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Built-in tools ship with the Hub. Unlike connector tools, they need no external service — any skill or agent can use them by name, once you grant them.

Grant a tool to a skill or agent

A tool is only callable if it’s in the skill or agent’s allowed tools. Add the tool by name (web_search, web_fetch, current_time) in the skill’s SKILL.md or on the agent — that’s the only permission a built-in tool needs. web_search is powered by Tavily. It returns ranked results (title, URL, snippet) — 5 by default, up to 20. It’s the one built-in tool that needs a key: the Hub calls Tavily directly with your key, so you must add one before web_search will run.

Get a Tavily API key

1

Create a Tavily account

Go to tavily.com and sign up. The free tier is enough to get started.
2

Copy your API key

From the Tavily dashboard, copy your API key — it starts with tvly-.

Add the key in the Hub

1

Open Viorant Tools

In the Hub, open the Connectors surface and select Viorant Tools — the built-in tools entry, always pinned to the top of the list.
2

Paste your Tavily key

In the Tool keys panel, paste your key into Tavily API key and click Save key. The Hub verifies the key against Tavily before saving.
3

Enable web search

Turn on web_search for the skills or agents that should use it. The toggle stays disabled until a valid key is saved.
Your Tavily key is stored in your OS credential store and is never sent to Viorant’s servers — and it’s never shown again after saving. To rotate it, save a new key; to turn off web search, remove the key with Remove key.

Web fetch

web_fetch takes a URL, downloads the page, and returns its main content as markdown (readability extraction, up to ~100 KB by default). Use it to read a specific page — often a result from web_search. It needs no key and no account. The only requirement is that web_fetch is in the skill or agent’s allowed tools.

Current time

current_time returns the current date and time (ISO 8601 + Unix milliseconds), with an optional IANA timezone. No setup.