---
title: "looker-get-connection-schemas"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "looker-get-connection-schemas" tool returns all the schemas in a connection.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-get-connection-schemas
---
## About
A `looker-get-connection-schemas` tool returns all the schemas in a connection.
It's compatible with the following sources:
- [looker](../../sources/looker.md)
`looker-get-connection-schemas` accepts a `conn` parameter and an optional `db` parameter.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
get_connection_schemas:
kind: looker-get-connection-schemas
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool retrieves a list of database schemas available through a specified
Looker connection.
Parameters:
- connection_name (required): The name of the database connection, obtained from `get_connections`.
- database (optional): An optional database name to filter the schemas.
Only applicable for connections that support multiple databases.
Output:
A JSON array of strings, where each string is the name of an available schema.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-get-connection-schemas". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source Looker instance. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |