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概览

在本教程中,你将学习如何使用 LangChain 代理 构建一个能够回答 SQL 数据库问题的代理。 从整体上看,该代理将:
1

从数据库中获取可用的表和模式

2

判断哪些表与问题相关

3

获取相关表的模式

4

根据问题和模式信息生成查询语句

5

使用 LLM 对查询语句进行常见错误检查

6

执行查询并返回结果

7

修正数据库引擎反馈的错误,直到查询成功

8

根据结果组织回答

构建 SQL 数据库的问答系统需要执行模型生成的 SQL 查询,这本身存在一定风险。请确保数据库连接权限始终尽可能限制在代理所需的最小范围内。这可以降低(但不能消除)构建模型驱动系统所带来的风险。

概念

本教程将涵盖以下概念:

准备工作

安装

pip install langchain  langgraph  langchain-community

LangSmith

配置 LangSmith 以检查链或代理内部发生的情况,然后设置以下环境变量:
export LANGSMITH_TRACING="true"
export LANGSMITH_API_KEY="..."

1. 选择 LLM

选择一个支持工具调用的模型:
👉 Read the OpenAI chat model integration docs
pip install -U "langchain[openai]"
import os
from langchain.chat_models import init_chat_model

os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "sk-..."

model = init_chat_model("gpt-5.2")
以下示例中的输出使用的是 OpenAI。

2. 配置数据库

本教程将使用 SQLite 数据库。SQLite 是一种轻量级数据库,便于搭建和使用。我们将加载 chinook 数据库,这是一个代表数字媒体商店的示例数据库。 为方便起见,我们已将数据库(Chinook.db)托管在公开的 GCS 存储桶中。
import requests, pathlib

url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/benchmarks-artifacts/chinook/Chinook.db"
local_path = pathlib.Path("Chinook.db")

if local_path.exists():
    print(f"{local_path} already exists, skipping download.")
else:
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        local_path.write_bytes(response.content)
        print(f"File downloaded and saved as {local_path}")
    else:
        print(f"Failed to download the file. Status code: {response.status_code}")
我们将使用 langchain_community 包中提供的 SQL 数据库封装器与数据库交互。该封装器提供了一个简单的接口来执行 SQL 查询并获取结果:
from langchain_community.utilities import SQLDatabase

db = SQLDatabase.from_uri("sqlite:///Chinook.db")

print(f"Dialect: {db.dialect}")
print(f"Available tables: {db.get_usable_table_names()}")
print(f'Sample output: {db.run("SELECT * FROM Artist LIMIT 5;")}')
Dialect: sqlite
Available tables: ['Album', 'Artist', 'Customer', 'Employee', 'Genre', 'Invoice', 'InvoiceLine', 'MediaType', 'Playlist', 'PlaylistTrack', 'Track']
Sample output: [(1, 'AC/DC'), (2, 'Accept'), (3, 'Aerosmith'), (4, 'Alanis Morissette'), (5, 'Alice In Chains')]

3. 添加数据库交互工具

使用 langchain_community 包中的 SQLDatabase 封装器与数据库交互,该封装器提供了一个简单的接口来执行 SQL 查询并获取结果:
from langchain_community.agent_toolkits import SQLDatabaseToolkit

toolkit = SQLDatabaseToolkit(db=db, llm=model)

tools = toolkit.get_tools()

for tool in tools:
    print(f"{tool.name}: {tool.description}\n")
sql_db_query: Input to this tool is a detailed and correct SQL query, output is a result from the database. If the query is not correct, an error message will be returned. If an error is returned, rewrite the query, check the query, and try again. If you encounter an issue with Unknown column 'xxxx' in 'field list', use sql_db_schema to query the correct table fields.

sql_db_schema: Input to this tool is a comma-separated list of tables, output is the schema and sample rows for those tables. Be sure that the tables actually exist by calling sql_db_list_tables first! Example Input: table1, table2, table3

sql_db_list_tables: Input is an empty string, output is a comma-separated list of tables in the database.

sql_db_query_checker: Use this tool to double check if your query is correct before executing it. Always use this tool before executing a query with sql_db_query!

