v1.2.0

What's Changed

Big features:

• Add an OpenAIServerModel by @Zetaphor in #109
  • This unlocks using any OpenAI-format-compatible server like TGI or vLLM.
• Enable smolagent tools in Hugging Chat! 🚀 in #132
  • Demo incoming!
• Vastly simplify Model class ✨ in #146
  • Now Model subclasses have only one __call__ method: if arg tools_to_call_from is passed, this method will return a tool call instead of just a string.
• Halve import time by removing torch dependency in #147
  • Following up on #100 raised by @xianminx, removing dependency on torch allowed to halve the library loading time!
• Support OpenTelemetry in #136
  • This is still cooking, more stuff needs to be done, but we'll have observability!

Other important features

• Include missing pip install library in RAG example by @DarwinAnim8or in #92
• Update rag.md with missing verb by @derekalia in #95
• Small tweaks to Gradio demo by @freddyaboulton in #93
• Fixing spelling and grammar for query by @omarirfa in #98
• Fix Spelling Errors in Documentation by @ScientistIzaak in #99
• Change DuckDuckGoSearchTool output_type to string by @aymeric-roucher in #116
• Auto correct wrong assignments to final_answer by @aymeric-roucher in #123
• Adding "complex" to local_python_executor.py #78 by @joaopauloschuler in #79
• Remove dependency on LiteLLM by @aymeric-roucher in #126
• Support multiple code blobs by @aymeric-roucher in #128
• Fix several typos in docs. by @Symbolk in #140

Great thanks for everyone who participated!