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Even worse, the query could be incorrect, but not raise an error, instead giving some incorrect/useless outputs without raising an alarm.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-i6rawm">👉 Instead, an agent system is able to critically inspect outputs and decide if the query needs to be changed or not, thus giving it a huge performance boost.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1tzrwc8">Let’s build this agent! 💪</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-16cuoal">Run the line below to install required dependencies:</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-bash "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->!pip install smolagents python-dotenv sqlalchemy --upgrade -q<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-14ije4u">To call Inference Providers, you will need a valid token as your environment variable <code>HF_TOKEN</code>. | |
| We use python-dotenv to load it.</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> dotenv <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> load_dotenv | |
| load_dotenv()<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-64yurm">Then, we setup the SQL environment:</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> sqlalchemy <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> ( | |
| create_engine, | |
| MetaData, | |
| Table, | |
| Column, | |
| String, | |
| Integer, | |
| Float, | |
| insert, | |
| inspect, | |
| text, | |
| ) | |
| engine = create_engine(<span class="hljs-string">"sqlite:///:memory:"</span>) | |
| metadata_obj = MetaData() | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">insert_rows_into_table</span>(<span class="hljs-params">rows, table, engine=engine</span>): | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> row <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> rows: | |
| stmt = insert(table).values(**row) | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">with</span> engine.begin() <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> connection: | |
| connection.execute(stmt) | |
| table_name = <span class="hljs-string">"receipts"</span> | |
| receipts = Table( | |
| table_name, | |
| metadata_obj, | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>, Integer, primary_key=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>), | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"customer_name"</span>, String(<span class="hljs-number">16</span>), primary_key=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>), | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"price"</span>, Float), | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"tip"</span>, Float), | |
| ) | |
| metadata_obj.create_all(engine) | |
| rows = [ | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"customer_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Alan Payne"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"price"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">12.06</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"tip"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1.20</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"customer_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Alex Mason"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"price"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">23.86</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"tip"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.24</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">3</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"customer_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Woodrow Wilson"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"price"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">53.43</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"tip"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">5.43</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">4</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"customer_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Margaret James"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"price"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">21.11</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"tip"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1.00</span>}, | |
| ] | |
| insert_rows_into_table(rows, receipts)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <h3 class="relative group"><a id="build-our-agent" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#build-our-agent"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>Build our agent</span></h3> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-fdu5cw">Now let’s make our SQL table retrievable by a tool.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-groxlc">The tool’s description attribute will be embedded in the LLM’s prompt by the agent system: it gives the LLM information about how to use the tool. This is where we want to describe the SQL table.</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->inspector = inspect(engine) | |
| columns_info = [(col[<span class="hljs-string">"name"</span>], col[<span class="hljs-string">"type"</span>]) <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> col <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> inspector.get_columns(<span class="hljs-string">"receipts"</span>)] | |
| table_description = <span class="hljs-string">"Columns:\n"</span> + <span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span>.join([<span class="hljs-string">f" - <span class="hljs-subst">{name}</span>: <span class="hljs-subst">{col_type}</span>"</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> name, col_type <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> columns_info]) | |
| <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(table_description)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-text "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Columns: | |
| - receipt_id: INTEGER | |
| - customer_name: VARCHAR(16) | |
| - price: FLOAT | |
| - tip: FLOAT<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1snt6vj">Now let’s build our tool. It needs the following: (read <a href="../tutorials/tools">the tool doc</a> for more detail)</p> <ul data-svelte-h="svelte-idbd3h"><li>A docstring with an <code>Args:</code> part listing arguments.</li> <li>Type hints on both inputs and output.</li></ul> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> smolagents <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> tool | |
| <span class="hljs-meta">@tool</span> | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">sql_engine</span>(<span class="hljs-params">query: <span class="hljs-built_in">str</span></span>) -> <span class="hljs-built_in">str</span>: | |
| <span class="hljs-string">""" | |
| Allows you to perform SQL queries on the table. Returns a string representation of the result. | |
| The table is named 'receipts'. Its description is as follows: | |
| Columns: | |
| - receipt_id: INTEGER | |
| - customer_name: VARCHAR(16) | |
| - price: FLOAT | |
| - tip: FLOAT | |
| Args: | |
| query: The query to perform. This should be correct SQL. | |
| """</span> | |
