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# Chat History

> Retrieve and inspect the full chat history from persisted agent sessions.

Demonstrates retrieving chat history from agent sessions stored in PostgresDb.

```python chat_history.py theme={null}
"""
Chat History
============

Demonstrates retrieving chat history from agent sessions stored in PostgresDb.
"""

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

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

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
    db=db,
    session_id="chat_history",
    instructions="You are a helpful assistant that can answer questions about space and oceans.",
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("Tell me a new interesting fact about space")
    print(agent.get_chat_history())

    agent.print_response("Tell me a new interesting fact about oceans")
    print(agent.get_chat_history())
```

## 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 `chat_history.py`, then run:

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

Full source: [cookbook/06\_storage/03\_chat\_history.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/v3.0.4/cookbook/06_storage/03_chat_history.py)


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