Async Retriever

import asyncio
from typing import Optional

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.knowledge.embedder.openai import OpenAIEmbedder
from agno.knowledge.knowledge import Knowledge
from agno.vectordb.qdrant import Qdrant
from qdrant_client import AsyncQdrantClient

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# This section loads the knowledge base. Skip if your knowledge base was populated elsewhere.
# Define the embedder
embedder = OpenAIEmbedder(id="text-embedding-3-small")
# Initialize vector database connection
vector_db = Qdrant(
    collection="thai-recipes", url="http://localhost:6333", embedder=embedder
)
# Load the knowledge base
knowledge = Knowledge(
    vector_db=vector_db,
)

knowledge.insert(
    url="https://agno-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf",
)


# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Define the custom async knowledge retriever
# This is the function that the agent will use to retrieve documents
async def knowledge_retriever(
    query: str, agent: Optional[Agent] = None, num_documents: int = 5, **kwargs
) -> Optional[list[dict]]:
    """
    Custom async knowledge retriever function to search the vector database for relevant documents.

    Args:
        query (str): The search query string
        agent (Agent): The agent instance making the query
        num_documents (int): Number of documents to retrieve (default: 5)
        **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments

    Returns:
        Optional[list[dict]]: List of retrieved documents or None if search fails
    """
    try:
        qdrant_client = AsyncQdrantClient(url="http://localhost:6333")
        query_embedding = embedder.get_embedding(query)
        results = await qdrant_client.query_points(
            collection_name="thai-recipes",
            query=query_embedding,
            limit=num_documents,
        )
        results_dict = results.model_dump()
        if "points" in results_dict:
            return results_dict["points"]
        else:
            return None
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error during vector database search: {str(e)}")
        return None


async def amain():
    """Async main function to demonstrate agent usage."""
    # Initialize agent with custom knowledge retriever
    # The knowledge object is required to register the search_knowledge_base tool
    # The knowledge_retriever overrides the default retrieval logic
    agent = Agent(
        knowledge=knowledge,
        knowledge_retriever=knowledge_retriever,
        search_knowledge=True,
        instructions="Search the knowledge base for information",
    )

    # Example query
    query = "List down the ingredients to make Massaman Gai"
    await agent.aprint_response(query, markdown=True)


def main():
    """Synchronous wrapper for main function"""
    asyncio.run(amain())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/07_knowledge/custom_retriever

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python async_retriever.py