Shell

ShellTools enable an Agent to interact with the shell to run commands.

Example

The following agent will run a shell command and show contents of the current directory.

Mention your OS to the agent to make sure it runs the correct command.

cookbook/14_tools/shell_tools.py

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.shell import ShellTools

agent = Agent(tools=[ShellTools()])
agent.print_response("Show me the contents of the current directory", markdown=True)

Toolkit Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`base_dir`	`Path	str`	`None`	Base directory for shell command execution
`enable_run_shell_command`	`bool`	`True`	Enables functionality to run shell commands
`all`	`bool`	`False`	Enables all functionality when set to True

Toolkit Functions

Function	Description
`run_shell_command`	Runs a shell command and returns the output or error.

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