crewAIInc/crewAI · error · FileNotFoundError

Document not found: {doc_path}

Error message

Document not found: {doc_path}

What it means

Error "Document not found: {doc_path}" thrown in crewAIInc/crewAI.

Source

Thrown at lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/contextualai_create_agent_tool/contextual_create_agent_tool.py:63

        self,
        agent_name: str,
        agent_description: str,
        datastore_name: str,
        document_paths: list[str],
    ) -> str:
        """Create a complete RAG pipeline with documents."""
        resolved_paths = [validate_file_path(doc_path) for doc_path in document_paths]
        try:
            import os

            datastore = self.contextual_client.datastores.create(name=datastore_name)
            datastore_id = datastore.id

            # Upload documents
            document_ids = []
            for doc_path in resolved_paths:
                if not os.path.exists(doc_path):
                    raise FileNotFoundError(f"Document not found: {doc_path}")

                with open(doc_path, "rb") as f:
                    ingestion_result = (
                        self.contextual_client.datastores.documents.ingest(
                            datastore_id, file=f
                        )
                    )
                    document_ids.append(ingestion_result.id)

            agent = self.contextual_client.agents.create(
                name=agent_name,
                description=agent_description,
                datastore_ids=[datastore_id],
            )

            return f"Successfully created agent '{agent_name}' with ID: {agent.id} and datastore ID: {datastore_id}. Uploaded {len(document_ids)} documents."

        except Exception as e:

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Solutions

1. Verify the document path exists and is readable.
2. Use an absolute path or a path relative to the current working directory.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/contextualai_create_agent_tool/contextual_create_agent_tool.py:63 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: Occurs when the document path passed to the Contextual AI create-agent tool does not exist. Verify the path and that the file is accessible.

AI-assisted analysis of crewAIInc/crewAI@754d7323be (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bc0946a59d5511b3. Report an issue: GitHub.