Agno supports using local JSON files as a storage backend for Teams using the JsonDb class.

Usage

json_for_team.py
"""
Run: `pip install openai ddgs newspaper4k lxml_html_clean agno` to install the dependencies
"""

from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.json import JsonDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools.duckduckgo import DuckDuckGoTools
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from pydantic import BaseModel

# Setup the JSON database
db = JsonDb(db_path="tmp/json_db")


class Article(BaseModel):
    title: str
    summary: str
    reference_links: List[str]


hn_researcher = Agent(
    name="HackerNews Researcher",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5-mini"),
    role="Gets top stories from hackernews.",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
)

web_searcher = Agent(
    name="Web Searcher",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5-mini"),
    role="Searches the web for information on a topic",
    tools=[DuckDuckGoTools()],
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
)


hn_team = Team(
    name="HackerNews Team",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5-mini"),
    members=[hn_researcher, web_searcher],
    db=db,
    instructions=[
        "First, search hackernews for what the user is asking about.",
        "Then, ask the web searcher to search for each story to get more information.",
        "Finally, provide a thoughtful and engaging summary.",
    ],
    output_schema=Article,
    markdown=True,
    show_members_responses=True,
)

hn_team.print_response("Write an article about the top 2 stories on hackernews")

Params

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
db_pathOptional[str]-Path to the directory where JSON files will be stored.
session_tableOptional[str]-Name of the JSON file to store sessions (without .json extension).
memory_tableOptional[str]-Name of the JSON file to store memories.
metrics_tableOptional[str]-Name of the JSON file to store metrics.
eval_tableOptional[str]-Name of the JSON file to store evaluation runs.
knowledge_tableOptional[str]-Name of the JSON file to store knowledge content.

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