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This example demonstrates how to use the requires_user_input parameter with streaming responses. It shows how to collect specific user input fields while maintaining real-time streaming capabilities.

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user_input_required_stream.py
"""🤝 Human-in-the-Loop: Allowing users to provide input externally

This example shows how to use the `requires_user_input` parameter to allow users to provide input externally.
"""

from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools import tool
from agno.tools.function import UserInputField
from agno.utils import pprint


# You can either specify the user_input_fields leave empty for all fields to be provided by the user
@tool(requires_user_input=True, user_input_fields=["to_address"])
def send_email(subject: str, body: str, to_address: str) -> str:
    """
    Send an email.

    Args:
        subject (str): The subject of the email.
        body (str): The body of the email.
        to_address (str): The address to send the email to.
    """
    return f"Sent email to {to_address} with subject {subject} and body {body}"


agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    tools=[send_email],
    markdown=True,
    db=SqliteDb(session_table="test_session", db_file="tmp/example.db"),
)

for run_event in agent.run(
    "Send an email with the subject 'Hello' and the body 'Hello, world!'", stream=True
):
    if run_event.is_paused:  # Or agent.run_response.is_paused
        for tool in run_event.tools_requiring_user_input:  # type: ignore
            input_schema: List[UserInputField] = tool.user_input_schema  # type: ignore

            for field in input_schema:
                # Get user input for each field in the schema
                field_type = field.field_type
                field_description = field.description

                # Display field information to the user
                print(f"\nField: {field.name}")
                print(f"Description: {field_description}")
                print(f"Type: {field_type}")

                # Get user input
                if field.value is None:
                    user_value = input(f"Please enter a value for {field.name}: ")
                else:
                    print(f"Value: {field.value}")
                    user_value = field.value

                # Update the field value
                field.value = user_value

        run_response = agent.continue_run(
            run_id=run_event.run_id, updated_tools=run_event.tools
        )
    pprint.pprint_run_response(run_response)

# Or for simple debug flow
# agent.print_response("Send an email with the subject 'Hello' and the body 'Hello, world!'", stream=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

Install libraries

pip install -U agno openai
3

Export your OpenAI API key

  export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
4

Create a Python file

Create a Python file and add the above code.
touch user_input_required_stream.py
5

Run Agent

python user_input_required_stream.py
6

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