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README.md

ADK Single-turn Agent as Sub-agent Sample

Overview

This sample demonstrates how a "single_turn" mode agent can act as an autonomous sub-agent to an LLM agent, utilizing schemas and tools without ever interacting with the user.

Note: This is the recommended mechanism to replace the older AgentTool pattern. Unlike AgentTool, using a single_turn sub-agent preserves the sub-agent's internal interactions (like tool calls) in the session history.

Single-turn agents are designed to execute their function fully in one prompt-response cycle. In this sample:

  1. phone_recommender: A single-turn agent that receives structured input (UserPreferences), uses a mocked tool (check_phone_price), and returns structured output (PhoneRecommendation).
  2. root_agent: The main agent that interacts with the user, translates their natural language request into the structured UserPreferences, and delegates to phone_recommender.

Sample Inputs

  • I need a phone mostly for gaming. I have about $1000 to spend.

  • What is a good cheap phone from Google for basic tasks?

  • I love photography but prefer smaller phones. My budget is $600.

Graph

graph TD
    root_agent --> phone_recommender
    phone_recommender -.->|uses| check_phone_price[check_phone_price tool]
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How To

  1. Define a sub-agent with mode="single_turn", input_schema, output_schema:

    phone_recommender = Agent(
        name="phone_recommender",
        mode="single_turn",
        input_schema=UserPreferences,
        output_schema=PhoneRecommendation,
        tools=[check_phone_price],
        ...
    )
  2. Assign it to a parent agent:

    root_agent = Agent(
        sub_agents=[phone_recommender],
        ...
    )

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