# beforeReadFile omits tool\_use\_id

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/beforereadfile-omits-tool-use-id/170041>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** hooks\
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beforereadfile-omits-tool-use-id/170041 "2026-08-31T06:55:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Maor\_Botton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Maor\_Botton](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Maor_Botton)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beforereadfile-omits-tool-use-id/170041/1 "2026-08-31T06:55:28Z")

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### Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

### Describe the request

beforeReadFile doesn’t carry the tool\_use\_id of the preToolUse event that caused it. Can we add that to the beforeReadFile input as well?

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**Author:** ![Maor\_Botton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Maor\_Botton](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Maor_Botton)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beforereadfile-omits-tool-use-id/170041/7 "2026-10-07T13:32:59Z")

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@mohitjain do you think we can priortize it to the R&D team?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beforereadfile-omits-tool-use-id/170041/19 "2026-10-08T15:32:59Z")

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Hey @Maor_Botton, thanks for your patience on this.

This was a pretty easy fix. In an upcoming release,`beforeReadFile` will include `tool_use_id` when the read comes from an agent tool call, matching the `tool_use_id` on `preToolUse` and `postToolUse` for the same call. Reads that don’t come from a tool call, like inline edits, won’t have it.