Load Agent from Database

Demonstrates loading an agent from the database by ID and running it.

get_agent.py

"""
Load Agent from Database
========================

Demonstrates loading an agent from the database by ID and running it.
"""

from agno.agent.agent import get_agent_by_id, get_agents  # noqa: F401
from agno.db.postgres import PostgresDb

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Database Client
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = PostgresDb(db_url="postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent Load Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent = get_agent_by_id(db=db, id="agno-agent")

    if agent:
        agent.print_response("How many people live in Canada?")
    else:
        print("Agent not found")

    # You can also get all agents from the database
    # agents = get_agents(db=db)
    # for agent in agents:
    #     print(agent)

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno "psycopg[binary]" openai sqlalchemy

Export your API keys

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

$Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run PgVector

docker run -d \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ai \
  -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql \
  -v pgvolume:/var/lib/postgresql \
  -p 5532:5432 \
  --name pgvector \
  agnohq/pgvector:18

docker run -d `
  -e POSTGRES_DB=ai `
  -e POSTGRES_USER=ai `
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ai `
  -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql `
  -v pgvolume:/var/lib/postgresql `
  -p 5532:5432 `
  --name pgvector `
  agnohq/pgvector:18

Clone Agno

Clone the repository and run the remaining commands from its root:

git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno

Save the agent

Persist the agno-agent record before loading it:

python cookbook/93_components/save_agent.py

Run the example

Run the example from the repository root:

python cookbook/93_components/get_agent.py

Full source: cookbook/93_components/get_agent.py

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