4. 使用 create_agent

使用 create_agent 以最少代码构建一个 ReAct 代理。代理将解析请求并生成 SQL 命令,由工具负责执行。若命令出错,错误信息将返回给模型,模型可结合原始请求和新错误信息生成新命令,如此循环直到 LLM 成功生成命令或达到最大迭代次数。这种向模型提供反馈(此处为错误信息)的模式非常强大。 使用描述性的系统提示初始化代理,以定制其行为:
system_prompt = """
You are an agent designed to interact with a SQL database.
Given an input question, create a syntactically correct {dialect} query to run,
then look at the results of the query and return the answer. Unless the user
specifies a specific number of examples they wish to obtain, always limit your
query to at most {top_k} results.

You can order the results by a relevant column to return the most interesting
examples in the database. Never query for all the columns from a specific table,
only ask for the relevant columns given the question.

You MUST double check your query before executing it. If you get an error while
executing a query, rewrite the query and try again.

DO NOT make any DML statements (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP etc.) to the
database.

To start you should ALWAYS look at the tables in the database to see what you
can query. Do NOT skip this step.

Then you should query the schema of the most relevant tables.
""".format(
    dialect=db.dialect,
    top_k=5,
)
现在,使用模型、工具和提示词创建代理:
from langchain.agents import create_agent


agent = create_agent(
    model,
    tools,
    system_prompt=system_prompt,
)

5. 运行代理

对示例查询运行代理并观察其行为:
question = "Which genre on average has the longest tracks?"

for step in agent.stream(
    {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": question}]},
    stream_mode="values",
):
    step["messages"][-1].pretty_print()
================================ Human Message =================================

Which genre on average has the longest tracks?
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  sql_db_list_tables (call_BQsWg8P65apHc8BTJ1NPDvnM)
 Call ID: call_BQsWg8P65apHc8BTJ1NPDvnM
  Args:
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: sql_db_list_tables

Album, Artist, Customer, Employee, Genre, Invoice, InvoiceLine, MediaType, Playlist, PlaylistTrack, Track
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  sql_db_schema (call_i89tjKECFSeERbuACYm4w0cU)
 Call ID: call_i89tjKECFSeERbuACYm4w0cU
  Args:
    table_names: Track, Genre
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: sql_db_schema


CREATE TABLE "Genre" (
	"GenreId" INTEGER NOT NULL,
	"Name" NVARCHAR(120),
	PRIMARY KEY ("GenreId")
)

/*
3 rows from Genre table:
GenreId	Name
1	Rock
2	Jazz
3	Metal
*/


CREATE TABLE "Track" (
	"TrackId" INTEGER NOT NULL,
	"Name" NVARCHAR(200) NOT NULL,
	"AlbumId" INTEGER,
	"MediaTypeId" INTEGER NOT NULL,
	"GenreId" INTEGER,
	"Composer" NVARCHAR(220),
	"Milliseconds" INTEGER NOT NULL,
	"Bytes" INTEGER,
	"UnitPrice" NUMERIC(10, 2) NOT NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY ("TrackId"),
	FOREIGN KEY("MediaTypeId") REFERENCES "MediaType" ("MediaTypeId"),
	FOREIGN KEY("GenreId") REFERENCES "Genre" ("GenreId"),
	FOREIGN KEY("AlbumId") REFERENCES "Album" ("AlbumId")
)

