Confirmation Toolkit

Gate a toolkit's web_search tool behind user confirmation with requires_confirmation_tools.

confirmation_toolkit.py
"""
Confirmation Toolkit
=============================

Human-in-the-Loop: Adding User Confirmation to Tool Calls.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from agno.utils import pprint
from rich.console import Console
from rich.prompt import Prompt

console = Console()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools(requires_confirmation_tools=["web_search"])],
    markdown=True,
    db=SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/confirmation_required_toolkit.db"),
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_response = agent.run("What is the current stock price of Apple?")
    if run_response.is_paused:  # Or agent.run_response.is_paused
        for requirement in run_response.active_requirements:
            if requirement.needs_confirmation:
                # Ask for confirmation
                console.print(
                    f"Tool name [bold blue]{requirement.tool_execution.tool_name}({requirement.tool_execution.tool_args})[/] requires confirmation."
                )
                message = (
                    Prompt.ask(
                        "Do you want to continue?", choices=["y", "n"], default="y"
                    )
                    .strip()
                    .lower()
                )

                if message == "n":
                    requirement.reject()
                else:
                    requirement.confirm()

        run_response = agent.continue_run(
            run_id=run_response.run_id,
            requirements=run_response.requirements,
        )
        pprint.pprint_run_response(run_response)

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno ddgs openai sqlalchemy

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python confirmation_toolkit.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/10_human_in_the_loop/confirmation_toolkit.py