Building Teams

Define team members, roles, and structure for multi-agent coordination.

Start simple: a model, team members, and instructions. Add functionality as needed.

Minimal Example

research_team.py

from agno.team import Team
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools
from agno.tools.yfinance import YFinanceTools

news_agent = Agent(
    name="News Agent",
    role="Get trending tech news from HackerNews",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()]
)

finance_agent = Agent(
    name="Finance Agent",
    role="Get stock prices and financial data",
    tools=[YFinanceTools()]
)

team = Team(
    name="Research Team",
    members=[news_agent, finance_agent],
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-4o"),
    instructions="Delegate to the appropriate agent based on the request."
)

team.print_response("What are the trending AI stories and how is NVDA stock doing?", stream=True)

Team Modes

Teams default to coordinate mode (leader delegates and synthesizes). Set mode to change how the leader collaborates with members.

from agno.team.mode import TeamMode
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses

team = Team(
    name="Language Router",
    members=[...],
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-4o"),
    mode=TeamMode.route
)

Tasks mode runs an iterative task loop. Use max_iterations to cap how many cycles the leader can run.

from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses

team = Team(
    name="Ops Team",
    members=[...],
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-4o"),
    mode=TeamMode.tasks,
    max_iterations=6
)

Callable Factories

You can define members, tools, or knowledge as callables that are resolved at runtime with access to the run context.

Team Members

Each member should have a name and role. The team leader uses these to decide who handles what.

news_agent = Agent(
    name="News Agent",                              # Identifies the agent
    role="Get trending tech news from HackerNews",  # Tells the leader what this agent does
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()]
)

For better tracing, also set an id:

news_agent = Agent(
    id="news-agent",
    name="News Agent",
    role="Get trending tech news from HackerNews",
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()]
)

When both id and name are set on a member, team delegation uses id as the member identifier.

Nested Teams

Teams can contain other teams. The top-level leader delegates to sub-team leaders, who delegate to their members.

from agno.team import Team
from agno.agent import Agent

team = Team(
    name="Language Team",
    members=[
        Agent(name="English Agent", role="Answer in English"),
        Agent(name="Chinese Agent", role="Answer in Chinese"),
        Team(
            name="Germanic Team",
            role="Handle German and Dutch questions",
            members=[
                Agent(name="German Agent", role="Answer in German"),
                Agent(name="Dutch Agent", role="Answer in Dutch"),
            ],
        ),
    ],
)

Model Inheritance

Team members inherit the model from their parent team if not explicitly set.

from agno.team import Team
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude

# This agent uses its own model (Claude)
agent_with_model = Agent(
    name="Claude Agent",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5"),
    role="Research with Claude"
)

# This agent inherits gpt-4o from the team
agent_without_model = Agent(
    name="Inherited Agent",
    role="Research with inherited model"
)

team = Team(
    name="Research Team",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-4o"),  # Default for team and members without a model
    members=[agent_with_model, agent_without_model]
)

Team Features

Teams support the same features as agents:

Feature	Description
Instructions	Guide the team leader on how to coordinate
Mode	Choose the coordination strategy (coordinate, route, broadcast, tasks)
Database	Persist session history and state
Reasoning	Enable the leader to plan before delegating
Knowledge	Give the leader access to a knowledge base
Memory	Store and recall information across sessions
Tools	Give the leader tools to use directly

See the guides below to add these features.

Next Steps

Task	Guide
Run teams	Running Teams
Control delegation	Delegation
Add chat history	Chat History
Manage sessions	Sessions
Handle input/output	Input and Output
Add knowledge	Knowledge
Add guardrails	Guardrails

Developer Resources

• Team reference
• Team examples