# mcp.AdvertisedTools

- **Module:** mcp
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/mcp
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/mcp/tool_catalog.go#L19
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/mcp/reference/mcp-advertisedtools/

```
mcp.AdvertisedTools(ctx: context.Context) -> ([]*sdk.Tool, error)
```

AdvertisedTools returns caller-owned descriptions of the startup-selected tools. It performs an in-memory MCP handshake without opening tmux or allocating runtime-owned audit resources.

It describes a server that creates the default dedicated tmux server, the
widest default surface. [AdvertisedToolsFor] answers for a specific target.