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Available tools are centrally registered alongside their schemas, descriptions, permissions, and metadata. Typical conditions for use: Many tools are managed; Selection and versioning are critical. The central trade-off: Better tool governance is achieved against higher maintenance effort.
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A tool registry manages available tools together with their descriptions, parameters, permissions, and lifecycle.
The approach comes from API and service catalogs that make interfaces discoverable and governable. Protocols such as OpenAPI and MCP apply this idea to tools that agents can discover and call dynamically.
The registry is a controlled tool catalog: an entry describes purpose and inputs, points to an implementation, and carries access rules. The agent chooses from it while the registry controls visibility and versions.
Tools are described consistently and made discoverable.
Schema and semantics define an allowed call.
Permissions limit visibility and use.
A tool registry provides overview and governance for agent tools. It fits many or dynamic tools; a catalog guarantees neither safe implementations nor correct results.
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