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Code

cookbook/models/vllm/tool_use.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.vllm import vLLM
from agno.tools.duckduckgo import DuckDuckGoTools

agent = Agent(
    model=vLLM(
        id="NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO", top_k=20, enable_thinking=False
    ),
    tools=[DuckDuckGoTools()],
    show_tool_calls=True,
    markdown=True,
)
agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", stream=True)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Install Libraries

pip install -U agno openai vllm duckduckgo-search
3

Start vLLM server

vllm serve NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO \
    --enable-auto-tool-choice \
    --tool-call-parser hermes \
    --dtype float16 \
    --max-model-len 8192 \
    --gpu-memory-utilization 0.9
4

Run Agent

python cookbook/models/vllm/tool_use.py