diff --git a/examples/agent/run.py b/examples/agent/run.py
index 912e3e9efec48..c092a6d45776c 100644
--- a/examples/agent/run.py
+++ b/examples/agent/run.py
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 # /// script
 # requires-python = ">=3.11"
 # dependencies = [
+#     "aiohttp",
 #     "fastapi",
 #     "openai",
 #     "pydantic",
-#     "requests",
-#     "uvicorn",
 #     "typer",
+#     "uvicorn",
 # ]
 # ///
 import json
-import openai
+import asyncio
+import aiohttp
+from functools import wraps
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
 from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionMessageParam, ChatCompletionToolMessageParam, ChatCompletionUserMessageParam
 from pydantic import BaseModel
-import requests
 import sys
 import typer
 from typing import Annotated, Optional
 import urllib.parse
 
-
 class OpenAPIMethod:
     def __init__(self, url, name, descriptor, catalog):
         '''
-            Wraps a remote OpenAPI method as a Python function.
+        Wraps a remote OpenAPI method as an async Python function.
         '''
         self.url = url
         self.__name__ = name
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, name, descriptor, catalog):
             required=[name for name, param in self.parameters.items() if param['required']] + ([self.body['name']] if self.body and self.body['required'] else [])
         )
 
-    def __call__(self, **kwargs):
+    async def __call__(self, session: aiohttp.ClientSession, **kwargs):
         if self.body:
             body = kwargs.pop(self.body['name'], None)
             if self.body['required']:
@@ -86,16 +87,55 @@ def __call__(self, **kwargs):
             assert param['in'] == 'query', 'Only query parameters are supported'
             query_params[name] = value
 
-        params = "&".join(f"{name}={urllib.parse.quote(value)}" for name, value in query_params.items())
+        params = "&".join(f"{name}={urllib.parse.quote(str(value))}" for name, value in query_params.items() if value is not None)
         url = f'{self.url}?{params}'
-        response = requests.post(url, json=body)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        response_json = response.json()
+        async with session.post(url, json=body) as response:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            response_json = await response.json()
 
         return response_json
 
+async def discover_tools(tool_endpoints: list[str], verbose: bool = False) -> tuple[dict, list]:
+    tool_map = {}
+    tools = []
+
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        for url in tool_endpoints:
+            assert url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://'), f'Tools must be URLs, not local files: {url}'
+
+            catalog_url = f'{url}/openapi.json'
+            async with session.get(catalog_url) as response:
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                catalog = await response.json()
+
+            for path, descriptor in catalog['paths'].items():
+                fn = OpenAPIMethod(url=f'{url}{path}', name=path.replace('/', ' ').strip().replace(' ', '_'), descriptor=descriptor, catalog=catalog)
+                tool_map[fn.__name__] = fn
+                if verbose:
+                    sys.stderr.write(f'# PARAMS SCHEMA ({fn.__name__}): {json.dumps(fn.parameters_schema, indent=2)}\n')
+                tools.append(dict(
+                        type="function",
+                        function=dict(
+                            name=fn.__name__,
+                            description=fn.__doc__ or '',
+                            parameters=fn.parameters_schema,
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
+
+    return tool_map, tools
 
-def main(
+def typer_async_workaround():
+    'Adapted from https://github.com/fastapi/typer/issues/950#issuecomment-2351076467'
+    def decorator(f):
+        @wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            return asyncio.run(f(*args, **kwargs))
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+@typer_async_workaround()
+async def main(
     goal: Annotated[str, typer.Option()],
     api_key: str = '<unset>',
     tool_endpoint: Optional[list[str]] = None,
@@ -103,36 +143,9 @@ def main(
     verbose: bool = False,
     endpoint: str = "http://localhost:8080/v1/",
 ):
+    client = AsyncOpenAI(api_key=api_key, base_url=endpoint)
 
