OpenAI O3 Mini with Tools

Give o3-mini web search tools to research and write a stock comparison report.

o3_mini_with_tools.py
"""
O3 Mini With Tools
==================

Demonstrates this reasoning cookbook example.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def run_example() -> None:
    agent = Agent(
        model=OpenAIChat(id="o3-mini"),
        tools=[WebSearchTools(enable_news=False)],
        instructions="Use tables to display data.",
        markdown=True,
    )

    agent.print_response("Write a report comparing NVDA to TSLA", stream=True)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_example()

OpenAI schedules o3-mini and o4-mini for shutdown on October 23, 2026. The provider lifecycle notice lists their replacements. Check the selected replacement's reasoning and service-tier support before changing the source model ID.

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 openai

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as o3_mini_with_tools.py, then run:

python o3_mini_with_tools.py

Full source: cookbook/10_reasoning/models/openai/o3_mini_with_tools.py