Tools

In Autify Genesis, the AI Assistant and AI Agent blocks combine AI models with tools so they can explore codebases, read files, and work with external services.

Tool types

Available tools fall into three types.

Type	Description
Built-in tools that are individually enabled	Built-in tools that you select from the Tools tab in an AI Agent block. In the AI Assistant, these are used automatically.
Tools that are auto-attached based on conditions	Tools that are added automatically based on the workspace state or active integrations.
Custom MCP servers	Tools that become available when you register an external MCP (Model Context Protocol) connection for the workspace under Resources & context > Integrations.

Built-in tools

Common built-in tools include the following.

Tool	Description
Explore	Use bash-style commands to inspect the workspace codebase and uploaded files in read-only mode.
View media	Load and analyze images and PDFs stored in the workspace.
Search knowledge base	Run semantic search across registered codebases and specification files.
File versions	List all versions of an uploaded file.
Fetch URL	Retrieve data from a public web URL.
Analyze video	Inspect an uploaded video and summarize what happens.

Tools that are auto-attached

Some tools appear automatically without any manual selection.

• File tools such as Read file are always attached automatically.

• Generate image is attached only in the AI Assistant, when the Google provider is available for your organization.

• GitHub tools are available when GitHub is connected under Resources & context > Codebase.

• Slack tools are available when Slack is connected for the organization and the workspace has bound channels. They also include sending a file from the file explorer to a bound channel or attaching it to the current Slack thread.

• In workflow AI Agent blocks, read-only query tools may also be auto-attached based on the execution context and permissions. These let the agent inspect workspace data such as workflows, files, specs, directories, and Spaces before it takes action.

• Aximo tools are available when an Aximo connection is configured for the workspace.

• Spaces tools are available when Spaces is enabled for your organization. They create and update Spaces and collections, and also search rows by keyword (Search entries).

Custom MCP servers

Register external MCP connections from Resources & context > Integrations on the workspace page.

Location	How to use
AI Assistant (chat)	Chat starts with the always-on tools plus an MCP tool catalog, and it can load only the MCP tools you need on demand.
AI Agent block in workflows	Add the connections you want to use from the block's MCP servers tab.

In chat, you can use load_mcp_tools to load tools by server, search query, explicit tool names, or a combination of those selectors.

For steps to register and manage workspace-level MCP connections, see Workspace settings.