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"# Tools\n",
"\n",
"Tools are code that can be executed by an agent to perform actions. A tool\n",
"can be a simple function such as a calculator, or an API call to a third-party service\n",
"such as stock price lookup and weather forecast.\n",
"In the context of AI agents, tools are designed to be executed by agents in\n",
"response to model-generated function calls.\n",
"\n",
"AGNext provides the {py:mod}`agnext.components.tools` module with a suite of built-in\n",
"tools and utilities for creating and running custom tools."
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"## Built-in Tools\n",
"\n",
"One of the built-in tools is the {py:class}`agnext.components.tools.PythonCodeExecutionTool`,\n",
"which allows agents to execute Python code snippets.\n",
"\n",
"Here is how you create the tool and use it."
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"from agnext.components.code_executor import LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor\n",
"from agnext.components.tools import PythonCodeExecutionTool\n",
"from agnext.core import CancellationToken\n",
"\n",
"# Create the tool.\n",
"code_executor = LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor()\n",
"code_execution_tool = PythonCodeExecutionTool(code_executor)\n",
"cancellation_token = CancellationToken()\n",
"\n",
"# Use the tool directly without an agent.\n",
"code = \"print('Hello, world!')\"\n",
"result = await code_execution_tool.run_json({\"code\": code}, cancellation_token)\n",
"print(code_execution_tool.return_value_as_string(result))"
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"The {py:class}`~agnext.components.code_executor.LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor`\n",
"class is a built-in code executor that runs Python code snippets in a subprocess\n",
"in the local command line environment.\n",
"The {py:class}`~agnext.components.tools.PythonCodeExecutionTool` class wraps the code executor\n",
"and provides a simple interface to execute Python code snippets.\n",
"\n",
"Other built-in tools will be added in the future."
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"## Custom Function Tools\n",
"\n",
"A tool can also be a simple Python function that performs a specific action.\n",
"To create a custom function tool, you just need to create a Python function\n",
"and use the {py:class}`agnext.components.tools.FunctionTool` class to wrap it.\n",
"\n",
"For example, a simple tool to obtain the stock price of a company might look like this:"
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"import random\n",
"\n",
"from agnext.components.tools import FunctionTool\n",
"from agnext.core import CancellationToken\n",
"from typing_extensions import Annotated\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"async def get_stock_price(ticker: str, date: Annotated[str, \"Date in YYYY/MM/DD\"]) -> float:\n",
" # Returns a random stock price for demonstration purposes.\n",
" return random.uniform(10, 200)\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"# Create a function tool.\n",
"stock_price_tool = FunctionTool(get_stock_price, description=\"Get the stock price.\")\n",
"\n",
"# Run the tool.\n",
"cancellation_token = CancellationToken()\n",
"result = await stock_price_tool.run_json({\"ticker\": \"AAPL\", \"date\": \"2021/01/01\"}, cancellation_token)\n",
"\n",
"# Print the result.\n",
"print(stock_price_tool.return_value_as_string(result))"
]
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"## Tool-Equipped Agent\n",
"\n",
"To use tools with an agent, you can use {py:class}`agnext.components.tool_agent.ToolAgent`,\n",
"by using it in a composition pattern.\n",
"Here is an example tool-use agent that uses {py:class}`~agnext.components.tool_agent.ToolAgent`\n",
"as an inner agent for executing tools."
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"import asyncio\n",
"from dataclasses import dataclass\n",
"from typing import List\n",
"\n",
"from agnext.application import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime\n",
"from agnext.components import FunctionCall, TypeRoutedAgent, message_handler\n",
"from agnext.components.models import (\n",
" AssistantMessage,\n",
" ChatCompletionClient,\n",
" FunctionExecutionResult,\n",
" FunctionExecutionResultMessage,\n",
" LLMMessage,\n",
" OpenAIChatCompletionClient,\n",
" SystemMessage,\n",
" UserMessage,\n",
")\n",
"from agnext.components.tool_agent import ToolAgent, ToolException\n",
"from agnext.components.tools import FunctionTool, Tool, ToolSchema\n",
"from agnext.core import AgentId, AgentInstantiationContext, MessageContext\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"@dataclass\n",
"class Message:\n",
" content: str\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"class ToolUseAgent(TypeRoutedAgent):\n",
" def __init__(self, model_client: ChatCompletionClient, tool_schema: List[ToolSchema], tool_agent: AgentId) -> None:\n",
" super().__init__(\"An agent with tools\")\n",
" self._system_messages: List[LLMMessage] = [SystemMessage(\"You are a helpful AI assistant.\")]\n",
" self._model_client = model_client\n",
" self._tool_schema = tool_schema\n",
" self._tool_agent = tool_agent\n",
