crewai-tools
Set of tools for the crewAI framework
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are already using CrewAI and need to extend agents with external integrations. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, and offers both pre-built and custom tool patterns. However, verify the license before production use, as it is currently undeclared in the metadata.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later (and less than 3.14).
- CrewAI itself must be installed as a runtime dependency.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel and active maintenance—released 2026-08-14 with 57078 repository stars.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — License treatment is unclear; the package has no declared SPDX identifier or raw license field in its metadata. Verify the actual license before deploying in commercial or restricted environments.
last release 2026-08-14 (0 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 57,078 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 11,459,852 downloads/mo, #1,394 on PyPI
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pip install crewai-tools
from crewai_tools import FileReadTool, ScrapeWebsiteTool
from crewai import Agent
tools = [FileReadTool(), ScrapeWebsiteTool()]
agent = Agent(role="researcher", goal="gather data", tools=tools)- Whether the package is distributed under an open-source license and which one (MIT, Apache 2.0, etc.)
- Stability guarantees or breaking-change policy across minor versions
- Performance characteristics when using MCP server integrations with large tool sets
What it is and what it does
CrewAI Tools is a companion library to the CrewAI framework that equips AI agents with a toolkit for real-world tasks. It includes built-in tools for file I/O, web scraping, database queries (MySQL, MongoDB, Qdrant, Weaviate), API calls (Serper, Exa), and AI integrations (DALL-E, vision models). You can also define custom tools by subclassing BaseTool or using a @tool decorator.
The library also supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing agents to access hundreds of community-built tools from MCP servers via a managed adapter. This makes it a bridge between CrewAI agents and external services, reducing boilerplate and letting you focus on agent orchestration rather than tool plumbing.
Use it for
- Equip a CrewAI agent with web scraping and file-reading tools to gather and process research data automatically.
- Build a multi-agent workflow that queries databases and APIs in parallel to aggregate real-time information.
- Connect a CrewAI agent to an MCP server to unlock domain-specific tools (e.g., PubMed search) without writing custom integrations.
- Create a custom tool by subclassing BaseTool or decorating a function, then inject it into an agent for specialized business logic.
- Automate document processing by combining FileReadTool, PyMuPDF, and python-docx to extract and transform content.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using CrewAI and need to extend agents with external integrations.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, and offers both pre-built and custom tool patterns. However, verify the license before production use, as it is currently undeclared in the metadata.
Install
crewai-tools on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel and active maintenance—released 2026-08-14 with 57078 repository stars. Eight runtime dependencies (beautifulsoup4, crewai, pymupdf, python-docx, pytube, requests, tiktoken, youtube-transcript-api) are all widely used libraries.
Requires Python 3.10 or later (and less than 3.14). CrewAI itself must be installed as a runtime dependency.
License in practice
License treatment is unclear; the package has no declared SPDX identifier or raw license field in its metadata. Verify the actual license before deploying in commercial or restricted environments.
Quickstart
pip install crewai-tools
from crewai_tools import FileReadTool, ScrapeWebsiteTool
from crewai import Agent
tools = [FileReadTool(), ScrapeWebsiteTool()]
agent = Agent(role="researcher", goal="gather data", tools=tools)Verify before relying
- Whether the package is distributed under an open-source license and which one (MIT, Apache 2.0, etc.)
- Stability guarantees or breaking-change policy across minor versions
- Performance characteristics when using MCP server integrations with large tool sets
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <3.14,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 8 packagesbeautifulsoup4crewaipymupdfpython-docxpytuberequeststiktokenyoutube-transcript-api |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 0 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 11,459,852 / month, #1,394 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: crewai_tools-1.15.16-py3-none-any.whl
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