-    openai.api_key = api_key
-    openai.base_url = endpoint
-
-    tool_map = {}
-    tools = []
-
-    # Discover tools using OpenAPI catalogs at the provided endpoints.
-    for url in (tool_endpoint or []):
-        assert url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://'), f'Tools must be URLs, not local files: {url}'
-
-        catalog_url = f'{url}/openapi.json'
-        catalog_response = requests.get(catalog_url)
-        catalog_response.raise_for_status()
-        catalog = catalog_response.json()
-
-        for path, descriptor in catalog['paths'].items():
-            fn = OpenAPIMethod(url=f'{url}{path}', name=path.replace('/', ' ').strip().replace(' ', '_'), descriptor=descriptor, catalog=catalog)
-            tool_map[fn.__name__] = fn
-            if verbose:
-                sys.stderr.write(f'# PARAMS SCHEMA ({fn.__name__}): {json.dumps(fn.parameters_schema, indent=2)}\n')
-            tools.append(dict(
-                    type="function",
-                    function=dict(
-                        name=fn.__name__,
-                        description=fn.__doc__ or '',
-                        parameters=fn.parameters_schema,
-                    )
-                )
-            )
+    tool_map, tools = await discover_tools(tool_endpoint or [], verbose)
 
     sys.stdout.write(f'🛠️  {", ".join(tool_map.keys())}\n')
 
@@ -143,51 +156,46 @@ def main(
         )
     ]
 
-    i = 0
-    while (max_iterations is None or i < max_iterations):
-
-        response = openai.chat.completions.create(
-            model="gpt-4o",
-            messages=messages,
-            tools=tools,
-        )
-
-        if verbose:
-            sys.stderr.write(f'# RESPONSE: {response}\n')
-
-        assert len(response.choices) == 1
-        choice = response.choices[0]
-
-        content = choice.message.content
-        if choice.finish_reason == "tool_calls":
-            messages.append(choice.message) # type: ignore
-            assert choice.message.tool_calls
-            for tool_call in choice.message.tool_calls:
-                if content:
-                    print(f'💭 {content}')
-
-                args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)
-                pretty_call = f'{tool_call.function.name}({", ".join(f"{k}={v.model_dump_json() if isinstance(v, BaseModel) else json.dumps(v)}" for k, v in args.items())})'
-                sys.stdout.write(f'⚙️  {pretty_call}')
-                sys.stdout.flush()
-                tool_result = tool_map[tool_call.function.name](**args)
-                sys.stdout.write(f" → {tool_result}\n")
-                messages.append(ChatCompletionToolMessageParam(
-                    tool_call_id=tool_call.id,
-                    role="tool",
-                    # name=tool_call.function.name,
-                    content=json.dumps(tool_result),
-                    # content=f'{pretty_call} = {tool_result}',
-                ))
-        else:
-            assert content
-            print(content)
-            return
-
-        i += 1
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        for i in range(max_iterations or sys.maxsize):
+            response = await client.chat.completions.create(
+                model="gpt-4o",
+                messages=messages,
+                tools=tools,
+            )
 
-    if max_iterations is not None:
-        raise Exception(f"Failed to get a valid response after {max_iterations} tool calls")
+            if verbose:
+                sys.stderr.write(f'# RESPONSE: {response}\n')
+
+            assert len(response.choices) == 1
+            choice = response.choices[0]
+
+            content = choice.message.content
+            if choice.finish_reason == "tool_calls":
+                messages.append(choice.message) # type: ignore
+                assert choice.message.tool_calls
+                for tool_call in choice.message.tool_calls:
+                    if content:
+                        print(f'💭 {content}')
+
+                    args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)
+                    pretty_call = f'{tool_call.function.name}({", ".join(f"{k}={v.model_dump_json() if isinstance(v, BaseModel) else json.dumps(v)}" for k, v in args.items())})'
+                    sys.stdout.write(f'⚙️  {pretty_call}')
+                    sys.stdout.flush()
+                    tool_result = await tool_map[tool_call.function.name](session, **args)
+                    sys.stdout.write(f" → {tool_result}\n")
+                    messages.append(ChatCompletionToolMessageParam(
+                        tool_call_id=tool_call.id,
+                        role="tool",
+                        content=json.dumps(tool_result),
+                    ))
+            else:
+                assert content
+                print(content)
+                return
+
+        if max_iterations is not None:
+            raise Exception(f"Failed to get a valid response after {max_iterations} tool calls")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     typer.run(main)
diff --git a/examples/agent/tools.py b/examples/agent/tools.py
index ff48464cfbefc..b915957786889 100644
--- a/examples/agent/tools.py
+++ b/examples/agent/tools.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def python(code: str) -> str:
     Returns:
         str: The output of the executed code.
     """
-    from IPython import InteractiveShell
+    from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
     from io import StringIO
     import sys
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-agent.txt b/requirements/requirements-agent.txt
index 639f0111fb5aa..e9de760fb5924 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-agent.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-agent.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+aiohttp
 fastapi
+ipython
 openai
 pydantic
-requests
 typer
 uvicorn