> ## 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.

# Workflow Start • AI Agent SDK

> workflow_start: A team, flow or agent run begins. ``graph`` is its static graph.

# workflow\_start

Method

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

A team, flow or agent run begins. `graph` is its static graph.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def workflow_start(kind: str, name: Optional[str], process: str, graph: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None
```

## Parameters

**kind** `str` *required*

No description available.

**name** `Optional[str]` *required*

No description available.

**process** `str` *required*

No description available.

**graph** `Optional`

No description available.

**metadata** `Optional`

No description available.

## Uses

* `ContextEvent`
* `time.time`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py#L1191)
>
> `praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py` at line 1191

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [AgentFlow Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/agentflow)

> [card] [Workflow Patterns](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/workflow-patterns)

> [card] [Routing](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/routing)

> [card] [Workflows Feature](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/workflows)

> [card] [YAML Workflows](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/yaml-workflows)


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