> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Data Dir • AI Agent SDK

> get_data_dir: Get PraisonAI data directory.

# get\_data\_dir

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> This function is defined in the [**paths**](../modules/paths) module.

Get PraisonAI data directory.

Priority:

1. PRAISONAI\_HOME env var
2. \~/.praisonai/ (default)
3. \~/.praison/ (legacy fallback with warning)

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_data_dir() -> Path
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Path">
  Path to data directory
</ResponseField>

## Usage

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
>>> from praisonaiagents.paths import get_data_dir
    >>> data_dir = get_data_dir()
    >>> print(data_dir)
    /home/user/.praisonai
```

## Uses

* `expanduser`
* `Path`
* `Path.home`
* `new_path.exists`
* `legacy_path.exists`
* `warnings.warn`

## Used By

* [`get_sessions_dir`](../functions/get_sessions_dir)
* [`get_skills_dir`](../functions/get_skills_dir)
* [`get_plugins_dir`](../functions/get_plugins_dir)
* [`get_mcp_dir`](../functions/get_mcp_dir)
* [`get_docs_dir`](../functions/get_docs_dir)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/paths.py` at line 53
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