diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index de59d9568..7ba1d2a68 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { ProfilesView } from "./views/ProfilesView";
 import { HelpView } from "./views/helpView";
 import IFSBrowser from "./views/ifsBrowser";
 import ObjectBrowser from "./views/objectBrowser";
+import { Tools } from "./api/Tools";
 import { DeployTools } from "./api/local/deployTools";
 
 export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<CodeForIBMi> {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<CodeForIBMi>
     ]);
   });
 
-  return { instance, customUI: () => new CustomUI(), deployTools: DeployTools, evfeventParser: parseErrors };
+  return { instance, customUI: () => new CustomUI(), deployTools: DeployTools, evfeventParser: parseErrors, tools: Tools };
 }
 
 // this method is called when your extension is deactivated
diff --git a/src/typings.ts b/src/typings.ts
index 586ef4d1f..1e440cd9d 100644
--- a/src/typings.ts
+++ b/src/typings.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ import { WorkspaceFolder } from "vscode";
 import Instance from "./api/Instance";
 import { Ignore } from 'ignore'
 import { CustomUI } from "./api/CustomUI";
+import { Tools } from "./api/Tools";
 import { DeployTools } from "./api/local/deployTools";
 
 export interface CodeForIBMi {
   instance: Instance,
   customUI: () => CustomUI,
   deployTools: typeof DeployTools,
-  evfeventParser: (lines: string[]) => Map<string, FileError[]>
+  evfeventParser: (lines: string[]) => Map<string, FileError[]>,
+  tools: typeof Tools
 }
 
 export type DeploymentMethod = "all" | "staged" | "unstaged" | "changed" | "compare";