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

# Chat History

> Demonstrates retrieving chat history and limiting included history messages.

```python chat_history.py theme={null}
"""
Chat History
=============================

Demonstrates retrieving chat history and limiting included history messages.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.postgres import PostgresDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.team import Team

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"
db = PostgresDb(db_url=db_url, session_table="sessions")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Members
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"))

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
history_team = Team(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    members=[agent],
    db=db,
)

limited_history_team = Team(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    members=[Agent(model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"))],
    db=db,
    add_history_to_context=True,
    num_history_messages=1,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    history_team.print_response("Tell me a new interesting fact about space")
    print(history_team.get_chat_history())

    history_team.print_response("Tell me a new interesting fact about oceans")
    print(history_team.get_chat_history())

    limited_history_team.print_response("Tell me a new interesting fact about space")
    limited_history_team.print_response(
        "Repeat the last message, but make it much more concise"
    )
```

## Run the Example

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

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

  <Step title="Export your OpenAI API key">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash Mac/Linux theme={null}
      export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
      ```

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

  <Snippet file="run-pgvector-step.mdx" />

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

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

Full source: [cookbook/03\_teams/07\_session/chat\_history.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/cookbook/03_teams/07_session/chat_history.py)