Basic Agent

Create a minimal agent with an OpenAIResponses model and print a streamed response.

Basic Agent Quickstart.

basic_agent.py
"""
Basic Agent
=============================

Basic Agent Quickstart.
"""

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

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    name="Quickstart Agent",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response(
        "Say hello and introduce yourself in one sentence.", stream=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 basic_agent.py, then run:

python basic_agent.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/01_quickstart/basic_agent.py