No module named 'tools' when trying to import a custom tool

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I run the latest Versions:
crewai==0.86.0
crewai-tools==0.17.0

I create a new crew with:

crewai create crew <crewname>

I start it with:

crewai run

It works perfectly fine.

But when I define a new custom tool and try to import it in the crew.py file, i get this error:

... 
   from tools.custom_tool import ImageGeneratorTool
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tools'
An error occurred while running the crew: Command '['uv', 'run', 'run_crew']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
...

I appreciate any support and hints! <3

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Well in my crew.py imports would look something like this:

from crewai import Agent, Crew, Process, Task, LLM

from crewai.project import CrewBase, agent, crew, task, before_kickoff, after_kickoff 
from crewai_tools import SerperDevTool, ScrapeWebsiteTool,  FileWriterTool

from dotenv import load_dotenv
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I am also have the same issue when defining custom tools. Any solution for that?

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How are you importing the tool to your crew.py file?

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So this is generally how you’re supposed to import it into your crew.py:

Example:

from aws_infrastructure_security_audit_and_reporting.tools.aws_infrastructure_scanner_tool import AWSInfrastructureScannerTool

So for you:

  1. Look for the name of the folder under src/ and use that as the first portion of the import before .tools.
  2. Then after .tools. add the file name that’s holding your custom tool function(s); in your case, it looks like it is custom_tool
  3. Finish with the import ImageGeneratorTool

Let me know if this is helpful.

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