Agent with Tools

Code

1from kern.agent import Agent
2from kern.models.cohere import Cohere
3from kern.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
4
5agent = Agent(
6 model=Cohere(id="command-a-03-2025"),
7 tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
8 markdown=True,
9)
10
11agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?")

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 CO_API_KEY=xxx

Install dependencies

1uv pip install -U cohere kern-ai

Run Agent

1python cookbook/11_models/cohere/tool_use.py