> ## 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.

# Async Basic Agent

> Run a Perplexity-powered Agno agent asynchronously.

## Code

```python async_basic.py theme={null}
import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.perplexity import Perplexity

agent = Agent(model=Perplexity(id="sonar-pro"), markdown=True)

asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story"))

```

## Usage

<Steps>
  <Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

  <Step title="Set your API key">
    ```bash theme={null}
    export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=xxx
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash theme={null}
    uv pip install -U openai agno
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run Agent">
    ```bash theme={null}
    python async_basic.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>