> ## 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.

# Execute Async • AI Agent SDK

> execute_async: Alias of execute() for call sites expecting an explicit async entry point.

# execute\_async

AsyncMethod

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

Alias of execute() for call sites expecting an explicit async entry point.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def execute_async(event: HookEvent, input_data: HookInput, target: Optional[str], _hooks: Optional[List['HookDefinition']]) -> List[HookExecutionResult]
```

## Parameters

**event** `HookEvent` *required*

No description available.

**input\_data** `HookInput` *required*

No description available.

**target** `Optional[str]`

No description available.

**\_hooks** `Optional`

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `List[HookExecutionResult]`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `execute`

## Used By

* [`Agent.handoff_to_async`](../functions/Agent-handoff_to_async)
* [`TypedHandoff.execute_async`](../functions/TypedHandoff-execute_async)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/hooks/runner.py#L176)
>
> `praisonaiagents/hooks/runner.py` at line 176

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Async Feature](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/async)

> [card] [Background Tasks](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/background-tasks)

> [card] [Async Jobs](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/async-jobs)


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