> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Save Team to Database

> Persist a two-member Team (researcher and writer) to PostgresDb with team.save(), returning a new version each time.

Demonstrates creating a team with member agents and saving it to the database.

```python save_team.py theme={null}
"""
Save Team to Database
=====================

Demonstrates creating a team with member agents and saving it to the database.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.postgres import PostgresDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.team import Team

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = PostgresDb(db_url="postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Member Agents
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define member agents
researcher = Agent(
    id="researcher-agent",
    name="Researcher",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.6-luna"),
    role="Research and gather information",
)

writer = Agent(
    id="writer-agent",
    name="Writer",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.6-luna"),
    role="Write content based on research",
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Team
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create the team
content_team = Team(
    id="content-team",
    name="Content Creation Team",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.6-luna"),
    members=[researcher, writer],
    description="A team that researches and creates content",
    db=db,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Team Save Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Save the team to the database
    version = content_team.save()
    print(f"Saved team as version {version}")

    # By default, saving a team will create a new version of the team

    # Delete the team from the database (soft delete by default)
    # content_team.delete()

    # Hard delete (permanently removes from database)
    # content_team.delete(hard_delete=True)
```

## Run the Example

<Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

**1. Install dependencies**

```bash theme={null}
uv pip install -U agno "psycopg[binary]" openai sqlalchemy
```

**2. Export your OpenAI API key**

```bash Mac/Linux theme={null}
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
```

```bash Windows theme={null}
$Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
```

<Snippet file="run-pgvector-step.mdx" />

**3. Run the example**

Save the code above as `save_team.py`, then run:

```bash theme={null}
python save_team.py
```

Full source: [cookbook/93\_components/save\_team.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/v3.0.4/cookbook/93_components/save_team.py)


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