Use Tools and Skills

This tutorial shows you how to configure and use tools and skills in DeerFlow to give the agent access to web search, file operations, and domain-specific capabilities.

Configuring tools

Add tools to config.yaml:

tools:
  # Web search
  - use: deerflow.community.ddg_search.tools:web_search_tool
 
  # Web content fetching
  - use: deerflow.community.jina_ai.tools:web_fetch_tool
 
  # Sandbox file operations
  - use: deerflow.sandbox.tools:ls_tool
  - use: deerflow.sandbox.tools:read_file_tool
  - use: deerflow.sandbox.tools:write_file_tool
  - use: deerflow.sandbox.tools:bash_tool

Enabling skills

Enable skills through the DeerFlow app’s extensions panel, or edit extensions_config.json directly.

Via the app UI:

1. Open the DeerFlow app
2. Click the Extensions/Skills icon in the sidebar
3. Find deep-research and toggle it on

Using a skill for research

With the deep-research skill enabled, select it in the conversation input, then send a research request:

Do a deep research on the latest advances in quantum computing, focusing on practical applications.

The agent will run a multi-step research workflow including web search, information synthesis, and report generation.

Using the data analysis skill

Enable data-analysis, then upload a CSV or data file and ask the agent to analyze it:

Analyze this CSV file and identify the top trends.

The agent will use the sandbox tools to read the file, run analysis, and produce charts.

Next steps

• Work with Memory
• Tools Reference
• Skills Reference