diff --git a/patchwork/common/tools/git_tool.py b/patchwork/common/tools/git_tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5acbfa05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patchwork/common/tools/git_tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from patchwork.common.tools.tool import Tool
+
+
+class GitTool(Tool, tool_name="git_tool",  abc_register=False):
+    def __init__(self, path: str):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.path = path
+
+    @property
+    def json_schema(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "name": "git_tool",
+            "description": """\
+Access to the Git CLI, the command is also `git` all args provided are used as is.
+""",
+            "input_schema": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "args": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {"type": "string"},
+                        "description": """
+The args to run `git` command with. 
+E.g. 
+[\"commit\", \"-m\", \"A commit message\"] to commit changes with a commit message.
+[\"add\", \".\"] to stage all changed files.
+""",
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": ["args"],
+            },
+        }
+
+    def execute(self, args: list[str]) -> str:
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        p = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", *args],
+            env=env,
+            cwd=self.path,
+            text=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        )
+        return p.stdout
diff --git a/patchwork/common/tools/github_tool.py b/patchwork/common/tools/github_tool.py
index aa5d5effe..16e418c08 100644
--- a/patchwork/common/tools/github_tool.py
+++ b/patchwork/common/tools/github_tool.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from patchwork.common.tools.tool import Tool
 
 
-class GitHubTool(Tool, tool_name="github_tool"):
+class GitHubTool(Tool, tool_name="github_tool",  abc_register=False):
     def __init__(self, path: str, gh_token: str):
         super().__init__()
         self.path = path
diff --git a/patchwork/steps/GitHubAgent/GitHubAgent.py b/patchwork/steps/GitHubAgent/GitHubAgent.py
index bc8d319c1..ede41c109 100644
--- a/patchwork/steps/GitHubAgent/GitHubAgent.py
+++ b/patchwork/steps/GitHubAgent/GitHubAgent.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     AgentConfig,
     AgenticStrategyV2,
 )
+from patchwork.common.tools.git_tool import GitTool
 from patchwork.common.tools.github_tool import GitHubTool
 from patchwork.common.utils.utils import mustache_render
 from patchwork.step import Step
@@ -34,10 +35,13 @@ def __init__(self, inputs):
                 AgentConfig(
                     name="Assistant",
                     model="gemini-2.0-flash",
-                    tool_set=dict(github_tool=GitHubTool(base_path, inputs["github_api_key"])),
+                    tool_set=dict(
+                        github_tool=GitHubTool(base_path, inputs["github_api_key"]),
+                        git_tool=GitTool(base_path),
+                    ),
                     system_prompt="""\
 You are a senior software developer helping the program manager to obtain some data from GitHub.
-You can access github through the `gh` CLI app.
+You can access github through the `gh` CLI app through the `github_tool`, and `git` through the `git_tool`.
 Your `gh` app has already been authenticated.
 """,
                 )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab89dee54..fbfddacea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+```toml
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "patchwork-cli"
-version = "0.0.123"
+version = "0.0.124"
 description = ""
 authors = ["patched.codes"]
 license = "AGPL"
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ setuptools = "*"
 poethepoet = {version = "^0.33.1", extras = ["poetry-plugin"]}
 mypy = "^1.7.1"
 types-requests = "~2.31.0"
-black = "^23.12.0"
+black = "^24.3.0"  # updated version
 isort = "^5.13.2"
 autoflake = "^2.3.1"
 pytest = "^8.1.1"
@@ -136,3 +137,4 @@ in-place = true
 remove-all-unused-imports = true
 expand-star-imports = true
 ignore-init-module-imports = true
+```