Usage
Team with Custom Tools
Combine an `@tool`-decorated FAQ lookup with a web-search agent member so a team answers from a knowledge base first and falls back to search.
Create a team that uses custom tools alongside agent tools to answer questions from a knowledge base and fall back to web search when needed.
Code
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools import tool
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
@tool()
def answer_from_known_questions(question: str) -> str:
"""Answer a question from a small built-in FAQ."""
faq = {
"What is the capital of France?": "Paris",
"What is the capital of Germany?": "Berlin",
"What is the capital of Italy?": "Rome",
"What is the capital of Spain?": "Madrid",
"What is the capital of Portugal?": "Lisbon",
"What is the capital of Greece?": "Athens",
"What is the capital of Turkey?": "Ankara",
}
if question in faq:
return f"From my knowledge base: {faq[question]}"
return "I don't have that information in my knowledge base. Try asking the web search agent."
# Create web search agent for fallback
web_agent = Agent(
name="Web Agent",
role="Search the web for information",
tools=[WebSearchTools()],
markdown=True,
)
# Create team with custom tool and agent members
team = Team(name="Q & A team", members=[web_agent], tools=[answer_from_known_questions])
# Test the team
team.print_response("What is the capital of France?", stream=True)
# Display session information
print("\nTeam Session Info:")
print(f" Session ID: {team.session_id}")
print(f" Session State: {team.session_state}")
# Show team capabilities
print("\nTeam Tools Available:")
for t in team.tools:
print(f" - {t.name}: {t.description}")
print("\nTeam Members:")
for member in team.members:
print(f" - {member.name}: {member.role}")Usage
Create a Python file
Create team_with_custom_tools.py with the code above.
Set up your virtual environment
uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activateInstall dependencies
uv pip install -U agno openai ddgsExport your OpenAI API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"Run Team
python team_with_custom_tools.py