Overview - Crewai — ContextQMD

These tools enable your agents to work with various file formats and document types. From reading PDFs to processing JSON data, these tools handle all your document processing needs.

Available Tools

<CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="File Read Tool" icon="folders" href="/en/tools/file-document/filereadtool"> Read content from any file type including text, markdown, and more. </Card> <Card title="File Write Tool" icon="file-pen" href="/en/tools/file-document/filewritetool"> Write content to files, create new documents, and save processed data. </Card> <Card title="PDF Search Tool" icon="file-pdf" href="/en/tools/file-document/pdfsearchtool"> Search and extract text content from PDF documents efficiently. </Card> <Card title="DOCX Search Tool" icon="file-word" href="/en/tools/file-document/docxsearchtool"> Search through Microsoft Word documents and extract relevant content. </Card> <Card title="JSON Search Tool" icon="brackets-curly" href="/en/tools/file-document/jsonsearchtool"> Parse and search through JSON files with advanced query capabilities. </Card> <Card title="CSV Search Tool" icon="table" href="/en/tools/file-document/csvsearchtool"> Process and search through CSV files, extract specific rows and columns. </Card> <Card title="XML Search Tool" icon="code" href="/en/tools/file-document/xmlsearchtool"> Parse XML files and search for specific elements and attributes. </Card> <Card title="MDX Search Tool" icon="markdown" href="/en/tools/file-document/mdxsearchtool"> Search through MDX files and extract content from documentation. </Card> <Card title="TXT Search Tool" icon="file-lines" href="/en/tools/file-document/txtsearchtool"> Search through plain text files with pattern matching capabilities. </Card> <Card title="Directory Search Tool" icon="folder-open" href="/en/tools/file-document/directorysearchtool"> Search for files and folders within directory structures. </Card> <Card title="Directory Read Tool" icon="folder" href="/en/tools/file-document/directoryreadtool"> Read and list directory contents, file structures, and metadata. </Card> <Card title="OCR Tool" icon="image" href="/en/tools/file-document/ocrtool"> Extract text from images (local files or URLs) using a vision‑capable LLM. </Card> <Card title="PDF Text Writing Tool" icon="file-pdf" href="/en/tools/file-document/pdf-text-writing-tool"> Write text at specific coordinates in PDFs, with optional custom fonts. </Card> </CardGroup>

Common Use Cases

Document Processing: Extract and analyze content from various file formats
Data Import: Read structured data from CSV, JSON, and XML files
Content Search: Find specific information within large document collections
File Management: Organize and manipulate files and directories
Data Export: Save processed results to various file formats

Quick Start Example

python

from crewai_tools import FileReadTool, PDFSearchTool, JSONSearchTool

# Create tools
file_reader = FileReadTool()
pdf_searcher = PDFSearchTool()
json_processor = JSONSearchTool()

# Add to your agent
agent = Agent(
    role="Document Analyst",
    tools=[file_reader, pdf_searcher, json_processor],
    goal="Process and analyze various document types"
)

Tips for Document Processing

File Permissions: Ensure your agent has proper read/write permissions
Large Files: Consider chunking for very large documents
Format Support: Check tool documentation for supported file formats
Error Handling: Implement proper error handling for corrupted or inaccessible files