# Tools

> Provide prepared read, write, process, network, task, and skill capabilities with validation before effect.

- Path: `Modules > Tools - Built-in Tools`
- Human: https://looprig.com/docs/modules/tools
- Machine index: https://looprig.com/llms.txt

## Repository

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repository | `github.com/looprig/tools` |
| Version | `v0.11.0` |
| GitHub | [looprig/tools](https://github.com/looprig/tools) |

## Description

Provide prepared read, write, process, network, task, and skill capabilities with validation before effect.

## Where it fits

Tools are useful on their own when an application needs prepared file, process, network, interaction, task, or skill operations with validation before effect. Within Looprig, [Harness](/docs/modules/harness.md) exposes them to loops, while [Sandbox](/docs/modules/sandbox.md) and gates can constrain process execution and sensitive effects. Tools describe and perform operations; the runtime owns admission, authority, and cleanup.

## Dependencies

- [Core](/docs/modules/core.md)
- [Harness](/docs/modules/harness.md)
- [Inference](/docs/modules/inference.md)

## Dependents

None.