This example demonstrates how to enable debug mode for agents to get more verbose output and detailed information about agent execution.

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Code

cookbook/agents/other/debug.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

# You can set the debug mode on the agent for all runs to have more verbose output
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    debug_mode=True,
)

agent.print_response(input="Tell me a joke.")


# You can also set the debug mode on a single run
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
)
agent.print_response(input="Tell me a joke.", debug_mode=True)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Install libraries

pip install -U agno openai
3

Run Agent

python cookbook/agents/other/debug.py