Task • Rust AI Agent SDK

Task: A unit of work that can be executed by an Agent

Task

Defined in the task module.

Rust AI Agent SDK

A unit of work that can be executed by an Agent

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	String	Unique task ID
name	Option<String>	Task name (optional)
description	String	Task description (what to do)
expected_output	String	Expected output description
status	TaskStatus	Task status
task_type	TaskType	Task type
result	Option<TaskOutput>	Task result
depends_on	Vec<String>	Dependencies (task IDs or names)
next_tasks	Vec<String>	Next tasks to execute
condition	HashMap<String	Condition for routing (decision tasks)
config	TaskConfig	Task configuration
output_file	Option<String>	Output file path
output_variable	Option<String>	Output variable name
variables	HashMap<String	Variables for substitution
serde_json	:Value>	Variables for substitution
retry_count	u32	Retry count
is_start	bool	Is this the start task?

Methods

new

fn new(description: impl Into<String>) -> TaskBuilder

Create a new task with description

Parameters:

Name	Type
description	impl Into<String>

id

fn id(&self) -> &str

Get task ID

display_name

fn display_name(&self) -> &str

Get task name or description

is_completed

fn is_completed(&self) -> bool

Check if task is completed

is_failed

fn is_failed(&self) -> bool

Check if task failed

can_retry

fn can_retry(&self) -> bool

Check if task can be retried

increment_retry

fn increment_retry(&mut self) -> ()

Increment retry count

set_result

fn set_result(&mut self, output: TaskOutput) -> ()

Set task result

Parameters:

Name	Type
output	TaskOutput

set_failed

fn set_failed(&mut self, error: &str) -> ()

Set task as failed

Parameters:

Name	Type
error	&str

result_str

fn result_str(&self) -> Option<&str>

Get result as string

substitute_variables

fn substitute_variables(&self, context: &HashMap<String, String>) -> String

Substitute variables in description

Parameters:

Name	Type
context	&HashMap<String

Source

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praisonai/src/task/mod.rs at line 186

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