Record metadata
type: "Glossary term"
title: "Tool discovery"
description: "Finding that a capability exists (catalogues, agent cards, registries)."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "tool discovery"
status: stable
Definition
Finding that a capability exists — via catalogues, OpenAPI docs, agent cards or protocol registries. Distinct from tool retrieval, which narrows a large set at inference time.
Used in this bundle
Appears in: discovery-and-retrieval, uk-api-catalogue.
tool retrieval, agent card.