Read external file - Veryfront

Download and read a file from a connected external storage provider. Returns the file content as text. Works with documents, spreadsheets, CSV, and text files. Use list_external_files first to find file IDs.

Tool details

Field	Value
Name	`read_external_file`
Group	External Storage

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Input schema

input-schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "project_reference": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Project ID or slug"
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cloud provider name"
    },
    "file_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "File ID from list_external_files"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "provider",
    "file_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Input schema for the read_external_file tool.",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Output schema

output-schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Agent-readable status message or rendered content for the external storage operation."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "message"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Structured result returned by the read_external_file tool.",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}