A tool
object describes the analysis tool or converter that was run.
=== ":simple-uml: Graph"
![tool object](../assets/images/reference-tool.graphviz.svg)
=== ":octicons-file-code-16: sarif.json"
> [!TIP]
>
> Generated with following command : `php ./resources/serialize.php tool docs/assets/sarif 192`
```json title="docs/assets/sarif/tool.json"
--8<-- "docs/assets/sarif/tool.json"
```
=== ":simple-php: Simple API"
```php title="examples/tool.php"
--8<-- "examples/tool.php"
```
=== ":simple-php: Fluent Builder API"
> [!NOTE]
> This alternative API is available since release 1.5.0
```php title="examples/builder/tool.php"
--8<-- "examples/builder/tool.php"
```