v8.5.0

neuml/txtaiv8.5.0Apr 14, 2025by davidmezzetti

AI Summary

A significant update migrating from Transformers Agents to smolagents, adding Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, and updating Python requirements.

Key Highlights

Migrate to smolagents
Add Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support
Add support for MCP servers to Agent Framework
Require Python 3.10+

New Features

MCP support for Agent Framework

Full Release Notes

**This release migrates from Transformers Agents to smolagents, adds Model Context Protocol (MCP) support and now requires Python 3.10+**

See below for full details on the new features, improvements and bug fixes.

New Features
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- Migrate to smolagents (#890)
- Add Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support (#892)
- Add support for MCP servers to Agent Framework (#898)
- Require Python 3.10 (#897)

Improvements
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- Lazy load list of translation models (#896)

Bug Fixes
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- Fix issue with MessageRole Enums and LLM pipeline (#888)
- Transformers 4.50 modified cached_file behavior (#889)
- Add test vision model compatible with Transformers 4.50 (#891)
- Fix bug introduced with Pillow 11.2 (#895)