> ## Documentation Index
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# analyze • AI Agent SDK

> analyze: Analyze prompt and recommend initial stage.

# analyze

Method

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

Analyze prompt and recommend initial stage.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def analyze(prompt: str, context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> EscalationStage
```

## Parameters

**prompt** `str` *required*

User prompt

**context** `Optional`

Optional context (workspace, history, etc.)

### Returns

**Returns** `EscalationStage`

Recommended starting stage

## Uses

* `analyze`
* `recommend_stage`

## Used By

* [`Agent.analyze_prompt`](../functions/Agent-analyze_prompt)
* [`Agent.get_recommended_stage`](../functions/Agent-get_recommended_stage)
* [`AutonomyTrigger.analyze`](../functions/AutonomyTrigger-analyze)
* [`VisionAgent.describe`](../functions/VisionAgent-describe)
* [`VisionAgent.extract_text`](../functions/VisionAgent-extract_text)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/escalation/pipeline.py#L76)
>
> `praisonaiagents/escalation/pipeline.py` at line 76


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