/*
3 rows from Track table:
TrackId	Name	AlbumId	MediaTypeId	GenreId	Composer	Milliseconds	Bytes	UnitPrice
1	For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)	1	1	1	Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson	343719	11170334	0.99
2	Balls to the Wall	2	2	1	U. Dirkschneider, W. Hoffmann, H. Frank, P. Baltes, S. Kaufmann, G. Hoffmann	342562	5510424	0.99
3	Fast As a Shark	3	2	1	F. Baltes, S. Kaufman, U. Dirkscneider & W. Hoffman	230619	3990994	0.99
*/
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  sql_db_query_checker (call_G64yYm6R6UauiVPCXJZMA49b)
 Call ID: call_G64yYm6R6UauiVPCXJZMA49b
  Args:
    query: SELECT Genre.Name, AVG(Track.Milliseconds) AS AverageLength FROM Track INNER JOIN Genre ON Track.GenreId = Genre.GenreId GROUP BY Genre.Name ORDER BY AverageLength DESC LIMIT 5;
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: sql_db_query_checker

SELECT Genre.Name, AVG(Track.Milliseconds) AS AverageLength FROM Track INNER JOIN Genre ON Track.GenreId = Genre.GenreId GROUP BY Genre.Name ORDER BY AverageLength DESC LIMIT 5;
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  sql_db_query (call_AnO3SrhD0ODJBxh6dHMwvHwZ)
 Call ID: call_AnO3SrhD0ODJBxh6dHMwvHwZ
  Args:
    query: SELECT Genre.Name, AVG(Track.Milliseconds) AS AverageLength FROM Track INNER JOIN Genre ON Track.GenreId = Genre.GenreId GROUP BY Genre.Name ORDER BY AverageLength DESC LIMIT 5;
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: sql_db_query

[('Sci Fi & Fantasy', 2911783.0384615385), ('Science Fiction', 2625549.076923077), ('Drama', 2575283.78125), ('TV Shows', 2145041.0215053763), ('Comedy', 1585263.705882353)]
================================== Ai Message ==================================

On average, the genre with the longest tracks is "Sci Fi & Fantasy" with an average track length of approximately 2,911,783 milliseconds. This is followed by "Science Fiction," "Drama," "TV Shows," and "Comedy."
代理正确地编写了查询、检查了查询并执行以得出最终回答。
你可以在 LangSmith 追踪 中查看上述运行的所有细节,包括执行步骤、调用的工具、LLM 看到的提示词等。

(可选)使用 Studio

Studio 提供”客户端”循环以及记忆功能,使你可以将其作为聊天界面运行并查询数据库。你可以提问如”告诉我数据库的架构”或”显示前 5 名客户的发票”。你将看到生成的 SQL 命令及其输出结果。启动方法如下。
除了之前提到的包,你还需要:
pip install -U langgraph-cli[inmem]>=0.4.0
在运行目录中,需要一个内容如下的 langgraph.json 文件:
{
  "dependencies": ["."],
  "graphs": {
      "agent": "./sql_agent.py:agent",
      "graph": "./sql_agent_langgraph.py:graph"
  },
  "env": ".env"
}
创建文件 sql_agent.py 并插入以下内容:
#sql_agent.py for studio
import pathlib

from langchain.agents import create_agent
from langchain.chat_models import init_chat_model
from langchain_community.agent_toolkits import SQLDatabaseToolkit
from langchain_community.utilities import SQLDatabase
import requests


# Initialize an LLM
model = init_chat_model("gpt-4.1")

# Get the database, store it locally
url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/benchmarks-artifacts/chinook/Chinook.db"
local_path = pathlib.Path("Chinook.db")

if local_path.exists():
    print(f"{local_path} already exists, skipping download.")
else:
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        local_path.write_bytes(response.content)
        print(f"File downloaded and saved as {local_path}")
    else:
        print(f"Failed to download the file. Status code: {response.status_code}")

db = SQLDatabase.from_uri("sqlite:///Chinook.db")

# Create the tools
toolkit = SQLDatabaseToolkit(db=db, llm=model)

tools = toolkit.get_tools()

for tool in tools:
    print(f"{tool.name}: {tool.description}\n")

# Use create_agent
system_prompt = """
You are an agent designed to interact with a SQL database.
Given an input question, create a syntactically correct {dialect} query to run,
then look at the results of the query and return the answer. Unless the user
specifies a specific number of examples they wish to obtain, always limit your
query to at most {top_k} results.

