Async SQLite for Team

HackerNews team persists sessions in a SQLite file using AsyncSqliteDb.

async_sqlite_for_team.py
"""
1. Run: `uv pip install openai ddgs newspaper4k lxml_html_clean agno sqlalchemy aiosqlite` to install the dependencies
2. Run: `python cookbook/06_storage/sqlite/async_sqlite/async_sqlite_for_team.py` to run the team
"""

import asyncio
from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import AsyncSqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from pydantic import BaseModel

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = AsyncSqliteDb(db_file="team_storage.db")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Article(BaseModel):
    title: str
    summary: str
    reference_links: List[str]

hn_researcher = Agent(
    name="HackerNews Researcher",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5.6-luna"),
    role="Gets top stories from hackernews.",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
)

web_searcher = Agent(
    name="Web Searcher",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5.6-luna"),
    role="Searches the web for information on a topic",
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
)

hn_team = Team(
    name="HackerNews Team",
    model=OpenAIChat("gpt-5.6-luna"),
    members=[hn_researcher, web_searcher],
    db=db,
    instructions=[
        "First, search hackernews for what the user is asking about.",
        "Then, ask the web searcher to search for each story to get more information.",
        "Finally, provide a thoughtful and engaging summary.",
    ],
    output_schema=Article,
    markdown=True,
    show_members_responses=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(
        hn_team.aprint_response(
            "Write an article about the top 2 stories on hackernews"
        )
    )

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno aiosqlite ddgs openai "sqlalchemy[asyncio]"

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

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

python async_sqlite_for_team.py

Full source: cookbook/06_storage/sqlite/async_sqlite/async_sqlite_for_team.py