mongodb-insert-one.md•2.34 kB
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title: "mongodb-insert-one"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "mongodb-insert-one" tool inserts a single new document into a MongoDB collection.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/mongodb-insert-one
---
## About
The `mongodb-insert-one` tool inserts a **single new document** into a specified
MongoDB collection.
This tool takes one required parameter named `data`, which must be a string
containing the JSON object you want to insert. Upon successful insertion, the
tool returns the unique `_id` of the newly created document.
This tool is compatible with the following source kind:
* [`mongodb`](../../sources/mongodb.md)
## Example
Here is an example configuration for a tool that adds a new user to a `users`
collection.
```yaml
tools:
create_new_user:
kind: mongodb-insert-one
source: my-mongo-source
description: Creates a new user record in the database.
database: user_data
collection: users
canonical: false
```
An LLM would call this tool by providing the document as a JSON string in the
`data` parameter, like this:
`tool_code: create_new_user(data='{"email": "new.user@example.com", "name": "Jane Doe", "status": "active"}')`
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|:------------|:---------|:-------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be `mongodb-insert-one`. |
| source | string | true | The name of the `mongodb` source to use. |
| description | string | true | A description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |
| database | string | true | The name of the MongoDB database containing the collection. |
| collection | string | true | The name of the MongoDB collection into which the document will be inserted. |
| canonical | bool | true | Determines if the data string is parsed using MongoDB's Canonical or Relaxed Extended JSON format. |