Tool Use

Add web search tools to a Gemini agent and run sync, streaming, and async.

tool_use.py

"""Run `pip install ddgs` to install dependencies."""

import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.google import Gemini
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=Gemini(id="gemini-2.0-flash-001"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # --- Sync ---
    agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?")

    # --- Sync + Streaming ---
    agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", stream=True)

    # --- Async + Streaming ---
    asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Whats happening in France?", stream=True))

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno ddgs google-genai
   
3. Export your Google API key

   Mac/Linux

   export GOOGLE_API_KEY="your_google_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:GOOGLE_API_KEY="your_google_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

   Save the code above as tool_use.py, then run:

   python tool_use.py
   

Full source: cookbook/90_models/google/gemini/tool_use.py