"""🤝 Human-in-the-Loop with OpenAI Responses API (gpt-4.1-mini)
This example mirrors the external tool execution async example but uses
OpenAIResponses with gpt-4.1-mini to validate tool-call id handling.
Run `pip install openai agno` to install dependencies.
"""
import asyncio
import subprocess
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools import tool
from agno.utils import pprint
# We have to create a tool with the correct name, arguments and docstring
# for the agent to know what to call.
@tool(external_execution=True)
def execute_shell_command(command: str) -> str:
"""Execute a shell command.
Args:
command (str): The shell command to execute
Returns:
str: The output of the shell command
"""
if (
command.startswith("ls ")
or command == "ls"
or command.startswith("cat ")
or command.startswith("head ")
):
return subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True).decode("utf-8")
raise Exception(f"Unsupported command: {command}")
agent = Agent(
model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-4.1-mini"),
tools=[execute_shell_command],
markdown=True,
)
run_response = asyncio.run(agent.arun("What files do I have in my current directory?"))
# Keep executing externally-required tools until the run completes
while (
run_response.is_paused and len(run_response.tools_awaiting_external_execution) > 0
):
for external_tool in run_response.tools_awaiting_external_execution:
if external_tool.tool_name == execute_shell_command.name:
print(
f"Executing {external_tool.tool_name} with args {external_tool.tool_args} externally"
)
result = execute_shell_command.entrypoint(**external_tool.tool_args)
external_tool.result = result
else:
print(f"Skipping unsupported external tool: {external_tool.tool_name}")
run_response = asyncio.run(agent.acontinue_run(run_response=run_response))
pprint.pprint_run_response(run_response)
# Or for simple debug flow
# agent.print_response("What files do I have in my current directory?")
Create a virtual environment
Terminal
and create a python virtual environment.python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
Install libraries
pip install -U agno openai
Run Agent
python cookbook/agents/human_in_the_loop/external_tool_execution_async_responses.py