What is smolagents?
Hugging Face's lightweight framework for building AI agents. Minimal, code-first approach to agent development.
Searching Reddit with smolagents
This integration lets your smolagents agent search Reddit in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with posts, comments, subreddits, authors -- ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
pip install smolagents requestsCode Example
Here is a complete smolagents agent that searches Reddit using Scavio:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# Reddit search takes query and an optional cursor only - there is no sort parameter here. For sorted feeds use POST /api/v1/reddit/subreddit/posts.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Reddit through the Scavio API (POST /api/v1/reddit/search).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/reddit/search",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("best python web frameworks 2026")
print(result)Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# Reddit search takes query and an optional cursor only - there is no sort parameter here. For sorted feeds use POST /api/v1/reddit/subreddit/posts.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Reddit through the Scavio API (POST /api/v1/reddit/search).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/reddit/search",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("best python web frameworks 2026")
print(result)Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 50 credits on signup (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.