Use JSON files as the database for an Agent.

Useful for simple demos where performance is not critical.

"""
Use JSON files as the database for an Agent.
Useful for simple demos where performance is not critical.

Run `uv pip install ddgs openai` to install dependencies."""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.json import JsonDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = JsonDb(db_path="tmp/json_db")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
    db=db,
    session_id="session_storage",
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
    num_history_runs=3,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("How many people live in France?")
    agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")
    agent.print_response("What have we been talking about?")

Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/06_storage/json_db

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python json_for_agent.py