"\n",
" @message_handler\n",
" async def handle_user_message(self, message: Message, ctx: MessageContext) -> Message:\n",
" # Create a session of messages.\n",
" session: List[LLMMessage] = [UserMessage(content=message.content, source=\"user\")]\n",
" # Get a response from the model.\n",
" response = await self._model_client.create(\n",
" self._system_messages + session, tools=self._tool_schema, cancellation_token=cancellation_token\n",
" )\n",
" # Add the response to the session.\n",
" session.append(AssistantMessage(content=response.content, source=\"assistant\"))\n",
"\n",
" # Keep iterating until the model stops generating tool calls.\n",
" while isinstance(response.content, list) and all(isinstance(item, FunctionCall) for item in response.content):\n",
" # Execute functions called by the model by sending messages to itself.\n",
" results: List[FunctionExecutionResult | BaseException] = await asyncio.gather(\n",
" *[self.send_message(call, self._tool_agent) for call in response.content],\n",
" return_exceptions=True,\n",
" )\n",
" # Combine the results into a single response and handle exceptions.\n",
" function_results: List[FunctionExecutionResult] = []\n",
" for result in results:\n",
" if isinstance(result, FunctionExecutionResult):\n",
" function_results.append(result)\n",
" elif isinstance(result, ToolException):\n",
" function_results.append(FunctionExecutionResult(content=f\"Error: {result}\", call_id=result.call_id))\n",
" elif isinstance(result, BaseException):\n",
" raise result # Unexpected exception.\n",
" session.append(FunctionExecutionResultMessage(content=function_results))\n",
" # Query the model again with the new response.\n",
" response = await self._model_client.create(\n",
" self._system_messages + session, tools=self._tool_schema, cancellation_token=cancellation_token\n",
" )\n",
" session.append(AssistantMessage(content=response.content, source=self.metadata[\"type\"]))\n",
"\n",
" # Return the final response.\n",
" assert isinstance(response.content, str)\n",
" return Message(content=response.content)"
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"The `ToolUseAgent` class is a bit involved, however,\n",
"the core idea can be described using a simple control flow graph:\n",
"\n",
"![ToolUseAgent control flow graph](tool-use-agent-cfg.svg)\n",
"\n",
"The `ToolUseAgent`'s `handle_user_message` handler handles messages from the user,\n",
"and determines whether the model has generated a tool call.\n",
"If the model has generated tool calls, then the handler sends a function call\n",
"message to the {py:class}`~agnext.components.tool_agent.ToolAgent` agent\n",
"to execute the tools,\n",
"and then queries the model again with the results of the tool calls.\n",
"This process continues until the model stops generating tool calls,\n",
"at which point the final response is returned to the user.\n",
"\n",
"By having the tool execution logic in a separate agent,\n",
"we expose the model-tool interactions to the agent runtime as messages, so the tool executions\n",
"can be observed externally and intercepted if necessary.\n",
"\n",
"To run the agent, we need to create a runtime and register the agent."
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"# Create a runtime.\n",
"runtime = SingleThreadedAgentRuntime()\n",
"# Create the tools.\n",
"tools: List[Tool] = [FunctionTool(get_stock_price, description=\"Get the stock price.\")]\n",
"# Register the agents.\n",
"await runtime.register(\n",
" \"tool-executor-agent\",\n",
" lambda: ToolAgent(\n",
" description=\"Tool Executor Agent\",\n",
" tools=tools,\n",
" ),\n",
")\n",
"await runtime.register(\n",
" \"tool-use-agent\",\n",
" lambda: ToolUseAgent(\n",
" OpenAIChatCompletionClient(model=\"gpt-4o-mini\"),\n",
" tool_schema=[tool.schema for tool in tools],\n",
" tool_agent=AgentId(\"tool-executor-agent\", AgentInstantiationContext.current_agent_id().key),\n",
" ),\n",
")"
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"source": [
"This example uses the {py:class}`agnext.components.models.OpenAIChatCompletionClient`,\n",
"for Azure OpenAI and other clients, see [Model Clients](./model-clients.ipynb).\n",
"Let's test the agent with a question about stock price."
]
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"The stock price of NVDA on June 1, 2024, is approximately $49.28.\n"
]
}
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"# Start processing messages.\n",
"runtime.start()\n",
"# Send a direct message to the tool agent.\n",
"tool_use_agent = AgentId(\"tool-use-agent\", \"default\")\n",
"response = await runtime.send_message(Message(\"What is the stock price of NVDA on 2024/06/01?\"), tool_use_agent)\n",
"print(response.content)\n",
"# Stop processing messages.\n",
"await runtime.stop()"
]
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"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"See [samples](https://github.com/microsoft/agnext/tree/main/python/samples#tool-use-examples)\n",
"for more examples of using tools with agents, including how to use\n",
"broadcast communication model for tool execution, and how to intercept tool\n",
"execution for human-in-the-loop approval."
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