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"""
Search User Memories
====================

This example shows how to search user memories using different retrieval
methods such as last_n, first_n, and agentic retrieval.
"""

from agno.db.postgres import PostgresDb
from agno.memory import MemoryManager, UserMemory
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from rich.pretty import pprint

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"
memory_db = PostgresDb(db_url=db_url)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Memory Manager
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
memory = MemoryManager(model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"), db=memory_db)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Memory Search
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    john_doe_id = "[email protected]"
    memory.add_user_memory(
        memory=UserMemory(memory="The user enjoys hiking in the mountains on weekends"),
        user_id=john_doe_id,
    )
    memory.add_user_memory(
        memory=UserMemory(
            memory="The user enjoys reading science fiction novels before bed"
        ),
        user_id=john_doe_id,
    )
    print("John Doe's memories:")
    pprint(memory.get_user_memories(user_id=john_doe_id))

    memories = memory.search_user_memories(
        user_id=john_doe_id, limit=1, retrieval_method="last_n"
    )
    print("\nJohn Doe's last_n memories:")
    pprint(memories)

    memories = memory.search_user_memories(
        user_id=john_doe_id, limit=1, retrieval_method="first_n"
    )
    print("\nJohn Doe's first_n memories:")
    pprint(memories)

    memories = memory.search_user_memories(
        user_id=john_doe_id,
        query="What does the user like to do on weekends?",
        retrieval_method="agentic",
    )
    print("\nJohn Doe's memories similar to the query (agentic):")
    pprint(memories)

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/11_memory/memory_manager

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

python 04_memory_search.py