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# Add Alias • AI Agent SDK

> add_alias: Add an alias for a runtime.

# add\_alias

Method

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

Add an alias for a runtime.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def add_alias(alias: str, canonical_runtime_id: str) -> None
```

## Parameters

**alias** `str` *required*

No description available.

**canonical\_runtime\_id** `str` *required*

No description available.

## Uses

* `ValueError`

## Used By

* [`add_runtime_alias`](../functions/add_runtime_alias)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/runtime/registry.py#L298)
>
> `praisonaiagents/runtime/registry.py` at line 298


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