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This skill should be used when the user wants to "write agent code", "build an agent with ADK", "add a tool", "create a callback", "define an agent", "use state management" — in a project that needs ADK (Agent Development Kit) API patterns and code examples. It provides a quick reference for agent types, tool definitions, orchestration patterns, callbacks, state management, the graph Workflow API, and reference recipes to study. Do NOT use for scaffolding (use google-agents-cli-scaffold) or deployment (use google-agents-cli-deploy).

Requires /google-agents-cli-workflow /google-agents-cli-scaffold /google-agents-cli-eval /google-agents-cli-deploy

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ADK Code Reference

Activate /google-agents-cli-workflow first for required development phases and scaffolding steps.

1. Study Recipes (No Project Needed)

Python — read the topic index in references/samples.md before answering "how do I build X". Worked implementations exist for: sandboxed/per-user code execution, agent-loadable SKILL.md skills, cross-session memory, approval gates before risky actions, tool guardrails, per-user credentials, and scheduled/event-driven runs.

Go — read the upstream examples/. clone the repo and read the one matching the capability you need before implementing it.

2. Prerequisites for Writing Code

Do NOT write agent code until a project is scaffolded.

  1. Verify project: run agents-cli info (proceed if config exists).
  2. New project: run agents-cli scaffold create <name> — add --agent adk_go for Go.
  3. Existing code: run agents-cli scaffold enhance ..

Quick Reference — Most Common Patterns

See references/adk-python.md and references/adk-go.md for Python and Go code examples, respectively.

References

Use the cheatsheets for common patterns. For deep knowledge, fetch the docs index or inspect the installed package.

Reference Language When to read
references/samples.md Python Topic-indexed catalog of ADK reference recipes. Read in workflow Phase 1 — before scaffolding and before writing code — maps a capability to the recipe that implements it.
references/adk-python.md Python Core ADK API: Agent, tools, callbacks, plugins, state, artifacts, multi-agent systems, SequentialAgent / ParallelAgent / LoopAgent, custom BaseAgent, ManagedAgent (server-hosted first-party agents), A2A protocol, A2UI. Default for most agents.
references/adk-python-workflows.md Python Graph-based Workflow API (ADK Python 2.0): nodes, edges, fan-out/fan-in, HITL, parallel processing. Use when you need explicit graph topology.
references/adk-python-live.md Python Live and voice agents: Runner.run_live, LiveRequestQueue, model and regional availability, voice/speech_config, VAD, session limits, /run_live serving. Use for real-time voice or video agents.
references/adk-go.md Go Core ADK Go API: llmagent, tools, callbacks, plugins, state, artifacts, multi-agent systems, sequential/parallel/loop agents, custom agents, the runner, serving over HTTP, A2A protocol, and ambient triggers. Default for most agents.
references/adk-go-workflows.md Go Graph-based Workflow API: nodes, edges, fan-out/fan-in, HITL, parallel processing. Use when you need explicit graph topology.
examples/ Go Runnable upstream programs — the closest thing to a recipe catalog for Go.
curl https://adk.dev/llms.txt Python Docs index (every page title + URL). Fetch it, then WebFetch the specific page for anything beyond the cheatsheets.
Installed ADK package Python Exact signatures and symbols — inspect the source (see "Inspecting ADK Source Code" in references/adk-python.md).

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{
  "author": "Google",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "version": "1.8.0",
  "requires": {
    "bins": [
      "agents-cli"
    ],
    "install": "uv tool install google-agents-cli"
  }
}

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