Agent with Tools

Give a DeepSeek agent a web search tool.

Code

import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.deepseek import DeepSeek
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# DeepSeek V4 models support tool calls in both thinking and non-thinking modes.
agent = Agent(
    model=DeepSeek(id="deepseek-v4-flash"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

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

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

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

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

Set your API key

export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=xxx

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U openai ddgs agno

Run Agent

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

python tool_use.py