MySQL for Team

Agno supports using MySQL as a storage backend for Teams using the MySQLDb class.

Usage

Run MySQL

Install docker desktop and run MySQL on port 3306 using:

docker run -d \
  --name mysql \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ai \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=ai \
  -e MYSQL_USER=ai \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=ai \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  -d mysql:8

mysql_for_team.py

from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.mysql import MySQLDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.team import Team
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from pydantic import BaseModel

# MySQL connection settings
db_url = "mysql+pymysql://ai:ai@localhost:3306/ai"
db = MySQLDb(db_url=db_url)

class Article(BaseModel):
    title: str
    summary: str
    reference_links: List[str]

hn_researcher = Agent(
    name="HackerNews Researcher",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    role="Gets top stories from hackernews.",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
)

web_searcher = Agent(
    name="Web Searcher",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    role="Searches the web for information on a topic",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
)

hn_team = Team(
    name="HackerNews Team",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    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,
)

hn_team.print_response("Write an article about the top 2 stories on hackernews")

Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
id	Optional[str]	-	The ID of the database instance. UUID by default.
db_engine	Optional[Engine]	-	The SQLAlchemy database engine to use.
db_schema	Optional[str]	-	The database schema to use.
db_url	Optional[str]	-	The database URL to connect to.
session_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store Agent, Team and Workflow sessions.
memory_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store memories.
metrics_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store metrics.
eval_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store evaluation runs data.
knowledge_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store knowledge content.
traces_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store traces.
spans_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store spans.