v1.14.0

New features 🚀

• SmolAgents MCP Client by @grll in #1200
  • Introduce a new MCPClient class that allows users to manage connections to one or more MCP servers, making integration with SmolAgents more flexible and scalable.
• Amazon Bedrock Native API Support by @leandrodamascena in #1115
  • Add native support for Amazon Bedrock in the models module, enabling seamless interaction with Bedrock-hosted models.

Important changes 💥

• Rename HfApiModel to InferenceClientModel by @julien-c in #1198
  • Align the naming with its broader usage beyond the Hugging Face Hub, clarifying its purpose and usage.
• Star-pattern-based import authorization by @aymeric-roucher in #1180
  • Enhance import security by introducing a star-pattern-based authorization mechanism, allowing fine-grained control over which modules can be imported.

Fixes and improvements 🔧

• Unpin pillow < 11.2.0 by @albertvillanova in #1140
• Pass vLLM (VLLMModel) model client params as client_kwargs by @sergiopaniego in #1137
• Docs: Add Code Agents in agency table by @aymeric-roucher in #1144
• Replace ChatMessage.from_hf_api with from_dict with asdict by @albertvillanova in #1076
• Make to_messages methods compatible with qwen vl by @aymeric-roucher in #1148
• Fix get_json_schema for keyword in description by @albertvillanova in #1146
• Support images in stream_to_gradio by @aymeric-roucher in #1154
• Fix: adjust PlanningStep user message to avoid azure's content filter by @bpoppinga in #1151
• Refactor code agent system prompt by @aymeric-roucher in #1153
• Fix bug authors by @aymeric-roucher in #1163
• Fix memory step model output in ToolCallingAgent by @keetrap in #1156
• Parsing model outputs: allow whitespaces after the header of code blobs by @aymeric-roucher in #1172
• Fix: Add default value to optional argument by @rca-umb in #1155
• Add more detail to code execution documentation by @maeste in #983
• Make TextInspectorTool serializable by @albertvillanova in #1176
• Clarify tool usage in agent step tutorial by @albertvillanova in #1175
• Provide ability to override Agent logger by @sysradium in #1166
• Pin mcpadapt >= 0.0.19 to include security fix by @albertvillanova in #1178
• Fix tool validation with multiple assignments by @albertvillanova in #1177
• Fix typo in the memory.mdx by @alpsencer in #1187
• feat: add custom Docker image support and enhanced configuration for DockerExecutor by @kingdomad in #1057
• Add api_key argument in HfApiModel by @aymeric-roucher in #947
• Implement Tool.from_dict by @albertvillanova in #1006
• Implement Agent.from_dict by @albertvillanova in #1007
• Call recursively Agent.to_dict for managed agents by @albertvillanova in #1008
• Support Literal type annotations in @tool for defining enums by @stephanlensky in #1195
• Support class docstrings in LocalPythonExecutor by @albertvillanova in #1192
• Reference Inference Providers more clearly by @julien-c in #1197
• Support annotated assignment in LocalPythonExecutor by @albertvillanova in #1193
• Fix evaluate_boolop for non-boolean return type by @ZeusFSX in #1191
• Make MultiStepAgent and abstract class by @sysradium in #1204
• fix: creating tool should not affect function that is being wrapped by @njbrake in #1203
• Remove header comments from MDX docs for proper rendering by @albertvillanova in #1212
• Fix CI test by updating LiteLLM error message by @albertvillanova in #1214
• Fix typo in evaluate_ast() docs: static_tools -> custom_tools by @JungeAlexander in #1217
• Make OpenDeepResearch tools serializable by @albertvillanova in #1206
• Add Security Policy by @albertvillanova in #1208
• Improve docs for stream run by @albertvillanova in #1215
• Skip unsupported stop parameter for reasoning models by @albertvillanova in #1211

New Contributors

• @leandrodamascena made their first contribution in #1115
• @bpoppinga made their first contribution in #1151
• @rca-umb made their first contribution in #1155
• @alpsencer made their first contribution in #1187
• @stephanlensky made their first contribution in #1195
• @ZeusFSX made their first contribution in #1191
• @JungeAlexander made their first contribution in #1217

Full Changelog: v1.13.0...v1.14.0