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"""
Basic Workflow
==============

Demonstrates basic workflow.
"""

from agno.agent.agent import Agent

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Import the workflows
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai.chat import OpenAIChat
from agno.os import AgentOS
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow

# Define agents
hackernews_agent = Agent(
    name="Hackernews Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    role="Extract key insights and content from Hackernews posts",
)

content_planner = Agent(
    name="Content Planner",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    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",
    ],
)

# Define steps
research_step = Step(
    name="Research Step",
    agent=hackernews_agent,
)

content_planning_step = Step(
    name="Content Planning Step",
    agent=content_planner,
)

content_creation_workflow = Workflow(
    name="content-creation-workflow",
    description="Automated content creation from blog posts to social media",
    db=SqliteDb(
        session_table="workflow_session",
        db_file="tmp/workflow.db",
    ),
    steps=[research_step, content_planning_step],
)


# Initialize the AgentOS with the workflows
agent_os = AgentOS(
    description="Example OS setup",
    workflows=[content_creation_workflow],
)
app = agent_os.get_app()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent_os.serve(app="basic_workflow:app", reload=True)

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/05_agent_os/workflow

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python basic_workflow.py