JSON for Team

Agno supports using local JSON files as a storage backend for Teams using the JsonDb class.

Usage

json_for_team.py

"""
Run: `uv pip install openai newspaper4k lxml_html_clean agno` to install the dependencies
"""

from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.json import JsonDb
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

# Setup the JSON database
db = JsonDb(db_path="tmp/json_db")

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_path	Optional[str]	-	Path to the directory where JSON files will be stored.
session_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store sessions (without .json extension).
memory_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store memories.
metrics_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store metrics.
eval_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store evaluation runs.
knowledge_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store knowledge content.
traces_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store traces.
spans_table	Optional[str]	-	Name of the JSON file to store spans.