Built-in Tools - Deco CMS

Overview

Decopilot provides built-in tools that are always available (subject to task/subtask restrictions). These tools enable work management, context access, and agent coordination.

Tool Categories

Discovery & Enablement

Tools for activating capabilities:

tool_enable - Activate a tool for use in current task

Agent Management

Tools for working with agents:

agent_search - Find agents configured in the organization

Task Management

Tools for spawning and managing work:

subtask - Spawn subtask with isolated context

User Interaction

Tools for gathering user input:

user_ask - Ask user for input or clarification

Context Access

Tools for reading resources and prompts:

read_resource - Read documentation/guidelines from current scope
read_prompt - Read prompt templates from current scope

Code Execution & Output

Tools for running code and processing results:

sandbox - Execute JavaScript code with access to MCP tools
read_tool_output - Filter large tool outputs using regex patterns

Planning

Tools for structured execution:

propose_plan - Propose execution plans for user approval

Availability Matrix

Tool	Task	Subtask	Description
`tool_enable`	✓	✓	Activate a tool for use in current task
`agent_search`	✓	✗	Find agents configured in the organization
`subtask`	✓	✗	Spawn subtask with fresh context
`user_ask`	✓	✗	Ask user for input or clarification
`read_resource`	✓	✓	Read documentation/guidelines from current scope
`read_prompt`	✓	✓	Read prompt templates from current scope
`sandbox`	✓	✓	Execute JavaScript code with MCP tool access
`read_tool_output`	✓	✓	Filter large tool outputs using regex
`propose_plan`	✓	✓	Propose execution plans for approval

Tasks are user-initiated and have full access to all built-in tools. Subtasks are spawned by decopilot and have restricted access to prevent infinite delegation and blocking user interactions. Subtasks have a step limit of 15 (vs 30 for tasks) and must return a summary.

Tool discovery: Available scope tools from connected MCP servers are discovered implicitly via the connections listed in the current scope’s Virtual MCP — there is no explicit search tool.