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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:

1. Run: `uv pip install anthropic ddgs newspaper4k lxml_html_clean surrealdb agno` to install the dependencies.
2. Run: `python cookbook/db/surrealdb/surrealdb_for_workflow.py` to run the workflow.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.surrealdb import SurrealDb
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow

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

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

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Workflow
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
hackernews_agent = Agent(
    name="Hackernews Agent",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    role="Extract key insights and content from Hackernews posts",
)
web_agent = Agent(
    name="Web Agent",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    role="Search the web for the latest news and trends",
)

# Define research team for complex analysis
research_team = Team(
    name="Research Team",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    members=[hackernews_agent, web_agent],
    instructions="Research tech topics from Hackernews and the web",
)

content_planner = Agent(
    name="Content Planner",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    instructions=[
        "Plan a content schedule over 4 weeks for the provided topic and research content",
        "Ensure that I have posts for 3 posts per week",
    ],
)

# Define steps
research_step = Step(
    name="Research Step",
    team=research_team,
)

content_planning_step = Step(
    name="Content Planning Step",
    agent=content_planner,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Workflow
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    content_creation_workflow = Workflow(
        name="Content Creation Workflow",
        description="Automated content creation from blog posts to social media",
        db=db,
        steps=[research_step, content_planning_step],
    )
    content_creation_workflow.print_response(
        input="AI trends in 2024",
        markdown=True,
    )

​
Run the Example

# 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_workflow.py