> ## Documentation Index
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# Validate Capabilities • AI Agent SDK

> validate_capabilities: Validate that a runtime supports all required capabilities.

# validate\_capabilities

Function

> This function is defined in the [**capabilities**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/capabilities.md) module.

Validate that a runtime supports all required capabilities.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def validate_capabilities(runtime_matrix: RuntimeCapabilityMatrix, required_capabilities: Union[Set[RuntimeCapability], RuntimeCapabilityMatrix], runtime_name: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

**runtime\_matrix** `RuntimeCapabilityMatrix` *required*

Capability matrix of the runtime

**required\_capabilities** `Union` *required*

Required capabilities (set or matrix)

**runtime\_name** `str` (default: 'unknown')

Name of runtime for error messages

### Returns

**Returns** `bool`

True if validation passes

### Exceptions

> [accordion] CapabilityValidationError
>
> If validation fails

## Uses

* `required_capabilities.to_capability_set`
* `runtime_matrix.supports_all`
* `runtime_matrix.missing_capabilities`
* `runtime_matrix.to_capability_set`
* `CapabilityValidationError`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/runtime/capabilities.py#L181)
>
> `praisonaiagents/runtime/capabilities.py` at line 181


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