> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SurrealDB for Agent

> Claude agent persists sessions in SurrealDB over a WebSocket connection.

````python surrealdb_for_agent.py theme={null}
r"""
Run SurrealDB in a container before running this script

```
docker run --rm --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root
```

or with

```
surreal start -u root -p root
```

Then, run this test like this:

```
uv run cookbook/db/surrealdb/surrealdb_for_agent.py
```
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.surrealdb import SurrealDb
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SURREALDB_URL = "ws://localhost:8000"
SURREALDB_USER = "root"
SURREALDB_PASSWORD = "root"
SURREALDB_NAMESPACE = "agno"
SURREALDB_DATABASE = "surrealdb_for_agent"

creds = {"username": SURREALDB_USER, "password": SURREALDB_PASSWORD}
db = SurrealDb(None, SURREALDB_URL, creds, SURREALDB_NAMESPACE, SURREALDB_DATABASE)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

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

## Run the Example

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

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

  <Step title="Export your Anthropic API key">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash Mac/Linux theme={null}
      export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
      ```

      ```bash Windows theme={null}
      $Env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run SurrealDB">
    ```bash theme={null}
    docker run -d --rm --name surrealdb --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass root
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the example">
    Save the code above as `surrealdb_for_agent.py`, then run:

    ```bash theme={null}
    python surrealdb_for_agent.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

Full source: [cookbook/06\_storage/surrealdb/surrealdb\_for\_agent.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/cookbook/06_storage/surrealdb/surrealdb_for_agent.py)