Build and evaluate production agents with Google ADK

Use Google Agent Development Kit to define, test, evaluate, and deploy code-first Python agents with tools, sessions, HITL confirmation, and multi-agent orchestration.

Prerequisites

Python 3 environment; google-adk package; model credentials; optional Google Cloud or Vertex AI deployment account

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• pip install google-adk
• pip install "google-adk[extensions]"
• pip install git+https://github.com/google/adk-python.git@main

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

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• <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/adk-python/main/assets/agent-development-kit.png" width="256"/>

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Deploy Anywhere: Easily containerize and deploy agents on Cloud Run or

• Source: https://github.com/google/adk-python

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/adk-python/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://google.github.io/adk-docs/

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange