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+"""
+Agent tools for local KB search and web search via Tavily.
+"""
+
+from typing import List
+
+from langchain_ollama import ChatOllama
+from langchain.tools import tool
+from langchain_tavily import TavilySearchResults
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Local KB search tool
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@tool
+def search_local_kb(query: str, top_k: int = 3) -> str:
+    """Perform a semantic search in the local Chroma vector store.
+
+    The function expects a global variable ``vectorstore`` to be defined in the
+    module that imports this tool.  This is a simple design choice that keeps
+    the tool stateless and easy to use from an agent.
+    """
+    # The vectorstore is assumed to be a global variable set by the caller.
+    global vectorstore
+    if vectorstore is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Vectorstore not initialized. Call create_vectorstore first.")
+
+    retriever = vectorstore.as_retriever(search_kwargs={"k": top_k})
+    docs = retriever.get_relevant_documents(query)
+    if not docs:
+        return "No relevant documents found."
+
+    # Concatenate the content of the retrieved documents.
+    return "\n---\n".join(doc.page_content for doc in docs)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Web search tool via Tavily
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@tool
+def web_search(query: str) -> str:
+    """Search the web using Tavily and return a concise summary.
+
+    The Tavily client requires the environment variable ``TAVILY_API_KEY``.
+    """
+    tavily = TavilySearchResults(max_results=3)
+    results = tavily.run(query)
+    # results is a list of dicts with keys: title, url, content
+    if not results:
+        return "No web results found."
+    snippets = [f"{r['title']}\n{r['content'][:300]}" for r in results]
+    return "\n---\n".join(snippets)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# End of module
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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