Expected Output
Demonstrates setting a team-level `expected_output` to describe the desired run result shape.
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Expected Output
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Demonstrates setting a team-level `expected_output` to describe the desired
run result shape.
"""
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.team import Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Members
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
incident_analyst = Agent(
name="Incident Analyst",
model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
instructions=[
"Extract outcomes and risks clearly.",
"Avoid unnecessary speculation.",
],
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
incident_team = Team(
name="Incident Reporting Team",
model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5-mini"),
members=[incident_analyst],
expected_output=(
"Three sections: Summary, Impact, and Next Step. "
"Keep each section to one sentence."
),
instructions=[
"Summarize incidents in a clear operational style.",
"Prefer plain language over technical jargon.",
],
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
incident_team.print_response(
(
"A deployment changed the auth callback behavior, login requests increased by 12%, "
"and a rollback script is already prepared."
),
stream=True,
)Describing an output
expected_output is text added to the team's prompt. It requests the three sections but does not validate section names or sentence counts. Use output_schema with a Pydantic model when downstream code needs named, typed fields.
Run the Example
Set up your virtual environment
uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activateInstall dependencies
uv pip install -U agno openaiExport your OpenAI API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"Run the example
Save the code above as expected_output.py, then run:
python expected_output.pyFull source: cookbook/03_teams/04_structured_input_output/expected_output.py