This example shows how to pass input to a team as a dictionary format, useful for multimodal inputs or structured data.

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Code

cookbook/examples/teams/basic/input_as_dict.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.team import Team

# Create a research team
team = Team(
    members=[
        Agent(
            name="Sarah",
            role="Data Researcher",
            instructions="Focus on gathering and analyzing data",
        ),
        Agent(
            name="Mike",
            role="Technical Writer",
            instructions="Create clear, concise summaries",
        ),
    ],
    stream=True,
    markdown=True,
)

team.print_response(
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": [
            {"type": "text", "text": "What's in this image?"},
            {
                "type": "image_url",
                "image_url": {
                    "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gfp-wisconsin-madison-the-nature-boardwalk.jpg/2560px-Gfp-wisconsin-madison-the-nature-boardwalk.jpg",
                },
            },
        ],
    },
    stream=True,
    markdown=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 required libraries

pip install agno
3

Set environment variables

export OPENAI_API_KEY=****
4

Run the agent

python cookbook/examples/teams/basic/input_as_dict.py