This is a basic agent state management example which shows how to manage and update agent state by maintaining a dynamic shopping list.
Code
cookbook/agent_concepts/state/session_state.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
def add_item(agent: Agent, item: str) -> str:
"""Add an item to the shopping list."""
agent.session_state["shopping_list"].append(item)
return f"The shopping list is now {agent.session_state['shopping_list']}"
# Create an Agent that maintains state
agent = Agent(
model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o-mini"),
# Initialize the session state with a counter starting at 0
session_state={"shopping_list": []},
tools=[add_item],
# You can use variables from the session state in the instructions
instructions="Current state (shopping list) is: {shopping_list}",
# Important: Add the state to the messages
add_state_in_messages=True,
markdown=True,
)
# Example usage
agent.print_response("Add milk, eggs, and bread to the shopping list", stream=True)
print(f"Final session state: {agent.session_state}")
Usage
Create a virtual environment
Open the Terminal
and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
Set your API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
Install libraries
pip install -U openai agno
Run Example
python cookbook/agent_concepts/state/session_state.py