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# `smolagents`

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This library is the simplest framework out there to build powerful agents! By the way, wtf are "agents"? We provide our definition [in this page](conceptual_guides/intro_agents), where you'll also find tips for when to use them or not (spoilers: you'll often be better off without agents).

This library offers:

✨ **Simplicity**: the logic for agents fits in ~thousand lines of code. We kept abstractions to their minimal shape above raw code!

🌐 **Support for any LLM**: it supports models hosted on the Hub loaded in their `transformers` version or through our inference API and Inference providers, but also models from OpenAI, Anthropic... it's really easy to power an agent with any LLM.

🧑‍💻 **First-class support for Code Agents**, i.e. agents that write their actions in code (as opposed to "agents being used to write code"), [read more here](tutorials/secure_code_execution).

🤗 **Hub integrations**: you can share and load Gradio Spaces as tools to/from the Hub, and more is to come!

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    <a class="!no-underline border dark:border-gray-700 p-5 rounded-lg shadow hover:shadow-lg" href="./guided_tour"
      ><div class="w-full text-center bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-400 to-blue-500 rounded-lg py-1.5 font-semibold mb-5 text-white text-lg leading-relaxed">Guided tour</div>
      <p class="text-gray-700">Learn the basics and become familiar with using Agents. Start here if you are using Agents for the first time!</p>
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    <a class="!no-underline border dark:border-gray-700 p-5 rounded-lg shadow hover:shadow-lg" href="./examples/text_to_sql"
      ><div class="w-full text-center bg-gradient-to-br from-indigo-400 to-indigo-500 rounded-lg py-1.5 font-semibold mb-5 text-white text-lg leading-relaxed">How-to guides</div>
      <p class="text-gray-700">Practical guides to help you achieve a specific goal: create an agent to generate and test SQL queries!</p>
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    <a class="!no-underline border dark:border-gray-700 p-5 rounded-lg shadow hover:shadow-lg" href="./conceptual_guides/intro_agents"
      ><div class="w-full text-center bg-gradient-to-br from-pink-400 to-pink-500 rounded-lg py-1.5 font-semibold mb-5 text-white text-lg leading-relaxed">Conceptual guides</div>
      <p class="text-gray-700">High-level explanations for building a better understanding of important topics.</p>
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    <a class="!no-underline border dark:border-gray-700 p-5 rounded-lg shadow hover:shadow-lg" href="./tutorials/building_good_agents"
      ><div class="w-full text-center bg-gradient-to-br from-purple-400 to-purple-500 rounded-lg py-1.5 font-semibold mb-5 text-white text-lg leading-relaxed">Tutorials</div>
      <p class="text-gray-700">Horizontal tutorials that cover important aspects of building agents.</p>
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