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Agno supports using SurrealDB as a storage backend for Workflows using the SurrealDb class.

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Usage

Run SurreabDB locally with the following command: 
docker run --rm --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root
surrealdb_for_workflow.py

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.duckduckgo import DuckDuckGoTools
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow

# SurrealDB connection parameters
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)

# Define agents
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=[DuckDuckGoTools()],
    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,
)

# Create and use 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,
    )

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Params

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
idOptional[str]-The ID of the database instance. UUID by default.
clientOptional[Union[BlockingWsSurrealConnection, BlockingHttpSurrealConnection]]-A blocking connection, either HTTP or WebSocket.
db_urlstr-The SurrealDB connection URL.
db_credsdict[str, str]-Database credentials dictionary (username, password).
db_nsstr-The SurrealDB namespace to use.
db_dbstr-The SurrealDB database name to use.
session_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store Agent, Team and Workflow sessions.
memory_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store user memories.
metrics_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store metrics.
eval_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store evaluation runs data.
knowledge_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store knowledge documents data.
culture_tableOptional[str]-Name of the table to store cultural knowledge data.

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