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+import os
+from langchain_ollama import ChatOllama
+from langchain.agents import initialize_agent, AgentType
+from langchain.tools import tool
+from langchain_tavily import TavilySearchResults
+from vectorstore import VectorStore
+
+# Global vector store instance to be set by get_agent
+vector_store: VectorStore | None = None
+
+@tool
+def local_kb_search(query: str) -> str:
+    """Search local knowledge base (ChromaDB) for relevant information."""
+    if vector_store is None:
+        return "Vector store not initialized."
+    docs = vector_store.get_store().similarity_search(query, k=3)
+    if not docs:
+        return "No relevant documents found."
+    answer = "\n".join([doc.page_content.strip() for doc in docs])
+    return f"{answer}\nSource: chromadb"
+
+@tool
+def web_search(query: str) -> str:
+    """Search the web using Tavily."""
+    api_key = os.getenv("TAVILY_API_KEY")
+    if not api_key:
+        return "TAVILY_API_KEY not set. Please set the environment variable."
+    try:
+        tavily = TavilySearchResults(tavily_api_key=api_key)
+        results = tavily.run({"query": query})
+        if not results:
+            return "No results found."
+        answer = ""
+        for i, res in enumerate(results[:3]):
+            title = res.get("title") or res.get("name") or "No title"
+            url = res.get("url") or ""
+            content = res.get("content") or ""
+            answer += f"{i+1}. {title} ({url})\n{content}\n\n"
+        return f"{answer}\nSource: tavily"
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"Error during web search: {e}"
+
+
+def get_agent(vectorstore: VectorStore):
+    global vector_store
+    vector_store = vectorstore
+    base_url = os.getenv("CHAT_BASE_URL")
+    api_key = os.getenv("CHAT_API_KEY")
+    model = os.getenv("CHAT_MODEL", "llama3")
+    if not base_url:
+        raise EnvironmentError("CHAT_BASE_URL not set. Please set the environment variable.")
+    if not api_key:
+        raise EnvironmentError("CHAT_API_KEY not set. Please set the environment variable.")
+    llm = ChatOllama(
+        temperature=0,
+        model=model,
+        base_url=base_url,
+        api_key=api_key
+    )
+    tools = [local_kb_search, web_search]
+    agent = initialize_agent(
+        tools,
+        llm,
+        agent=AgentType.OPENAI_FUNCTIONS,
+        verbose=True,
+        handle_parsing_errors=True
+    )
+    return agent