# SurrealDB for Agent (/examples/storage/surrealdb/surrealdb-for-agent)



````python title="surrealdb_for_agent.py"
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/06_storage/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 [#run-the-example]

<Steps>
    <Step title="Set up your virtual environment">
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            Mac
          </CodeBlockTabsTrigger>

          <CodeBlockTabsTrigger value="Windows">
            Windows
          </CodeBlockTabsTrigger>
        </CodeBlockTabsList>

        <CodeBlockTab value="Mac">
          ```bash
          uv venv --python 3.12
          source .venv/bin/activate
          ```
        </CodeBlockTab>

        <CodeBlockTab value="Windows">
          ```bash
          uv venv --python 3.12
          .venv\Scripts\activate
          ```
        </CodeBlockTab>
      </CodeBlockTabs>
    </Step>

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash
    uv pip install -U agno anthropic ddgs surrealdb
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export your Anthropic API key">
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        <CodeBlockTabsTrigger value="Mac/Linux">
          Mac/Linux
        </CodeBlockTabsTrigger>

        <CodeBlockTabsTrigger value="Windows">
          Windows
        </CodeBlockTabsTrigger>
      </CodeBlockTabsList>

      <CodeBlockTab value="Mac/Linux">
        ```bash
        export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
        ```
      </CodeBlockTab>

      <CodeBlockTab value="Windows">
        ```bash
        $Env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
        ```
      </CodeBlockTab>
    </CodeBlockTabs>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run SurrealDB">
    ```bash
    docker run -d --rm --name surrealdb --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the example">
    Save the code above as `surrealdb_for_agent.py`, then run:

    ```bash
    python surrealdb_for_agent.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

Full source: [cookbook/06\_storage/surrealdb/surrealdb\_for\_agent.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/8f36eaf2d18e91afa7b327eec66a3cd3685dcb87/cookbook/06_storage/surrealdb/surrealdb_for_agent.py)