Let Agents Search the Web
Your friend wants to send $500 to her sister in New York but isn't sure if the exchange rate is still favorable. She remembers seeing “1 GBP → 1.24 USD” last week, but exchange rates can change daily.
To help her make a smart decision, you decide to build a code agent that can:
- Look up live GBP -> USD rate
- Summarize how the rate has changed over the past 7 days
You'll give your agent web search powers using the built-in VisitWebpageTool.
Note: The model has been initialized for you. The CodeAgent class has been imported as well.
This exercise is part of the course
AI Agents with Hugging Face smolagents
Exercise instructions
- Import the
VisitWebpageToolfrom thesmolagentslibrary. - Create the agent using the provided model and a tools list that includes an instance of
VisitWebpageTool(). - Run the agent using the
.run()method and pass in thetask.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import the VisitWebpageTool class
from smolagents import ____
# Create agent with web search capabilities
agent = CodeAgent(
tools=[____],
model=model
)
task = "Find GBP to USD exchange rates and summarize how this rate has changed over the past 7 days. A good source is usually Wise."
# Run the agent with the task
result = agent.run(____)