> ## 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.

# Build Context • AI Agent SDK

> build_context: Build a prepared turn context from agent and request.

# build\_context

Method

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

Build a prepared turn context from agent and request.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def build_context(agent: AgentProtocol, prompt: str) -> PreparedTurnContext
```

## Parameters

**agent** `AgentProtocol` *required*

The agent instance

**prompt** `str` *required*

The user prompt for this turn \*\*kwargs: Additional request parameters including: - model: Override model ID - tools: Override tools list. Omit or pass None to use agent.tools. Pass \[] to explicitly disable tools for this turn. - stream: Enable streaming - temperature: Model temperature - max\_tokens: Token limit - session\_id: Session identifier - turn\_id: Turn identifier

### Returns

**Returns** `PreparedTurnContext`

A prepared turn context ready for execution

## Uses

* `PreparedTurnContext`
* `time.time`
* `logger.debug`
* `context.get_message_count`
* `logger.error`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/runtime/context_builder.py#L48)
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> `praisonaiagents/runtime/context_builder.py` at line 48

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Context Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/context)

> [card] [Context Management](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/context-management)

> [card] [Context Strategies](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/context-strategies)


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