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"""
Use JSON files as the database for an Agent.
Useful for simple demos where performance is not critical.

Run `uv pip install ddgs openai` to install dependencies."""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.json import JsonDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = JsonDb(db_path="tmp/json_db")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
    db=db,
    session_id="session_storage",
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
    num_history_runs=3,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("How many people live in France?")
    agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")
    agent.print_response("What have we been talking about?")

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/06_storage/json_db

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

python json_for_agent.py