agex 0.6.0

Library-friendly agents that work directly with your existing Python codebase.

agex: Library-Friendly Agents

agex (a portmanteau of agent execution) is a Python-native agentic framework that enables AI agents to work directly with your existing libraries and codebase.

Core Concepts

agex executes sandboxed Python directly in your process, bypassing JSON serialization to let complex objects flow freely. You define a safe, focused environment by whitelisting exactly which capabilities are available.

In agex, agents are just Python functions:

• Defined by Signature: Input/output types are enforced by standard type hints.
• Powered by Code: Agents write and execute Python in a secure sandbox to fulfill that signature.
• Curated Scope: You whitelist exactly which modules and classes are available.
• Stateful Memory: The entire workspace is versioned, enabling time-travel debugging and serverless-style background execution.
• Unified Observability: Complete visibility into agent thought and action with real-time event & token streaming.
• Multi-Agent Orchestration: Coordinate hierarchical or peer agents with natural Python control flow.
• Integrated Benchmarking: A built-in framework for data-driven agent evaluation.

This works because agex agents can accept and return complex types like pandas.DataFrame and plotly.Figure objects without intermediate JSON serialization. For a deeper dive, check out the full agex101.ipynb tutorial or see geospatial routing with OSMnx for advanced multi-library integration.

For a full demo app where agex integrates with NiceGUI, see agex-ui.

Documentation

Complete documentation is hosted at ashenfad.github.io/agex.

Key sections:

• 📚 Quick Start Guide
• 🔭 The Big Picture
• 💡 Examples
• 📖 API Reference

Installation

Install agex with your preferred LLM provider:

# Install with a specific provider
pip install "agex[openai]"        # For OpenAI models
pip install "agex[anthropic]"     # For Anthropic Claude models
pip install "agex[gemini]"        # For Google Gemini models

# Or install with all providers
pip install "agex[all-providers]"

Project Status

⚠️ agex is a new framework in active development. While the core concepts are stabilizing, the API should be considered experimental and is subject to change.

For teams looking for a more battle-tested library built on the same "agents-that-think-in-code" philosophy, we highly recommend Hugging Face's excellent smolagents project. agex explores a different architectural path, focusing on deep runtime interoperability and a secure, sandboxed environment for direct integration with existing Python libraries.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details on our development workflow, code style, and how to submit pull requests. For bug reports and feature requests, please use GitHub Issues.