ADK Import Paths
Prefer the canonical short import. The verbose module path is listed only where
there is no short form, or where the short form does not exist yet.
Canonical imports
These cover most agent code:
from google.adk import Agent, Context, Event, Runner, Workflow
from google.adk.events import Event, EventActions, RequestInput
from google.adk.workflow import BaseNode, Edge, FunctionNode, JoinNode, node
from google.adk.workflow import DEFAULT_ROUTE, RetryConfig, START
google.adk and google.adk.workflow load their members lazily, so importing
from them does not pull in the whole package.
Agents
| Component |
Import |
Agent (alias of LlmAgent) |
from google.adk import Agent |
LlmAgent |
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent |
BaseAgent |
from google.adk.agents import BaseAgent |
SequentialAgent (deprecated — use Workflow) |
from google.adk.agents import SequentialAgent |
ParallelAgent (deprecated — use Workflow) |
from google.adk.agents import ParallelAgent |
LoopAgent (deprecated — use Workflow) |
from google.adk.agents import LoopAgent |
RunConfig |
from google.adk.agents import RunConfig |
Workflow graph
| Component |
Import |
Workflow |
from google.adk.workflow import Workflow |
Edge |
from google.adk.workflow import Edge |
DEFAULT_ROUTE ("__DEFAULT__") |
from google.adk.workflow import DEFAULT_ROUTE |
START |
from google.adk.workflow import START |
Graph |
from google.adk.workflow._graph import Graph |
Graph is private; construct workflows from edges=[...] unless you need
Graph.from_edge_items(...) directly.
Nodes
| Component |
Import |
BaseNode |
from google.adk.workflow import BaseNode |
FunctionNode |
from google.adk.workflow import FunctionNode |
Node |
from google.adk.workflow import Node |
@node decorator |
from google.adk.workflow import node |
JoinNode |
from google.adk.workflow import JoinNode |
RetryConfig |
from google.adk.workflow import RetryConfig |
NodeTimeoutError |
from google.adk.workflow import NodeTimeoutError |
_ToolNode (private) |
from google.adk.workflow._tool_node import _ToolNode |
Parallel-worker behavior has no importable class. Set parallel_worker=True on
@node or on an LlmAgent; the framework wraps it with an internal
_ParallelWorker.
Events and context
| Component |
Import |
Event |
from google.adk import Event |
EventActions |
from google.adk.events import EventActions |
RequestInput |
from google.adk.events import RequestInput |
Context |
from google.adk import Context |
CallbackContext (alias of Context) |
from google.adk.agents.callback_context import CallbackContext |
ReadonlyContext |
from google.adk.agents.readonly_context import ReadonlyContext |
ToolContext (alias of Context) |
from google.adk.tools import ToolContext |
Task delegation
| Component |
Import |
FinishTaskTool |
from google.adk.agents.llm.task._finish_task_tool import FinishTaskTool |
TaskRequest, TaskResult |
from google.adk.agents.llm.task._task_models import TaskRequest, TaskResult |
All three are private. Setting mode='task' attaches FinishTaskTool
automatically — there is no reason to import it in agent code.
Tools
| Component |
Import |
FunctionTool |
from google.adk.tools import FunctionTool |
BaseTool |
from google.adk.tools import BaseTool |
BaseToolset |
from google.adk.tools.base_toolset import BaseToolset |
LongRunningFunctionTool |
from google.adk.tools import LongRunningFunctionTool |
AgentTool |
from google.adk.tools import AgentTool |
McpToolset |
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import McpToolset |
StdioConnectionParams |
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import StdioConnectionParams |
SseConnectionParams |
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import SseConnectionParams |
StreamableHTTPConnectionParams |
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import StreamableHTTPConnectionParams |
OpenAPIToolset, RestApiTool |
from google.adk.tools.openapi_tool import OpenAPIToolset, RestApiTool |
MCPToolset (all caps) still resolves but raises a deprecation warning — use
McpToolset.
Runner, sessions, app
| Component |
Import |
Runner |
from google.adk import Runner |
InMemoryRunner |
from google.adk.runners import InMemoryRunner |
InMemorySessionService |
from google.adk.sessions import InMemorySessionService |
DatabaseSessionService |
from google.adk.sessions import DatabaseSessionService |
VertexAiSessionService |
from google.adk.sessions import VertexAiSessionService |
App, ResumabilityConfig |
from google.adk.apps import App, ResumabilityConfig |
BasePlugin |
from google.adk.plugins.base_plugin import BasePlugin |
DatabaseSessionService needs the db extra; importing it without
sqlalchemy installed raises a "missing extra" error rather than
ImportError.
Live streaming
| Component |
Import |
LiveRequestQueue |
from google.adk.live import LiveRequestQueue |
LiveRequest |
from google.adk.live import LiveRequest |
Models
| Component |
Import |
BaseLlm |
from google.adk.models.base_llm import BaseLlm |
LiteLlm |
from google.adk.models.lite_llm import LiteLlm |
LlmRequest |
from google.adk.models.llm_request import LlmRequest |
LlmResponse |
from google.adk.models.llm_response import LlmResponse |
Code executors
| Component |
Import |
BuiltInCodeExecutor |
from google.adk.code_executors.built_in_code_executor import BuiltInCodeExecutor |
google-genai types
| Component |
Import |
types |
from google.genai import types |
Content, ModelContent, Part |
from google.genai.types import Content, ModelContent, Part |
GenerateContentConfig |
from google.genai.types import GenerateContentConfig |
