---
title: "looker-get-connections"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "looker-get-connections" tool returns all the connections in the source.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-get-connections
---
## About
A `looker-get-connections` tool returns all the connections in the source.
It's compatible with the following sources:
- [looker](../../sources/looker.md)
`looker-get-connections` accepts no parameters.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
get_connections:
kind: looker-get-connections
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool retrieves a list of all database connections configured in the Looker system.
Parameters:
This tool takes no parameters.
Output:
A JSON array of objects, each representing a database connection and including details such as:
- `name`: The connection's unique identifier.
- `dialect`: The database dialect (e.g., "mysql", "postgresql", "bigquery").
- `default_schema`: The default schema for the connection.
- `database`: The associated database name (if applicable).
- `supports_multiple_databases`: A boolean indicating if the connection can access multiple databases.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-get-connections". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source Looker instance. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |