diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2235c91..1c1823b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pylint.html
 # Serena-specific
 /*.yml
 !myproject.demo.yml
-
+/agent-ui
 
 # Cache is in .multilspy 
 **/.multilspy/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/agno_agent.py b/scripts/agno_agent.py
index 020e415..d5b3017 100644
--- a/scripts/agno_agent.py
+++ b/scripts/agno_agent.py
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-from agno.agent import Agent
 from agno.models.google import Gemini
 from agno.playground import Playground, serve_playground_app
 
-serena_agent = Agent(
-    model=Gemini(id="gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25"),
-    description="Serena",
-    tools=[],  # Add serena tools here
-    show_tool_calls=True,
-    markdown=True,
-    system_message="",  # use PromptFactory
-)
+from serena.agno import create_agno_agent
 
-app = Playground(agents=[serena_agent]).get_app()
-
-if __name__ == "main":
-    serve_playground_app("playground:app", reload=True)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    serena_agent = create_agno_agent(
+        project_file_path="myproject.yml",
+        model=Gemini(id="gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25"),
+    )
+    app = Playground(agents=[serena_agent]).get_app()
+    serve_playground_app(app, reload=False)
diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index a6e44c7..62a72ef 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 from abc import ABC
 from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator, Sequence
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from logging import Logger
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ class Tool(Component):
         name = "".join(["_" + c.lower() if c.isupper() else c for c in name]).lstrip("_")
         return name
 
+    def get_apply_fn(self) -> Callable:
+        apply_fn = getattr(self, "apply")
+        if apply_fn is None:
+            raise Exception(f"{self} does not define method apply")
+        return apply_fn
+
+    def get_description(self) -> str:
+        apply_fn = self.get_apply_fn()
+        docstring = apply_fn.__doc__
+        if docstring is None:
+            raise Exception(f"Missing docstring for {self}")
+        return docstring
+
     @staticmethod
     def _log_tool_application(frame: Any) -> None:
         params = {}
@@ -168,7 +181,7 @@ class Tool(Component):
             )
         return result
 
-    def apply_ex(self, *args, log_call: bool = True, catch_exceptions: bool = True, **kwargs) -> str:
+    def apply_ex(self, *args, log_call: bool = True, catch_exceptions: bool = True, **kwargs) -> str:  # type: ignore
         """
         Applies the tool with the given arguments
         """
diff --git a/src/serena/agno.py b/src/serena/agno.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1daa2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serena/agno.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from agno.agent import Agent
+from agno.models.base import Model
+from agno.tools import Function
+
+from serena.agent import SerenaAgent
+
+
+def create_agno_agent(
+    project_file_path: str, model: Model, system_prompt: str = "", markdown: bool = True, show_tool_calls: bool = True
+) -> Agent:
+    serena_agent = SerenaAgent(project_file_path)
+    tools: list[Function] = []
+    for tool in serena_agent.tools.values():
+
+        def entrypoint(*args, tool=tool, **kwargs):  # type: ignore
+            tool.apply_ex(*args, log_call=True, catch_exceptions=True, **kwargs)
+
+        function = Function.from_callable(tool.get_apply_fn())
+        function.name = tool.get_name()
+        function.entrypoint = entrypoint
+        tools.append(function)
+
+    agno_agent = Agent(
+        model=model,
+        description="Serena",
+        tools=tools,  # type: ignore
+        show_tool_calls=show_tool_calls,
+        markdown=markdown,
+        system_message=system_prompt,
+    )
+
+    return agno_agent