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cookbook/apps/slack/basic.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.app.slack.app import SlackAPI
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

basic_agent = Agent(
    name="Basic Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    add_history_to_messages=True,
    num_history_responses=3,
    add_datetime_to_instructions=True,
)

slack_api_app = SlackAPI(
    agent=basic_agent,
    name="Basic Agent",
    app_id="basic_agent",
    description="A basic agent that can answer questions and help with tasks.",
)
app = slack_api_app.get_app()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    slack_api_app.serve("basic:app", port=8000, reload=True)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Set your API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
3

Install libraries

pip install -U agno openai "uvicorn[standard]"
4

Run Agent

python cookbook/apps/slack/basic.py