> ## 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.

# capabilities • AI Agent SDK

> capabilities: Report the capability matrix for this runtime.

# capabilities

Method

> This is a method of the [**AgentRuntimeProtocol**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/AgentRuntimeProtocol.md) class in the [**protocols**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/protocols.md) module.

Report the capability matrix for this runtime.

This is the key method for the capability validation system.
Each runtime must honestly declare what features it supports
to enable fail-fast validation at config/selection time.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def capabilities() -> 'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'
```

### Returns

**Returns** `'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'`

RuntimeCapabilityMatrix with supported capabilities

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/runtime/protocols.py#L190)
>
> `praisonaiagents/runtime/protocols.py` at line 190


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