Agentic State

Enable agentic session state so the agent updates session state on its own based on the conversation. Here the agent manages a shopping list as the user talks to it.

1. Create a Python file

   agentic_session_state.py

   from agno.agent import Agent
   from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
   from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
   
   db = SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/agents.db")
   agent = Agent(
       model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
       db=db,
       session_state={"shopping_list": []},
       add_session_state_to_context=True,
       enable_agentic_state=True,
   )
   
   agent.print_response("Add milk, eggs, and bread to the shopping list", stream=True)
   
   agent.print_response("I picked up the eggs, now what's on my list?", stream=True)
   
   print(f"Session state: {agent.get_session_state()}")
   
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 sqlalchemy
   
4. Export your OpenAI API key

   Set OpenAI Key

   Set your OPENAI_API_KEY as an environment variable. You can get one from OpenAI.

   Mac

   export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-***
   

   setx OPENAI_API_KEY sk-***
   
5. Run Agent

   python agentic_session_state.py