diff --git a/scripts/migrate_0.3.17.py b/scripts/migrate_0.3.17.py
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+import os
+
+from sqlalchemy import DDL, MetaData, Table, create_engine, update
+
+from memgpt.config import MemGPTConfig
+from memgpt.constants import BASE_TOOLS
+from memgpt.metadata import MetadataStore
+from memgpt.presets.presets import add_default_tools
+from memgpt.prompts import gpt_system
+
+# Replace this with your actual database connection URL
+config = MemGPTConfig.load()
+if config.recall_storage_type == "sqlite":
+    DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(config.recall_storage_path, "sqlite.db")
+else:
+    DATABASE_URL = config.recall_storage_uri
+print(DATABASE_URL)
+engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+metadata = MetaData()
+
+# defaults
+system_prompt = gpt_system.get_system_text("memgpt_chat")
+
+# Reflect the existing table
+table = Table("agents", metadata, autoload_with=engine)
+
+# Using a connection to manage adding columns and committing updates
+with engine.connect() as conn:
+    trans = conn.begin()
+    try:
+        # Check and add 'system' column if it does not exist
+        if "system" not in table.c:
+            ddl_system = DDL("ALTER TABLE agents ADD COLUMN system VARCHAR")
+            conn.execute(ddl_system)
+            # Reflect the table again to update metadata
+            metadata.clear()
+            table = Table("agents", metadata, autoload_with=conn)
+
+        # Check and add 'tools' column if it does not exist
+        if "tools" not in table.c:
+            ddl_tools = DDL("ALTER TABLE agents ADD COLUMN tools JSON")
+            conn.execute(ddl_tools)
+            # Reflect the table again to update metadata
+            metadata.clear()
+            table = Table("agents", metadata, autoload_with=conn)
+
+        # Update all existing rows with default values for the new columns
+        conn.execute(update(table).values(system=system_prompt, tools=BASE_TOOLS))
+
+        # Commit transaction
+        trans.commit()
+        print("Columns added and data updated successfully!")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("An error occurred:", e)
+        trans.rollback()  # Rollback if there are errors
+
+# remove tool table
+tool_model = Table("toolmodel", metadata, autoload_with=engine)
+tool_model.drop(engine)
+
+# re-create tables and add default tools
+ms = MetadataStore(config)
+add_default_tools(None, ms)
+print("Tools", [tool.name for tool in ms.list_tools()])
+
+print("Migration completed successfully!")
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