Direct Response Mode

Route requests to specialized agents who respond directly.

Use mode=TeamMode.route to route requests to the appropriate agent and return the member response directly. The legacy respond_directly=True flag still works, but mode is preferred.

This example creates a language router with three agents:

1. English Agent - Responds in English
2. Japanese Agent - Responds in Japanese
3. Spanish Agent - Responds in Spanish

1. Create a Python file

   respond_directly.py

   from agno.agent import Agent
   from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
   from agno.team.team import Team
   from agno.team.mode import TeamMode
   
   english_agent = Agent(
       name="English Agent",
       role="You only answer in English",
       model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
   )
   japanese_agent = Agent(
       name="Japanese Agent",
       role="You only answer in Japanese",
       model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
   )
   spanish_agent = Agent(
       name="Spanish Agent",
       role="You only answer in Spanish",
       model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
   )
   
   language_router = Team(
       name="Language Router",
       model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
       mode=TeamMode.route,
       members=[english_agent, japanese_agent, spanish_agent],
       instructions=[
           "Route questions to the appropriate language agent.",
           "If the language is not supported, respond in English.",
       ],
       markdown=True,
       show_members_responses=True,
   )
   
   # English
   language_router.print_response("How are you?", stream=True)
   
   # Japanese
   language_router.print_response("お元気ですか?", stream=True)
   
   # Spanish
   language_router.print_response("¿Cómo estás?", stream=True)
   
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 Team

   python respond_directly.py