Basic Instructions

Set the instructions parameter on an Agent to control its response style and tone.

Give the agent basic instructions to guide its response behavior and style.

Code

instructions.py
from agno.agent import Agent

agent = Agent(instructions="Share a 2 sentence story about")
agent.print_response("Love in the year 12000.")

Usage

Create a Python file

Create instructions.py with the code above.

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run Agent

python instructions.py