This example demonstrates how to create an agent with basic session state management, maintaining a shopping list across interactions using SQLite storage.
from agno.agent import Agentfrom agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDbfrom agno.models.openai import OpenAIChatdef add_item(session_state, item: str) -> str: """Add an item to the shopping list.""" session_state["shopping_list"].append(item) # type: ignore return f"The shopping list is now {session_state['shopping_list']}" # type: ignore# Create an Agent that maintains stateagent = Agent( model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"), # Initialize the session state with a counter starting at 0 (this is the default session state for all users) session_state={"shopping_list": []}, db=SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/agents.db"), tools=[add_item], # You can use variables from the session state in the instructions instructions="Current state (shopping list) is: {shopping_list}", markdown=True,)# Example usageagent.print_response("Add milk, eggs, and bread to the shopping list", stream=True)print(f"Final session state: {agent.get_session_state()}")