> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.agno.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run SurrealDB in a container before running this script

> docker run --rm --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root.

```python theme={null}
r"""
Run SurrealDB in a container before running this script

```

docker run --rm --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root

```

or with

```

surreal start -u root -p root

```

Then, run this test like this:

```

uv run cookbook/db/surrealdb/surrealdb\_for\_agent.py

```
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.surrealdb import SurrealDb
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SURREALDB_URL = "ws://localhost:8000"
SURREALDB_USER = "root"
SURREALDB_PASSWORD = "root"
SURREALDB_NAMESPACE = "agno"
SURREALDB_DATABASE = "surrealdb_for_agent"

creds = {"username": SURREALDB_USER, "password": SURREALDB_PASSWORD}
db = SurrealDb(None, SURREALDB_URL, creds, SURREALDB_NAMESPACE, SURREALDB_DATABASE)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("How many people live in Costa Rica?")
    agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")
```

## Run the Example

```bash theme={null}
# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/06_storage/surrealdb

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

python surrealdb_for_agent.py
```