Agent • Rust AI Agent SDK

Agent: The core Agent struct Agents are the primary execution unit in PraisonAI. They combine: - LLM provider for generating responses - Tools for…

Agent

Defined in the agent module.

Rust AI Agent SDK

The core Agent struct Agents are the primary execution unit in PraisonAI. They combine: - LLM provider for generating responses - Tools for performing actions - Memory for conversation history - Instructions for behavior

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	String	Unique agent ID
name	String	Agent name
instructions	String	System instructions
llm	Arc<dyn LlmProvider>	LLM provider
tools	Arc<RwLock<ToolRegistry>>	Tool registry
memory	Arc<RwLock<Memory>>	Memory
config	AgentConfig	Configuration

Methods

new

fn new() -> AgentBuilder

Create a new agent builder

simple

fn simple(instructions: impl Into<String>) -> Result<Self>

Create an agent with minimal config

Parameters:

Name	Type
instructions	impl Into<String>

id

fn id(&self) -> &str

Get the agent ID

name

fn name(&self) -> &str

Get the agent name

instructions

fn instructions(&self) -> &str

Get the instructions

model

fn model(&self) -> &str

Get the LLM model name

chat

async fn chat(&self, prompt: &str) -> Result<String>

Chat with the agent (main entry point) This is the primary method for interacting with an agent. It handles the full conversation loop including tool calls.

Parameters:

Name	Type
prompt	&str

start

async fn start(&self, prompt: &str) -> Result<String>

Start a conversation (alias for chat)

Parameters:

Name	Type
prompt	&str

run

async fn run(&self, task: &str) -> Result<String>

Run a task (alias for chat)

Parameters:

Name	Type
task	&str

add_tool

async fn add_tool(&self, tool: impl Tool + 'static) -> ()

Add a tool to the agent

Parameters:

Name	Type
tool	impl Tool + 'static

tool_count

async fn tool_count(&self) -> usize

Get the number of tools

clear_memory

async fn clear_memory(&self) -> Result<()>

Clear conversation memory

history

async fn history(&self) -> Result<Vec<Message>>

Get conversation history

Source

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praisonai/src/agent/mod.rs at line 39

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