> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mindgard.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tool Discovery

### Purpose

The `mindgard recon tool-discovery` command lets you enumerate available tools on a target for reconnaissance purposes.

Based on the findings from this tool, you can then adjust your payload strategies for deeper assessment.

### Usage

After you have logged into your Mindgard account in the CLI, run:

```bash theme={null}
mindgard recon tool-discovery {target options}
```

**Options**

`--bypass` — Use enhanced prompts to attempt circumvention of guardrails. **Warning:** bypass will fire \~100–150 additional requests against the target.

For more information on setting target options refer to the [recon sub-command reference](/user-guide/cli-reference#recon-sub-command-options) and [configuration files](/user-guide/testing-via-cli#configuration-files) documentation.

**Results**

At the end of the recon test you will be given a link to its results page. The results page will show a list naming the most mentioned tools by the target, as well as their parameters. You may also inspect prompt-response pairs to explore queries that resulted in a divulgence of tools and parameters.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/mindgard/CLcKkF3agSenZhVt/images/tool-discovery-report.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=CLcKkF3agSenZhVt&q=85&s=0db143a964b90e368dd125ce4a6e102f" alt="Mindgard tool discovery results showing the most occurring tools and individual event logs from the most recent test." width="1851" height="881" data-path="images/tool-discovery-report.png" />

Inspecting the details of the responses may reveal a deeper view of how the target LLM interacts with backend services such as databases, code fragments, and other unsurfaced services such as internal APIs.

### When to use it

* Before launching attacks on a target, to first scope tools and tool-calling capabilities on the target, as well as other information that could be misused.
