> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://agno-v2-service-account.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Basic Workflow

> Serve a two-step research and content planning workflow on AgentOS.

```python basic_workflow.py theme={null}
"""
Basic Workflow
==============

Demonstrates basic workflow.
"""

from agno.agent.agent import Agent

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Import the workflows
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai.chat import OpenAIChat
from agno.os import AgentOS
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow

# Define agents
hackernews_agent = Agent(
    name="Hackernews Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    role="Extract key insights and content from Hackernews posts",
)

content_planner = Agent(
    name="Content Planner",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    instructions=[
        "Plan a content schedule over 4 weeks for the provided topic and research content",
        "Ensure that I have posts for 3 posts per week",
    ],
)

# Define steps
research_step = Step(
    name="Research Step",
    agent=hackernews_agent,
)

content_planning_step = Step(
    name="Content Planning Step",
    agent=content_planner,
)

content_creation_workflow = Workflow(
    name="content-creation-workflow",
    description="Automated content creation from blog posts to social media",
    db=SqliteDb(
        session_table="workflow_session",
        db_file="tmp/workflow.db",
    ),
    steps=[research_step, content_planning_step],
)


# Initialize the AgentOS with the workflows
agent_os = AgentOS(
    description="Example OS setup",
    workflows=[content_creation_workflow],
)
app = agent_os.get_app()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent_os.serve(app="basic_workflow:app", reload=True)
```

## Run the Example

<Steps>
  <Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash theme={null}
    uv pip install -U "agno[os]" openai
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export your OpenAI API key">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash Mac/Linux theme={null}
      export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
      ```

      ```bash Windows theme={null}
      $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the example">
    Save the code above as `basic_workflow.py`, then run:

    ```bash theme={null}
    python basic_workflow.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

Full source: [cookbook/05\_agent\_os/workflow/basic\_workflow.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/cookbook/05_agent_os/workflow/basic_workflow.py)