Is smolagents safe to use?

smolagents has an HVTrust score of 65.3/100 (Grade B), ranked #232 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for smolagents?

smolagents scores 65.3/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 29.0k GitHub stars and is categorized under Agent Frameworks.

smolagents

huggingface/smolagents

🤗 smolagents: a barebones library for agents that think in code.

Agent Frameworks Python Grade B Listed Apache-2.0

65.3/100

Rank #232 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 4/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-22 · 3d ago

Recent change

Rank +5

Is smolagents safe? smolagents scores 65.3/100 (Grade B), ranked #232 of 1308 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (4 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.7/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-22. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.

Recent Changes

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#214 → #229)

2026-08-22

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 97 spots (#316 → #219)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.7/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.

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73.6

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#36

In Agent Frameworks

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade B reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage A is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (4 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-25

Activity & Reach

Stars

29.0k

Forks

2.9k

Last Push

2026-08-22

3 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

172,392

pypi

HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

295

Rank Change

▼3

was #229

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Agent Frameworks

65.3 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

smolagents Agent Frameworks average (119 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

12.1 / 25

4.0 above avg 8.1

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.3 / 17

1.8 above avg 11.5

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

13.7 / 20

in line with avg 14.2

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

17.7 / 20

6.4 above avg 11.3

Activity Inputs

73.6 / 100

StarsRepository reach

26.8 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.6 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

6.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

16.1 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

5.7 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 24, 2026

Signed Commits

100%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 6

CI-Tests 8

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 2

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 9

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 6

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is smolagents safe?

smolagents has a mixed signal profile. Some trust indicators are present, others are missing. Whether it is safe for your use case depends on which gaps matter to you — review the breakdown below before adopting in production.

Does smolagents publish package provenance?

No published build provenance is currently detected for smolagents. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.

Does smolagents have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

smolagents has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.7/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is smolagents actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 3 day(s).

What license does smolagents use?

smolagents ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are smolagents's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to smolagents are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

medium confidence

Implemented

smolagents appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

8 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

medium confidence

1 tags

Broad capability areas detected.

browser

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

low confidence

Unknown

Package source metadata is missing or inconclusive

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

Maintain smolagents?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores smolagents from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#214 → #229)

2026-08-22

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 97 spots (#316 → #219)

2026-08-22

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 4.0pts (61.2 → 65.2)

2026-08-22

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 10pts (64 → 74)

2026-08-19

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#299 → #314)

2026-08-17

Rank Moved

Rank rose 12 spots (#304 → #292)

2026-08-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 20 spots (#277 → #297)

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#292 → #277)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 33 spots (#256 → #289)

2026-08-09

Activity Score Changed

Activity score down 5pts (74 → 69)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 50 spots (#188 → #238)

2026-07-25

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-21

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-18

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#117 → #135)

2026-07-10

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-10

Rank Moved

Rank rose 12 spots (#132 → #120)

2026-07-10

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 7pts (69 → 76)

2026-06-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#77 → #88)

2026-06-15

Rank Moved

Rank rose 14 spots (#91 → #77)

2026-06-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#77 → #92)

2026-06-11

Rank Moved

Rank rose 12 spots (#89 → #77)

2026-06-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#75 → #89)

2026-06-05

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.9/10

2026-06-02

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#152 → #163)

2026-06-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#134 → #152)

2026-05-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 7.7pts (30.4 → 38.1)

2026-05-28

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 11pts (68 → 79)

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