DynamoDB for Team
Kern supports using DynamoDB as a storage backend for Teams using the DynamoDb class.
Usage
You need to provide aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key parameters to the DynamoDb class.
1"""2Run: `uv pip install openai newspaper4k lxml_html_clean kern-ai` to install the dependencies3"""45from typing import List67from kern.agent import Agent8from kern.db.dynamo import DynamoDb9from kern.models.openai import OpenAIResponses10from kern.team import Team11from kern.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools12from kern.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools13from pydantic import BaseModel1415# Setup the DynamoDB database16db = DynamoDb()1718class Article(BaseModel):19 title: str20 summary: str21 reference_links: List[str]2223hn_researcher = Agent(24 name="HackerNews Researcher",25 model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),26 role="Gets top stories from hackernews.",27 tools=[HackerNewsTools()],28)2930web_searcher = Agent(31 name="Web Searcher",32 model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),33 role="Searches the web for information on a topic",34 tools=[HackerNewsTools()],35 add_datetime_to_context=True,36)3738hn_team = Team(39 name="HackerNews Team",40 model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),41 members=[hn_researcher, web_searcher],42 db=db,43 instructions=[44 "First, search hackernews for what the user is asking about.",45 "Then, ask the web searcher to search for each story to get more information.",46 "Finally, provide a thoughtful and engaging summary.",47 ],48 output_schema=Article,49 markdown=True,50 show_members_responses=True,51)5253hn_team.print_response("Write an article about the top 2 stories on hackernews")Params
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | Optional[str] | - | The ID of the database instance. UUID by default. |
db_client | None | - | The DynamoDB client to use. |
region_name | optional[str] | - | AWS region name. |
aws_access_key_id | optional[str] | - | AWS access key ID. |
aws_secret_access_key | optional[str] | - | AWS secret access key. |
session_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the session table. |
memory_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the memory table. |
metrics_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the metrics table. |
eval_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the eval table. |
knowledge_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the knowledge table. |
traces_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the traces table. |
spans_table | optional[str] | - | The name of the spans table. |