| output = <span class="hljs-string">""</span> | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">with</span> engine.connect() <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> con: | |
| rows = con.execute(text(query)) | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> row <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> rows: | |
| output += <span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span> + <span class="hljs-built_in">str</span>(row) | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> output<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1t4r7cu">Now let us create an agent that leverages this tool.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-sv1k2f">We use the <code>CodeAgent</code>, which is smolagents’ main agent class: an agent that writes actions in code and can iterate on previous output according to the ReAct framework.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1kyyn07">The model is the LLM that powers the agent system. <code>InferenceClientModel</code> allows you to call LLMs using HF’s Inference API, either via Serverless or Dedicated endpoint, but you could also use any proprietary API.</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> smolagents <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> CodeAgent, InferenceClientModel | |
| agent = CodeAgent( | |
| tools=[sql_engine], | |
| model=InferenceClientModel(model_id=<span class="hljs-string">"meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"</span>), | |
| ) | |
| agent.run(<span class="hljs-string">"Can you give me the name of the client who got the most expensive receipt?"</span>)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <h3 class="relative group"><a id="level-2-table-joins" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#level-2-table-joins"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>Level 2: Table joins</span></h3> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-nr3fl7">Now let’s make it more challenging! We want our agent to handle joins across multiple tables.</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1ru0803">So let’s make a second table recording the names of waiters for each receipt_id!</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->table_name = <span class="hljs-string">"waiters"</span> | |
| waiters = Table( | |
| table_name, | |
| metadata_obj, | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>, Integer, primary_key=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>), | |
| Column(<span class="hljs-string">"waiter_name"</span>, String(<span class="hljs-number">16</span>), primary_key=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>), | |
| ) | |
| metadata_obj.create_all(engine) | |
| rows = [ | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"waiter_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Corey Johnson"</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">2</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"waiter_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Michael Watts"</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">3</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"waiter_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Michael Watts"</span>}, | |
| {<span class="hljs-string">"receipt_id"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">4</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"waiter_name"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Margaret James"</span>}, | |
| ] | |
| insert_rows_into_table(rows, waiters)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-l5upel">Since we changed the table, we update the <code>SQLExecutorTool</code> with this table’s description to let the LLM properly leverage information from this table.</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->updated_description = <span class="hljs-string">"""Allows you to perform SQL queries on the table. Beware that this tool's output is a string representation of the execution output. | |
| It can use the following tables:"""</span> | |
| inspector = inspect(engine) | |
| <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> table <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> [<span class="hljs-string">"receipts"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"waiters"</span>]: | |
| columns_info = [(col[<span class="hljs-string">"name"</span>], col[<span class="hljs-string">"type"</span>]) <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> col <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> inspector.get_columns(table)] | |
| table_description = <span class="hljs-string">f"Table '<span class="hljs-subst">{table}</span>':\n"</span> | |
| table_description += <span class="hljs-string">"Columns:\n"</span> + <span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span>.join([<span class="hljs-string">f" - <span class="hljs-subst">{name}</span>: <span class="hljs-subst">{col_type}</span>"</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> name, col_type <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> columns_info]) | |
| updated_description += <span class="hljs-string">"\n\n"</span> + table_description | |
| <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(updated_description)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1isupd">Since this request is a bit harder than the previous one, we’ll switch the LLM engine to use the more powerful <a href="https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking" rel="nofollow">Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking</a>!</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5 text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-py "><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->sql_engine.description = updated_description | |
| agent = CodeAgent( | |
| tools=[sql_engine], | |
| model=InferenceClientModel(model_id=<span class="hljs-string">"Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking"</span>), | |
| ) | |
| agent.run(<span class="hljs-string">"Which waiter got more total money from tips?"</span>)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1umn140">It directly works! The setup was surprisingly simple, wasn’t it?</p> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-13g6phr">This example is done! We’ve touched upon these concepts:</p> <ul data-svelte-h="svelte-1pz5sot"><li>Building new tools.</li> <li>Updating a tool’s description.</li> <li>Switching to a stronger LLM helps agent reasoning.</li></ul> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-bt1f1w">✅ Now you can go build this text-to-SQL system you’ve always dreamt of! ✨</p> <a class="!text-gray-400 !no-underline text-sm flex items-center not-prose mt-4" href="https://github.com/huggingface/smolagents/blob/main/docs/source/en/examples/text_to_sql.md" target="_blank"><svg class="mr-1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M31,16l-7,7l-1.41-1.41L28.17,16l-5.58-5.59L24,9l7,7z"></path><path d="M1,16l7-7l1.41,1.41L3.83,16l5.58,5.59L8,23l-7-7z"></path><path d="M12.419,25.484L17.639,6.552l1.932,0.518L14.351,26.002z"></path></svg> <span data-svelte-h="svelte-zjs2n5"><span class="underline">Update</span> on GitHub</span></a> <p></p> | |
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