---
title: "looker-get-projects"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "looker-get-projects" tool returns all the LookML projects in the source.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-get-projects
---
## About
A `looker-get-projects` tool returns all the projects in the source.
It's compatible with the following sources:
- [looker](../../sources/looker.md)
`looker-get-projects` accepts no parameters.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
get_projects:
kind: looker-get-projects
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool retrieves a list of all LookML projects available on the Looker instance.
It is useful for identifying projects before performing actions like retrieving
project files or making modifications.
Parameters:
This tool takes no parameters.
Output:
A JSON array of objects, each containing the `project_id` and `project_name`
for a LookML project.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-get-projects". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source Looker instance. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |