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You can access a variety of tools in Agent Builder, including built-in tools and tools from remote MCP servers.

Built-in tools

Use these built-in tools to give your agents access to email, calendars, chat, project management, code hosting, spreadsheets/BI, search, social, and general web utilities.
Google, Slack, Linear, GitHub, and LinkedIn use OAuth. Exa, Tavily, Pylon, and Twitter/X use workspace secrets (API keys).

Gmail

Read and send email
  • Read emails (optionally include body, filter with search)
  • Send email or reply to an existing message
  • Create draft emails
  • Mark messages as read
  • Get a conversation thread
  • Apply or create labels
  • List mailbox labels

Google Calendar

Manage events
  • List events for a date
  • Get event details
  • Create new events

Google Sheets

Spreadsheets
  • Create spreadsheets
  • Read ranges

BigQuery

Analytics
  • Execute SQL queries

Slack

Send and read messages
  • Send a direct message to a user
  • Post a message to a channel
  • Reply in a thread
  • Read channel history
  • Read thread messages

LinkedIn

Post to profile
  • Publish a post with optional image or link

Twitter/X

  • Read a tweet by ID
  • Read recent posts from a list

GitHub

PRs, issues, and content
  • List pull requests
  • Get pull request details
  • Create issues and pull requests
  • Comment on issues and pull requests
  • Read repository files and list directories

Linear

Manage issues and teams
  • List teams and team members
  • List issues with filters
  • Get issue details
  • Create, update, or delete issues

Pylon

Issue management
  • List issues
  • Get issue details
  • Update issues

Search

  • Exa web search (optionally fetch page contents)
  • Exa LinkedIn profile search
  • Tavily web search

Web utilities

  • Read webpage text content
  • Extract image URLs and metadata
  • Notify user (for confirmations/updates)

Remote MCP server tools

Agent Builder can discover and use tools from remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This lets you connect to external MCP servers and use their tools in your agents.

How it works

  • Agent Builder discovers tools from remote MCP servers via the standard MCP protocol.
  • Headers configured in your workspace are automatically attached when fetching tools or calling them. Headers can be used for authentication.
  • Tools from remote servers are available alongside built-in tools in Agent Builder.

Configuration

Configure remote MCP servers in your LangSmith workspace:
  1. Navigate to your workspace settings in the LangSmith UI.
  2. Add your MCP server URL and any required headers (for example, Authorization: Bearer {{MCP_TOKEN}}).
  3. Agent Builder automatically discovers tools from the server and applies the configured headers when calling tools.
Use workspace secret placeholders like {{MCP_TOKEN}} in headers. The platform resolves these from your workspace secrets at runtime.

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