langchain.tools.retriever.create_retriever_tool¶

langchain.tools.retriever.create_retriever_tool(retriever: BaseRetriever, name: str, description: str, *, document_prompt: Optional[BasePromptTemplate] = None, document_separator: str = '\n\n') Tool[source]¶

Create a tool to do retrieval of documents.

Parameters
  • retriever (BaseRetriever) – The retriever to use for the retrieval

  • name (str) – The name for the tool. This will be passed to the language model, so should be unique and somewhat descriptive.

  • description (str) – The description for the tool. This will be passed to the language model, so should be descriptive.

  • document_prompt (Optional[BasePromptTemplate]) –

  • document_separator (str) –

Returns

Tool class to pass to an agent

Return type

Tool

Examples using create_retriever_tool¶