Confirmation Required with Mixed Tools

Require confirmation for some tools only. The agent runs unconfirmed tools automatically and pauses for the ones that need approval.

Create a Python file

confirmation_required_mixed_tools.py
import json

import httpx
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools import tool
from agno.utils import pprint
from rich.console import Console
from rich.prompt import Prompt

console = Console()


def get_top_hackernews_stories(num_stories: int) -> str:
    """Fetch top stories from Hacker News.

    Args:
        num_stories (int): Number of stories to retrieve

    Returns:
        str: JSON string containing story details
    """
    # Fetch top story IDs
    response = httpx.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json")
    story_ids = response.json()

    # Yield story details
    all_stories = []
    for story_id in story_ids[:num_stories]:
        story_response = httpx.get(
            f"https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{story_id}.json"
        )
        story = story_response.json()
        if "text" in story:
            story.pop("text", None)
        all_stories.append(story)
    return json.dumps(all_stories)


@tool(requires_confirmation=True)
def send_email(to: str, subject: str, body: str) -> str:
    """Send an email.

    Args:
        to (str): Email address to send to
        subject (str): Subject of the email
        body (str): Body of the email
    """
    return f"Email sent to {to} with subject {subject} and body {body}"


agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    tools=[get_top_hackernews_stories, send_email],
    markdown=True,
    db=SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/confirmation_required_mixed_tools.db"),
)

run_response = agent.run(
    "Fetch the top 2 hackernews stories and email them to john@doe.com."
)
if run_response.is_paused:
    for requirement in run_response.active_requirements:
        if requirement.needs_confirmation:
            # Ask for confirmation
            console.print(
                f"Tool name [bold blue]{requirement.tool_execution.tool_name}({requirement.tool_execution.tool_args})[/] requires confirmation."
            )
            message = (
                Prompt.ask("Do you want to continue?", choices=["y", "n"], default="y")
                .strip()
                .lower()
            )

            if message == "n":
                requirement.reject()
            else:
                requirement.confirm()

    run_response = agent.continue_run(
        run_id=run_response.run_id,
        requirements=run_response.requirements,
    )
    pprint.pprint_run_response(run_response)

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai httpx rich sqlalchemy

Export your OpenAI API key

  export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run Agent

python confirmation_required_mixed_tools.py