> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dench.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search tools

> Search for external tool actions.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /tools/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dench API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Versioned Dench workspace API. The operation registry is shared with the
    Dench CLI parity layer, so every CLI command maps to an endpoint here.
servers:
  - url: https://www.dench.com/api/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: agent-config
    description: Agent Config operations.
  - name: approvals
    description: Approvals operations.
  - name: apps
    description: Apps operations.
  - name: auth
    description: Auth operations.
  - name: billing
    description: Billing operations.
  - name: browser
    description: Browser operations.
  - name: chat
    description: Chat operations.
  - name: crm
    description: Crm operations.
  - name: email
    description: Email operations.
  - name: files
    description: Files operations.
  - name: gateway
    description: Gateway operations.
  - name: local
    description: Local operations.
  - name: memory
    description: Memory operations.
  - name: meta
    description: Meta operations.
  - name: routines
    description: Routines operations.
  - name: workspace
    description: Workspace operations.
paths:
  /tools/search:
    post:
      tags:
        - gateway
      summary: Search tools
      description: Search for external tool actions.
      operationId: tool_search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                queries:
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 7
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      use_case:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        description: Natural-language use case.
                      known_fields:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - use_case
                    additionalProperties: false
                session:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: string
                    generate_id:
                      type: boolean
                  additionalProperties: false
                account:
                  type: string
                model:
                  type: string
              required:
                - queries
            example:
              queries:
                - use_case: fetch the 10 most recent emails
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    anyOf:
                      - type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        use_case:
                          type: string
                        primary_tool_slugs:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                        related_tool_slugs:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                        toolkits:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                        execution_guidance:
                          type: string
                        recommended_plan_steps:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                        known_pitfalls:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                      required:
                        - use_case
                      additionalProperties: {}
                  toolkit_connection_statuses:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        toolkit:
                          type: string
                        has_active_connection:
                          type: boolean
                        status_message:
                          anyOf:
                            - type: string
                            - type: 'null'
                        accounts:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            propertyNames:
                              type: string
                            additionalProperties: {}
                      required:
                        - toolkit
                        - has_active_connection
                      additionalProperties: {}
                  tool_schemas:
                    description: >-
                      Tool slug -> schema with gateway-added execution_ref for
                      tool.run.
                    type: object
                    propertyNames:
                      type: string
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: object
                      propertyNames:
                        type: string
                      additionalProperties: {}
                  session:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - id
                    additionalProperties: {}
                    description: Tool-router session; reuse session.id for follow-up calls.
                  execution_ref_version:
                    type: number
                required:
                  - session
                additionalProperties: {}
                description: Composio tool-router search response with gateway enrichments.
              example:
                success: true
                error: null
                results:
                  - use_case: fetch recent emails
                    primary_tool_slugs:
                      - GMAIL_FETCH_EMAILS
                    toolkits:
                      - gmail
                toolkit_connection_statuses:
                  - toolkit: gmail
                    has_active_connection: true
                tool_schemas:
                  GMAIL_FETCH_EMAILS:
                    toolkit: gmail
                    tool_slug: GMAIL_FETCH_EMAILS
                    execution_ref: eyJzZXNzaW9uIjoi...
                    execution_ref_version: 1
                session:
                  id: trs_abc123
                  generate_id: true
                execution_ref_version: 1
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
      security:
        - DenchApiKey: []
        - AgentSession: []
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid authentication
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    NotFound:
      description: Operation or resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    InternalError:
      description: Server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  schemas:
    ApiError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - message
            - type
            - code
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
            code:
              type: string
            details: {}
  securitySchemes:
    DenchApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: DENCH_API_KEY
      description: >-
        Workspace-scoped Dench API key from workspace settings. This is the same
        key used by DENCH_API_KEY in sandboxes.
    AgentSession:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: dch_agent_*
      description: >-
        Agent session token created by `dench signin`. Gateway-backed routes
        exchange this token for the workspace gateway key.

````