/built-in-tools.md` and `references/troubleshooting.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Building AI agents and MCP servers. It works with LangChain. The repository describes itself as: A Skill Library for Automated Machine Learning. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Building AI agents
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

Example prompts

  • “/tools-and-integrations”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Choose @tool for a simple stateless function; choose a Tool subclass when you need class attributes, setup(), helper methods, lazy…
  2. Keep tool names valid Python identifiers and unique inside an agent toolbox; agent.tools is a dict keyed by tool.name.
  3. Validate schema shape before wiring a tool into an agent: python scripts/validate_tool_schema.py path/to/tool_file.py --object…
  4. For remote or third-party integrations, require explicit trust (trust_remote_code=True) only after code/server review, and document…
  5. Use bundled references for details

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac3fe1a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tools And Integrations loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 371 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill at commit ac3fe1a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© VectorSpaceLab). 371 words, ~1,077 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tools-and-integrations/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
tools-and-integrations
description
Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections.
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.disco-role
operating
license
Apache 2.0

Tools and Integrations

Use This For

  • Creating a smolagents tool with a Tool subclass or the @tool decorator.
  • Designing inputs, output_type, optional output_schema, and runtime argument validation.
  • Adding built-in tools such as DuckDuckGoSearchTool, VisitWebpageTool, UserInputTool, or FinalAnswerTool to an agent.
  • Loading tools from Hub Spaces/collections, Gradio apps, LangChain tools, or MCP servers.
  • Diagnosing schema, serialization, optional dependency, trust, network, and name-collision failures.

Route Elsewhere

  • Agent selection, managed agents, planning, callbacks, max_steps, or toolbox composition strategy across agents: use ../agent-workflows/SKILL.md.
  • Model classes, provider credentials, model routing, structured model output behavior, or LiteLLM setup: use ../model-providers/SKILL.md.
  • smolagent, webagent, Gradio UI, CLI commands, and app launching: use ../cli-and-ui/SKILL.md.
  • Code execution sandboxes, executor backends, authorized imports, and secure execution policy: use ../execution-and-safety/SKILL.md.

Fast Path

  1. Choose @tool for a simple stateless function; choose a Tool subclass when you need class attributes, setup(), helper methods, lazy model/client initialization, or serialization control.
  2. Keep tool names valid Python identifiers and unique inside an agent toolbox; agent.tools is a dict keyed by tool.name.
  3. Validate schema shape before wiring a tool into an agent: python scripts/validate_tool_schema.py path/to/tool_file.py --object tool_or_class_name.
  4. For remote or third-party integrations, require explicit trust (trust_remote_code=True) only after code/server review, and document optional extras.
  5. Use bundled references for details:
    • API reference for Tool, @tool, schemas, validation, serialization, and helper APIs.
    • Workflows for common recipes: decorator, subclass, structured output, MCP, Hub, Space, LangChain, and toolbox updates.
    • Built-in tools for default tool capabilities and dependencies.
    • Troubleshooting for common failures and fixes.
Show full SKILL.md (125 more words)Show less

Minimal Examples

Decorator tools must have type hints, a return type, and an Args: docstring section for every argument:

python
from smolagents import tool

@tool
def normalize_label(label: str, lowercase: bool = True) -> str:
    """Normalize a user-facing label.

    Args:
        label: Label text to normalize.
        lowercase: Whether to lowercase before replacing spaces.
    """
    cleaned = label.strip().replace(" ", "_")
    return cleaned.lower() if lowercase else cleaned

Subclass tools must define name, description, inputs, output_type, and forward:

python
from smolagents import Tool

class ReceiptLookupTool(Tool):
    name = "receipt_lookup"
    description = "Looks up a receipt summary by integer receipt id."
    inputs = {"receipt_id": {"type": "integer", "description": "Receipt id to retrieve."}}
    output_type = "string"

    def forward(self, receipt_id: int) -> str:
        return f"Receipt {receipt_id}: not connected to a database in this example."

Guardrails

  • Do not put secrets, local checkout paths, or private environment paths into tool code, descriptions, or serialized Hub artifacts.
  • Put imports used by a serializable tool inside methods/functions, not only at module scope, so save(), to_dict(), and push_to_hub() can reconstruct self-contained code.
  • Mark nullable/defaultable inputs consistently between forward type hints and inputs; mismatches raise validation errors.
  • Treat output_schema as prompt/schema guidance for structured outputs; it does not replace testing the actual return value.
  • Install optional extras only for the integration being used, such as MCP, web search, webpage parsing, LangChain, Gradio, or Transformers pipeline tools.

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Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in skills/repositories/repo-skills/smolagents/sub-skills/tools-and-integrations of VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/built-in-tools.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/validate_tool_schema.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac3fe1a

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Questions about Tools And Integrations

What does Tools And Integrations do?

Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections. Tools And Integrations is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use this sub-skill when defining, validating, sharing, loading, or troubleshooting smolagents tools, built-in/default tools, Hub/Space/LangChain integrations, or MCP tool collections.

When should I use Tools And Integrations?

Tools And Integrations fits situations like: tasks that involve Building AI agents; tasks that involve MCP servers.

How do I install Tools And Integrations in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill tools-and-integrations -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/smolagents/sub-skills/tools-and-integrations in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .claude/skills/tools-and-integrations in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tools And Integrations in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill tools-and-integrations -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/smolagents/sub-skills/tools-and-integrations in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .agents/skills/tools-and-integrations in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tools And Integrations in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill tools-and-integrations -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tools-and-integrations, .gemini/skills/tools-and-integrations, .github/skills/tools-and-integrations and .opencode/skills/tools-and-integrations in your project.

What does Tools And Integrations need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tools And Integrations needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Tools And Integrations access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tools And Integrations safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Tools And Integrations use?

Tools And Integrations is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tools And Integrations use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 6.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Tools And Integrations?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tools And Integrations: Dive Into LangGraph (luochang212/dive-into-langgraph, 457 stars), Tool Design (agentailor/fullstack-langgraph-nextjs-agent, 132 stars), Chemgraph (argonne-lcf/ChemGraph, 162 stars) and Agent Eval Cases (agentailor/fullstack-langgraph-nextjs-agent, 132 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tools And Integrations?

VectorSpaceLab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill, which has 330 GitHub stars. The repository holds 159 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

Source: VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.