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"""
User Input Required
=============================

Human-in-the-Loop: Allowing users to provide input externally.
"""

from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools import tool
from agno.tools.function import UserInputField
from agno.utils import pprint


# You can either specify the user_input_fields leave empty for all fields to be provided by the user
@tool(requires_user_input=True, user_input_fields=["to_address"])
def send_email(subject: str, body: str, to_address: str) -> str:
    """
    Send an email.

    Args:
        subject (str): The subject of the email.
        body (str): The body of the email.
        to_address (str): The address to send the email to.
    """
    return f"Sent email to {to_address} with subject {subject} and body {body}"


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    tools=[send_email],
    markdown=True,
    db=SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/user_input_required.db"),
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_response = agent.run(
        "Send an email with the subject 'Hello' and the body 'Hello, world!'"
    )

    for requirement in run_response.active_requirements:
        if requirement.needs_user_input:
            input_schema: List[UserInputField] = requirement.user_input_schema  # type: ignore

            for field in input_schema:
                # Get user input for each field in the schema
                field_type = field.field_type
                field_description = field.description

                # Display field information to the user
                print(f"\nField: {field.name}")
                print(f"Description: {field_description}")
                print(f"Type: {field_type}")

                # Get user input
                if field.value is None:
                    user_value = input(f"Please enter a value for {field.name}: ")
                else:
                    print(f"Value: {field.value}")
                    user_value = field.value

                # Update the field value
                field.value = user_value

    run_response = agent.continue_run(
        run_id=run_response.run_id,
        requirements=run_response.requirements,
    )  # or agent.continue_run(run_response=run_response)
    pprint.pprint_run_response(run_response)

    # Or for simple debug flow
    # agent.print_response("Send an email with the subject 'Hello' and the body 'Hello, world!'")

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/02_agents/10_human_in_the_loop

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

python user_input_required.py