# AI bot - Agents

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-agents/306099
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** how-to, ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-agents/306099 "2024-04-30T06:26:18Z")
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### Author: ![MachineScholar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/machinescholar/32/424719_2.png) [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-agents/306099/3 "2024-09-01T20:32:13Z")

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> [@Discourse](#):
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> Read

What exactly does the Read tool do?

Also, [mentions on posts are currently broken per this bug report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-undefined-method-scheduled-for-nil-error-when-mentioning-ai-persona-in-post/324214).

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