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# MySQL for Agent

> Store agent sessions and run history in MySQL with MySQLDb.

`MySQLDb` stores an Agent's sessions and run history in MySQL.

## Usage

Install the `sqlalchemy`, `pymysql`, and `openai` packages:

```shell theme={null}
uv pip install sqlalchemy pymysql openai
```

### Run MySQL

Install [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/get-docker/), then start MySQL on port `3306`:

```bash theme={null}
docker run -d \
  --name mysql \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ai \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=ai \
  -e MYSQL_USER=ai \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=ai \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  mysql:8
```

```python mysql_for_agent.py theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.mysql import MySQLDb

db_url = "mysql+pymysql://ai:ai@localhost:3306/ai"

db = MySQLDb(db_url=db_url)

agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    add_history_to_context=True,
)
agent.print_response("How many people live in Canada?")
agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")
```

## Parameters

<Snippet file="db-mysql-params.mdx" />