Basic Instructions

This example demonstrates how to provide basic instructions to an agent to guide its response behavior and storytelling style.

Code

instructions.py

from agno.agent import Agent

agent = Agent(instructions="Share a 2 sentence story about")
agent.print_response("Love in the year 12000.")

Usage

1. Create a Python file

   Create instructions.py with the code above.

2. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

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

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
3. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno openai
   
4. Export your OpenAI API key

   Mac/Linux

   export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   
5. Run Agent

   python instructions.py