autogen.agentchat.agent

Agent Objects

class Agent()

(In preview) An abstract class for AI agent.

An agent can communicate with other agents and perform actions. Different agents can differ in what actions they perform in the receive method.

__init__

def __init__(name: str)

Arguments:

• name str - name of the agent.

name

@property
def name()

Get the name of the agent.

send

def send(message: Union[Dict, str], recipient: "Agent", request_reply: Optional[bool] = None)

(Abstract method) Send a message to another agent.

a_send

async def a_send(message: Union[Dict, str], recipient: "Agent", request_reply: Optional[bool] = None)

(Abstract async method) Send a message to another agent.

receive

def receive(message: Union[Dict, str], sender: "Agent", request_reply: Optional[bool] = None)

(Abstract method) Receive a message from another agent.

a_receive

async def a_receive(message: Union[Dict, str], sender: "Agent", request_reply: Optional[bool] = None)

(Abstract async method) Receive a message from another agent.

reset

def reset()

(Abstract method) Reset the agent.

generate_reply

def generate_reply(messages: Optional[List[Dict]] = None, sender: Optional["Agent"] = None, **kwargs, ,) -> Union[str, Dict, None]

(Abstract method) Generate a reply based on the received messages.

Arguments:

• messages list[dict] - a list of messages received.
• sender - sender of an Agent instance.

Returns:

str or dict or None: the generated reply. If None, no reply is generated.

a_generate_reply

async def a_generate_reply(messages: Optional[List[Dict]] = None, sender: Optional["Agent"] = None, **kwargs, ,) -> Union[str, Dict, None]

(Abstract async method) Generate a reply based on the received messages.

Arguments:

• messages list[dict] - a list of messages received.
• sender - sender of an Agent instance.

Returns:

str or dict or None: the generated reply. If None, no reply is generated.