Use MySQL as the database for an agent

Store agent sessions in MySQL and add history to context across runs.

mysql_for_agent.py

"""Use MySQL as the database for an agent.

Run `uv pip install openai` to install dependencies."""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.mysql import MySQLDb

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db_url = "mysql+pymysql://ai:ai@localhost:3306/ai"
db = MySQLDb(db_url=db_url)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("How many people live in Canada?")
    agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

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

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno openai pymysql sqlalchemy
   
3. Export your OpenAI API key

   Mac/Linux

   export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   
4. Run MySQL

   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
   
5. Run the example

   Save the code above as mysql_for_agent.py, then run:

   python mysql_for_agent.py
   

Full source: cookbook/06_storage/mysql/mysql_for_agent.py