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# Search tools

POST https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/{tool_pack_id}/registered-users/{registered_user_id}/search/
Content-Type: application/json

Search for tools based on user intent

Reference: https://docs.merge.dev/merge-agent-handler/agent-handler/tool-search/search-tools

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Token-based authentication with required prefix "Bearer"

## Request

### Path parameters

- `registered_user_id` (string, required) — Agent Handler ID of the Registered User
- `tool_pack_id` (string, required) — Agent Handler ID of the Tool Pack

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a ToolSearchRequest.

- `intent` (string, required) — User's intent or what they want to accomplish
- `connector_slugs` (list of string, optional, default: []) — Optional list of connector slugs to filter the search
- `max_results` (integer, optional, default: 10) — Maximum number of results to return

## Response

### 200

Successfully found tools matching the intent

- `tools` (list of ApiV1ToolPacksToolPackIdRegisteredUsersRegisteredUserIdSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaToolsItems, optional)
- `total_results` (integer, optional)
- `intent` (string, optional)

## Types

### ApiV1ToolPacksToolPackIdRegisteredUsersRegisteredUserIdSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaToolsItems

- `name` (string, optional)
- `fully_qualified_name` (string, optional)
- `human_name` (string, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)
- `input_schema` (ApiV1ToolPacksToolPackIdRegisteredUsersRegisteredUserIdSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaToolsItemsInputSchema, optional)
- `relevance_score` (double, optional)
- `reasoning` (string, optional)

### ApiV1ToolPacksToolPackIdRegisteredUsersRegisteredUserIdSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaToolsItemsInputSchema

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "intent": "I need to create a new ticket in our project management system",
  "connector_slugs": [
    "linear"
  ],
  "max_results": 10
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "fully_qualified_name": "string",
      "human_name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "input_schema": {},
      "relevance_score": 1.1,
      "reasoning": "string"
    }
  ],
  "total_results": 1,
  "intent": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Search Request Example
import requests

url = "https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/"

payload = {
    "intent": "I need to create a new ticket in our project management system",
    "connector_slugs": ["linear"],
    "max_results": 10
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Search Request Example
const url = 'https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"intent":"I need to create a new ticket in our project management system","connector_slugs":["linear"],"max_results":10}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Search Request Example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"intent\": \"I need to create a new ticket in our project management system\",\n  \"connector_slugs\": [\n    \"linear\"\n  ],\n  \"max_results\": 10\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Search Request Example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"intent\": \"I need to create a new ticket in our project management system\",\n  \"connector_slugs\": [\n    \"linear\"\n  ],\n  \"max_results\": 10\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Search Request Example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"intent\": \"I need to create a new ticket in our project management system\",\n  \"connector_slugs\": [\n    \"linear\"\n  ],\n  \"max_results\": 10\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Search Request Example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/', [
  'body' => '{
  "intent": "I need to create a new ticket in our project management system",
  "connector_slugs": [
    "linear"
  ],
  "max_results": 10
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Search Request Example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"intent\": \"I need to create a new ticket in our project management system\",\n  \"connector_slugs\": [\n    \"linear\"\n  ],\n  \"max_results\": 10\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Search Request Example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "intent": "I need to create a new ticket in our project management system",
  "connector_slugs": ["linear"],
  "max_results": 10
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://ah-api.merge.dev/api/v1/tool-packs/134e0111-0f67-44f6-98f0-597000290bb3/registered-users/91b2b905-e866-40c8-8be2-efe53827a0aa/search/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```