Tool Use

Code

1"""Build a Web Search Agent using xAI."""
2
3from kern.agent import Agent
4from kern.models.xai import xAI
5from kern.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
6
7agent = Agent(
8    model=xAI(id="grok-2"),
9    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
10    markdown=True,
11)
12agent.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 XAI_API_KEY=xxx

Install dependencies

1uv pip install -U xai kern-ai

Run Agent

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