tools/ReadTextTool.py

from smolagents.tools import Tool

class ReadTextTool(Tool):
    name = "read_text"
    description = "Reads a text file and returns the text content."
    inputs = {
        "file_path": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The full path of the text file to read"
        }
    }
    output_type = "string"

    def forward(self, file_path: str) -> str:
        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
            return f.read()