Agent with Tools

Code

1from kern.agent import Agent
2from kern.models.azure import AzureOpenAI
3from kern.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
4
5agent = Agent(
6    model=AzureOpenAI(id="gpt-5-mini"),
7    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
8    markdown=True,
9)
10
11agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", stream=True)

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

1uv venv --python 3.12
2source .venv/bin/activate

1uv venv --python 3.12
2.venv\Scripts\activate

Set your API key

1export AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
2export AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=xxx
3export AZURE_DEPLOYMENT=xxx

Install dependencies

1uv pip install -U openai kern-ai

Run Agent

1python cookbook/11_models/azure/openai/tool_use.py