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title: base
sidebarTitle: base
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# `fastmcp.tools.base`

## Functions

### `default_serializer` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L65" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
default_serializer(data: Any) -> str
```

## Classes

### `ToolResult` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L69" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

**Methods:**

#### `to_mcp_result` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L124" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
to_mcp_result(self) -> list[ContentBlock] | tuple[list[ContentBlock], dict[str, Any]] | CallToolResult
```

### `Tool` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L140" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>


Internal tool registration info.


**Methods:**

#### `to_mcp_tool` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L182" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
to_mcp_tool(self, **overrides: Any) -> MCPTool
```

Convert the FastMCP tool to an MCP tool.


#### `from_function` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L218" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
from_function(cls, fn: Callable[..., Any]) -> FunctionTool
```

Create a Tool from a function.


#### `run` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L260" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
run(self, arguments: dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult
```

Run the tool with arguments.

This method is not implemented in the base Tool class and must be
implemented by subclasses.

`run()` can EITHER return a list of ContentBlocks, or a tuple of
(list of ContentBlocks, dict of structured output).


#### `convert_result` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L272" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
convert_result(self, raw_value: Any) -> ToolResult
```

Convert a raw result to ToolResult.

Handles ToolResult passthrough and converts raw values using the tool's
attributes (serializer, output_schema) for proper conversion.


#### `register_with_docket` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L381" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
register_with_docket(self, docket: Docket) -> None
```

Register this tool with docket for background execution.


#### `add_to_docket` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L387" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
add_to_docket(self, docket: Docket, arguments: dict[str, Any], **kwargs: Any) -> Execution
```

Schedule this tool for background execution via docket.

**Args:**
- `docket`: The Docket instance
- `arguments`: Tool arguments
- `fn_key`: Function lookup key in Docket registry (defaults to self.key)
- `task_key`: Redis storage key for the result
- `**kwargs`: Additional kwargs passed to docket.add()


#### `from_tool` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L411" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
from_tool(cls, tool: Tool | Callable[..., Any]) -> TransformedTool
```

#### `get_span_attributes` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/tools/base.py#L459" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
get_span_attributes(self) -> dict[str, Any]
```
