Memory Manager

Use a MemoryManager to give agents persistent memory across sessions.

memory_manager.py
"""
Memory Manager
=============================

Use a MemoryManager to give agents persistent memory across sessions.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.memory.manager import MemoryManager
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/memory_demo.db")

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    db=db,
    # Enable agentic memory so the agent can store and retrieve memories
    enable_agentic_memory=True,
    # Provide a MemoryManager for structured memory operations
    memory_manager=MemoryManager(
        db=db,
        model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    ),
    markdown=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # First interaction: tell the agent something to remember
    agent.print_response(
        "My name is Alice and I prefer Python over JavaScript.",
        stream=True,
    )

    print("\n--- Second interaction ---\n")

    # Second interaction: the agent should recall the preference
    agent.print_response(
        "What programming language do I prefer?",
        stream=True,
    )

Demonstrate recall across sessions

The source is a single-user demonstration: without user_id, memory uses the shared default user, and the two calls reuse one generated session. Memory still works in that configuration.

To demonstrate cross-session recall, replace both calls in the saved script with the following. Keep the same SQLite path and user ID across runs; separate users need separate IDs. With agentic memory, the model must choose to save the preference.

agent.print_response(
    "Remember that my name is Alice and I prefer Python over JavaScript.",
    user_id="alice",
    session_id="alice-first-visit",
    stream=True,
)
agent.print_response(
    "What programming language do I prefer?",
    user_id="alice",
    session_id="alice-second-visit",
    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 sqlalchemy

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python memory_manager.py

Full source: cookbook/02_agents/06_memory_and_learning/memory_manager.py