Check the settings or configuration panel of your AI agent platform — every connected tool should be listed there. You can also simply ask your agent directly: “What tools do you have access to?” and it will tell you.
Knowing Your Agent’s Toolkit Is Essential
You cannot use what you do not know about. One of the most common reasons educators underuse their AI agents is simply not knowing what tools have been connected. They ask the agent to do something it does not have a tool for, get a limited response, and assume the agent is not capable — when in fact it just lacks that specific capability in its current configuration.
Taking five minutes to audit your agent’s tools is one of the highest-leverage things you can do when you first set up an agent, and again whenever you install a new plugin or integration.
Two Ways to Check Your Agent’s Tools
The first way is through your platform’s settings. In Cowork, the tools your agent has access to are listed in the connected MCPs and plugins panel. Each tool has a name and a brief description of what it does. Reviewing this list tells you exactly what your agent can and cannot do without needing to experiment. In other agent platforms, look for sections labelled “integrations,” “connections,” or “capabilities.”
The second way is to ask the agent directly. Type: “List all the tools you currently have access to and give me one example of what each can do.” A well-built agent will respond with a clear inventory. This approach also tells you how the agent understands its own tools, which helps you write better instructions. If the agent describes its email tool as “creates draft campaigns in FluentCRM,” you know to say “create a draft campaign” rather than “send an email” when that is what you want.
What This Means for Educators
Think of your agent’s tool list as its job description. Before you delegate a task, check whether the agent has the capability to do it. If it does not, you either need to connect the right tool or handle that task yourself for now. This is no different from knowing which apps are on your phone before trying to do something specific — you check what you have, then act accordingly.
The Simple Rule
At the start of every week, ask your agent: “What tools do you have?” Keep that list somewhere visible. When you want to delegate a task, check the list first. Match the task to the tool, and your instructions will be sharper and your results more consistent.