Stream Hook

Send a notification from a post_hook after a streamed agent response completes.

Example demonstrating sending a notification to the user after an agent generates a response.

stream_hook.py
"""
Stream Hook
=============================

Example demonstrating sending a notification to the user after an agent generates a response.
"""

import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.run import RunContext
from agno.run.agent import RunOutput
from agno.tools.yfinance import YFinanceTools


def send_notification(run_output: RunOutput, run_context: RunContext) -> None:
    """
    Post-hook: Send a notification to the user.
    """
    if run_context.metadata is None:
        return
    email = run_context.metadata.get("email")
    if email:
        send_email(email, run_output.content)


def send_email(email: str, content: str) -> None:
    """
    Send an email to the user. Mock, just for the example.
    """
    print(f"Sending email to {email}: {content}")


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
async def main():
    # Agent with comprehensive output validation

    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Create Agent
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    agent = Agent(
        name="Financial Report Agent",
        model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
        post_hooks=[send_notification],
        tools=[YFinanceTools()],
        instructions=[
            "You are a helpful financial report agent.",
            "Generate a financial report for the given company.",
            "Keep it short and concise.",
        ],
    )

    # Run the agent
    await agent.aprint_response(
        "Generate a financial report for Apple (AAPL).",
        user_id="user_123",
        metadata={"email": "test@example.com"},
        stream=True,
    )


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

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 yfinance

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python stream_hook.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/09_hooks/stream_hook.py