curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/tools?search=example-search&page_size=10&show_only_owned_documents=false&created_by_user_id=created-by-user-id&types=example&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

# GET /v1/convai/tools (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Get Tools

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/tools?search=example-search&page_size=10&show_only_owned_documents=false&created_by_user_id=created-by-user-id&types=example&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| search | query | string | No | If specified, the endpoint returns on... |
| page_size | query | integer | No | How many documents to return at maxim... |
| show_only_owned_documents | query | boolean | No | If set to true, the endpoint will ret... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"tools":[{}],"next_cursor":"string"}

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GET

/v1/convai/tools

ElevenLabs API

Get Tools

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/tools?search=example-search&page_size=10&show_only_owned_documents=false&created_by_user_id=created-by-user-id&types=example&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
search	query	string	No	If specified, the endpoint returns only tools whose names start with this string.
page_size	query	integer	No	How many documents to return at maximum. Can not exceed 100, defaults to 30.
show_only_owned_documents	query	boolean	No	If set to true, the endpoint will return only tools owned by you (and not shared from somebody else). Deprecated: use created_by_user_id instead.
created_by_user_id	query	string	No	Filter tools by creator user ID. When set, only tools created by this user are returned. Takes precedence over show_only_owned_documents. Use '@me' to refer to the authenticated user.
types	query	string[]	No	If present, the endpoint will return only tools of the given types.
sort_direction	query	string	No	The direction to sort the results
sort_by	query	string	No	The field to sort the results by
cursor	query	string	No	Used for fetching next page. Cursor is returned in the response.

Response 200 OK

{
  "tools": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "tool_config": {
        "response_timeout_secs": 20,
        "type": "webhook"
      },
      "access_info": {
        "access_source": "creator",
        "creator_email": "john.doe@example.com",
        "creator_name": "John Doe",
        "is_creator": true,
        "role": "admin"
      },
      "usage_stats": {
        "total_calls": 0,
        "avg_latency_secs": 0
      },
      "response_mocks": [
        {
          "parameter_conditions": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "mock_result": "string",
          "is_error": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "string",
  "has_more": true
}