Instructions via Function

Generate agent instructions from a function that reads the agent's own properties, such as its name.

Pass a function as instructions to generate them dynamically from the agent's properties.

Code

instructions_via_function.py
from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent


def get_instructions(agent: Agent) -> List[str]:
    return [
        f"Your name is {agent.name}!",
        "Talk in haiku's!",
        "Use poetry to answer questions.",
    ]


agent = Agent(
    name="AgentX",
    instructions=get_instructions,
    markdown=True,
)
agent.print_response("Who are you?", stream=True)

Usage

Create a Python file

Create instructions_via_function.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_via_function.py