Bravesearch Tools

Fetch the latest news on a topic with BraveSearchTools, enabling specific or all functions.

bravesearch_tools.py
"""
Bravesearch Tools
=============================

Demonstrates bravesearch tools.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.bravesearch import BraveSearchTools

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


# Example 1: Enable specific Brave Search functions
agent = Agent(
    tools=[BraveSearchTools(enable_brave_search=True)],
    description="You are a news agent that helps users find the latest news.",
    instructions=[
        "Given a topic by the user, respond with 4 latest news items about that topic."
    ],
)

# Example 2: Enable all Brave Search functions
agent_all = Agent(
    tools=[BraveSearchTools(all=True)],
    description="You are a comprehensive search agent with full Brave Search capabilities.",
    instructions=[
        "Use Brave Search to find accurate, privacy-focused search results.",
        "Provide relevant and up-to-date information on any topic.",
    ],
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("AI Agents", markdown=True)

This toolkit queries Brave's web results, with no news-only endpoint or freshness filter. The instruction to return four latest news items is a request to the model; the tool returns titles, URLs, and descriptions rather than publication dates. Add a date range to the search terms and verify source dates for time-sensitive news.

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno brave-search openai

Export your API keys

export BRAVE_API_KEY="your_brave_api_key_here"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python bravesearch_tools.py

Full source: cookbook/91_tools/bravesearch_tools.py