---
title: "Get a tool by name"
method: GET
path: "/tools/{name}"
tags: ["Tools"]
---

# Get a tool by name

`GET /tools/{name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mnemom.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://api.mnemom.ai/v1/tools/{name}`
- Auth: none required

Returns the tool detail with ETag + X-Tool-Version. Supports 304 on If-None-Match.

## Headers

- `If-None-Match` string

## Response `200`

Tool detail.

- object
  - `name` string, required: Globally unique tool name. Convention: `<connector>_<verb>_<noun>` (e.g. `campfire_create_chart_account`). Org-scoped tools use the reserved `org:<id>:` prefix.
  - `display_name` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `class` 'read' | 'internal_write' | 'consequential_internal_write' | 'consequential_external_write' | 'comms_internal' | 'comms_external' | 'engineering_attestation' | 'governance_write', required: 8-entry action class taxonomy per mnemom-contracts/tool-manifest/v1.yaml. V7 gateway hooks bind on this for class-scoped enforcement.
  - `domain` 'financial' | 'engineering' | 'intelligence' | 'growth' | 'operations' | 'governance' | 'comms' | 'identity' | 'security', required: 9-entry domain taxonomy. Used by domain-scoped value declarations like policy_attentiveness(domain: financial).
  - `schema` object, nullable: OpenAPI fragment / JSON Schema for the tool parameters. Populated when the tool is imported via OpenAPI spec.
  - `source_connector` string, nullable
  - `deprecated_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `content_hash` string, nullable
  - `version` integer, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `304`: Not modified — the supplied If-None-Match matches the current content_hash.
- `400`: Bad request
- `404`: Resource not found
- `429`: Rate-limit exceeded. The global per-IP limiter (100 requests/minute, applied to every `/v1/*` route) rejected this request. Back off until the window resets — `Retry-After` carries the cooldown in seconds and `X-RateLimit-Reset` the absolute reset time.
- `500`: Server error — request was well-formed but the server failed to fulfill it. Typically a downstream dependency (DB / RPC / external API) returned an unexpected error.

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