Tool Use

Call WebSearchTools from a local Llama 3.2 agent.

tool_use.py
"""Run `uv pip install ddgs` to install dependencies."""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.ollama import Ollama
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=Ollama(id="llama3.2:latest"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

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

    # --- Sync + Streaming ---
    agent.print_response("Whats happening in France?", stream=True)

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno ddgs ollama

Select the local Ollama server

In the shell used for the pull commands and Python example, clear a previous cloud key and point native clients and embeddings at your local server:

unset OLLAMA_API_KEY
export OLLAMA_HOST="http://localhost:11434"

Without this reset, OLLAMA_API_KEY makes Agno's default Ollama model route to https://ollama.com even when OLLAMA_HOST points locally. Keep a local Ollama server running for the following steps.

Prepare Ollama

Install and start Ollama, then pull the model used by this example:

ollama pull llama3.2:latest

Run the example

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

python tool_use.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/ollama/chat/tool_use.py