> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.meetorbis.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tools

> Tools are the individual actions behind skills — looking up a contact, reading a thread, creating a note — and the connected services that make them possible.

Tools are the individual functions Orbis executes when using a skill. A skill such as "email follow-ups" is composed of a few tools — search email threads, read a thread, look up a contact — and the assistant chooses among them as it works.

## Built-in tools

Orbis includes tools that power its core functionality:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Contact lookup" icon="user">
    Search and retrieve contact records by name, email, company, or domain
  </Card>

  <Card title="Company lookup" icon="building">
    Look up company details by domain, including enrichment data
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email threads" icon="mail">
    Search and read threads from a connected mailbox
  </Card>

  <Card title="Note creation" icon="sticky-note">
    Create notes on contact or company profiles
  </Card>

  <Card title="Web search" icon="globe">
    Search the web for public information about a person or company
  </Card>

  <Card title="Calendar read" icon="calendar">
    Access upcoming and past calendar events for a contact
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Connected tools

The **Tools** page in the sidebar lists the services Orbis can connect to — Google, LinkedIn and more — and whether each is connected. In chat, `/tools` shows the same list. A skill that needs a service you have not connected will say so.

## Tools and scouts

Scouts use a fixed, narrow subset of tools — the ones their skill names — and never anything that sends email or creates a draft. What a run found, with its evidence, is on the scout's page; see [Scouts](/ai/scouts).


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