SurrealDb stores a Workflow’s sessions and run history in SurrealDB.
Usage
Install dependencies:uv pip install anthropic surrealdb ddgs
Run SurrealDB
Install Docker Desktop, then start SurrealDB on port8000:
docker run --rm --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root
surrealdb_for_workflow.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.surrealdb import SurrealDb
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow
SURREALDB_URL = "ws://localhost:8000"
SURREALDB_USER = "root"
SURREALDB_PASSWORD = "root"
SURREALDB_NAMESPACE = "agno"
SURREALDB_DATABASE = "surrealdb_for_workflow"
credentials = {"username": SURREALDB_USER, "password": SURREALDB_PASSWORD}
db = SurrealDb(
client=None,
db_url=SURREALDB_URL,
db_creds=credentials,
db_ns=SURREALDB_NAMESPACE,
db_db=SURREALDB_DATABASE,
)
hackernews_agent = Agent(
name="HackerNews Agent",
model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
role="Extract key insights and content from HackerNews posts",
)
web_agent = Agent(
name="Web Agent",
model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
tools=[WebSearchTools()],
role="Search the web for the latest news and trends",
)
research_team = Team(
name="Research Team",
model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
members=[hackernews_agent, web_agent],
instructions="Research tech topics from HackerNews and the web",
)
content_planner = Agent(
name="Content Planner",
model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
instructions=[
"Plan a content schedule over 4 weeks for the provided topic and research content",
"Ensure that I have posts for 3 posts per week",
],
)
research_step = Step(
name="Research Step",
team=research_team,
)
content_planning_step = Step(
name="Content Planning Step",
agent=content_planner,
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
content_creation_workflow = Workflow(
name="Content Creation Workflow",
description="Automated content creation from blog posts to social media",
db=db,
steps=[research_step, content_planning_step],
)
content_creation_workflow.print_response(
input="AI trends in 2024",
markdown=True,
)
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | Optional[str] | - | The ID of the database instance. UUID by default. |
client | Optional[Union[BlockingWsSurrealConnection, BlockingHttpSurrealConnection]] | - | A blocking connection, either HTTP or WebSocket. |
db_url | str | - | The SurrealDB connection URL. |
db_creds | dict[str, str] | - | Database credentials dictionary (username, password). |
db_ns | str | - | The SurrealDB namespace to use. |
db_db | str | - | The SurrealDB database name to use. |
session_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store Agent, Team and Workflow sessions. |
memory_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store user memories. |
metrics_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store metrics. |
eval_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store evaluation runs data. |
knowledge_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store knowledge documents data. |
culture_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store cultural knowledge data. |
traces_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store traces. |
spans_table | Optional[str] | - | Name of the table to store spans. |