You can order the results by a relevant column to return the most interesting
examples in the database. Never query for all the columns from a specific table,
only ask for the relevant columns given the question.

You MUST double check your query before executing it. If you get an error while
executing a query, rewrite the query and try again.

DO NOT make any DML statements (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP etc.) to the
database.

To start you should ALWAYS look at the tables in the database to see what you
can query. Do NOT skip this step.

Then you should query the schema of the most relevant tables.
""".format(
    dialect=db.dialect,
    top_k=5,
)

agent = create_agent(
    model,
    tools,
    system_prompt=system_prompt,
)

6. 实现人工审核

在执行代理的 SQL 查询之前进行检查,可以有效防止意外操作或低效查询。 LangChain 代理内置支持人工审核中间件,为代理工具调用添加监督。我们来配置代理,在调用 sql_db_query 工具时暂停等待人工审核:
from langchain.agents import create_agent
from langchain.agents.middleware import HumanInTheLoopMiddleware 
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver 


agent = create_agent(
    model,
    tools,
    system_prompt=system_prompt,
    middleware=[
        HumanInTheLoopMiddleware(
            interrupt_on={"sql_db_query": True},
            description_prefix="Tool execution pending approval",
        ),
    ],
    checkpointer=InMemorySaver(),
)
我们为代理添加了检查点,以便暂停和恢复执行。有关此功能及可用中间件配置的详细说明,请参阅人工审核指南
运行代理后,在执行 sql_db_query 工具之前,代理将暂停等待审核:
question = "Which genre on average has the longest tracks?"
config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "1"}}

for step in agent.stream(
    {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": question}]},
    config,
    stream_mode="values",
):
    if "__interrupt__" in step:
        print("INTERRUPTED:")
        interrupt = step["__interrupt__"][0]
        for request in interrupt.value["action_requests"]:
            print(request["description"])
    elif "messages" in step:
        step["messages"][-1].pretty_print()
    else:
        pass
...

INTERRUPTED:
Tool execution pending approval

Tool: sql_db_query
Args: {'query': 'SELECT g.Name AS Genre, AVG(t.Milliseconds) AS AvgTrackLength FROM Track t JOIN Genre g ON t.GenreId = g.GenreId GROUP BY g.Name ORDER BY AvgTrackLength DESC LIMIT 1;'}
我们可以使用 Command 恢复执行(此处为接受查询):
from langgraph.types import Command 

for step in agent.stream(
    Command(resume={"decisions": [{"type": "approve"}]}),
    config,
    stream_mode="values",
):
    if "messages" in step:
        step["messages"][-1].pretty_print()
    elif "__interrupt__" in step:
        print("INTERRUPTED:")
        interrupt = step["__interrupt__"][0]
        for request in interrupt.value["action_requests"]:
            print(request["description"])
    else:
        pass
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  sql_db_query (call_7oz86Epg7lYRqi9rQHbZPS1U)
 Call ID: call_7oz86Epg7lYRqi9rQHbZPS1U
  Args:
    query: SELECT Genre.Name, AVG(Track.Milliseconds) AS AvgDuration FROM Track JOIN Genre ON Track.GenreId = Genre.GenreId GROUP BY Genre.Name ORDER BY AvgDuration DESC LIMIT 5;
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: sql_db_query

[('Sci Fi & Fantasy', 2911783.0384615385), ('Science Fiction', 2625549.076923077), ('Drama', 2575283.78125), ('TV Shows', 2145041.0215053763), ('Comedy', 1585263.705882353)]
================================== Ai Message ==================================

The genre with the longest average track length is "Sci Fi & Fantasy" with an average duration of about 2,911,783 milliseconds, followed by "Science Fiction" and "Drama."
详情请参阅人工审核指南

下一步

如需更深入的定制,请参阅本教程,了解如何直接使用 LangGraph 原语实现 SQL 代理。