from typing import List
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
class ResearchTopic(BaseModel):
"""Structured research topic with specific requirements"""
topic: str
focus_areas: List[str] = Field(description="Specific areas to focus on")
target_audience: str = Field(description="Who this research is for")
sources_required: int = Field(description="Number of sources needed", default=5)
# Define agents
hackernews_agent = Agent(
name="Hackernews Agent",
model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
role="Extract key insights and content from Hackernews posts",
input_schema=ResearchTopic,
)
# Pass a dict that matches the input schema
hackernews_agent.print_response(
input={
"topic": "AI",
"focus_areas": ["AI", "Machine Learning"],
"target_audience": "Developers",
"sources_required": "5",
}
)
# Pass a pydantic model that matches the input schema
# hackernews_agent.print_response(
# input=ResearchTopic(
# topic="AI",
# focus_areas=["AI", "Machine Learning"],
# target_audience="Developers",
# sources_required=5,
# )
# )
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 pydantic
Run Agent
python cookbook/agents/input_and_output/input_schema_on_agent.py