Redis for Agent

Agno supports using Redis as a storage backend for Agents using the RedisDb class.

Usage

Run Redis

Install docker desktop and run Redis on port 6379 using:

docker run -d \
  --name my-redis \
  -p 6379:6379 \
  redis

redis_for_agent.py

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.base import SessionType
from agno.db.redis import RedisDb
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools

# Initialize Redis db (use the right db_url for your setup)
db = RedisDb(db_url="redis://localhost:6379")

# Create agent with Redis db
agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

agent.print_response("How many people live in Canada?")
agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")

# Verify db contents
print("\nVerifying db contents...")
all_sessions = db.get_sessions(session_type=SessionType.AGENT)
print(f"Total sessions in Redis: {len(all_sessions)}")

if all_sessions:
    print("\nSession details:")
    session = all_sessions[0]
    print(f"The stored session: {session}")

Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
id	Optional[str]	-	The ID of the database instance. UUID by default.
redis_client	Optional[Redis]	-	Redis client instance to use. If not provided a new client will be created.
db_url	Optional[str]	-	Redis connection URL (e.g., "redis://localhost:6379/0" or "rediss://user:pass@host:port/db")
db_prefix	str	"agno"	Prefix for all Redis keys.
expire	Optional[int]	-	TTL for Redis keys in seconds.
session_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store 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.
knowledge_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store knowledge documents.
traces_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store traces.
spans_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the table to store spans.