Debug

Enable verbose debug output for every run with debug_mode, or turn it on for a single run.

debug.py
"""
Debug
=============================

Debug.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses

# You can set the debug mode on the agent for all runs to have more verbose output
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    debug_mode=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response(input="Tell me a joke.")

    # You can also set the debug mode on a single run
    agent = Agent(
        model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    )
    agent.print_response(input="Tell me a joke.", debug_mode=True)

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python debug.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/14_advanced/debug.py