What is smolagents?
Hugging Face's lightweight framework for building AI agents. Minimal, code-first approach to agent development.
Searching Google with smolagents
This integration lets your smolagents agent search Google in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with organic results, knowledge graph, People Also Ask, AI overview — ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
pip install smolagents requestsCode Example
Here is a complete smolagents agent that searches Google using Scavio:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import requests
import json
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Search Google for real-time results using Scavio API."""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search",
headers={"x-api-key": "your_scavio_api_key", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"query": query},
)
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("best noise cancelling headphones 2026")
print(result)Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import requests
import json
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Search Google for real-time results using Scavio API."""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search",
headers={"x-api-key": "your_scavio_api_key", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"query": query},
)
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("best noise cancelling headphones 2026")
print(result)Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 500 credits/month (1 credit per search). No credit card required. This is enough to build and test your smolagents integration. Paid plans start at $30/month for higher volumes.