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Introduction to Agent Kernel

Welcome to Agent Kernel - a versatile, framework-agnostic runtime for building and deploying AI agents.

What is Agent Kernel?​

Agent Kernel is a lightweight runtime and adapter layer for building and running AI agents across multiple frameworks and running within a unified execution environment. It provides the low level scaffoldings to build, test and deploy your agents ( and mcp tools and A2A) quickly in many deployment configurations. Migrate your existing agents to Agent Kernel and instantly utilize pre-built execution and testing capabilities. It eliminates the complexity of framework development allowing AI engineers to focus on Agent development and provides a consistent development experience regardless of the underlying AI agent framework.

Why Agent Kernel?​

Effortless Migration​

Build agents using any AI agentic framework and migrate them to Agent Kernel to benefit from its execution framework capabilities. No need to build a platform code from scratch to run your agents. You can focus on domain-specific Agent development and Agent Kernel takes care of testing, deployment and execution.

Ready-to-Use Execution​

Agent Kernel provides pre-built execution capabilities:

  • CLI Testing Environment for local development
  • REST API Server for web integration
  • AWS Serverless Deployment for scalable production
  • AWS Containerized Deployment for consistent loads
  • MCP Server for Model Context Protocol tool publishing
  • A2A Server for Agent-to-Agent communication

Pluggable Architecture​

Easily extend Agent Kernel with custom framework adapters, memory back-ends, and deployment profiles.

Enterprise-Ready Features​

  • Session Management: Built-in conversational state tracking
  • Memory Management: Pluggable memory (Redis, in-memory) storage
  • Traceability: Track and audit all agent operations
  • Multi-Agent Collaboration: Leverage multi-agent hierarchies of supported agentic frameworks
  • Agent Testing Capability: Built in Agent test framework so that you can write automated tests easily

Key Features​

Unified API​

from agentkernel.core import Agent, Runner, Session, Module, Runtime

All framework adapters expose the same core abstractions:

  • Agent: Framework-specific agent wrapped by Agent Kernel
  • Runner: Framework-specific execution strategy
  • Session: Shared conversational state
  • Module: Container for registering agents
  • Runtime: Global orchestrator

Multi-Framework Support​

Agent Kernel currently supports:

  • OpenAI Agents SDK - Official OpenAI agents framework
  • CrewAI - Role-based multi-agent framework
  • LangGraph - Graph-based agent orchestration
  • Google ADK - Google's Agent Development Kit

Flexible Deployment​

Quick Example​

Here's a simple agent built with Agent Kernel using CrewAI:

from crewai import Agent as CrewAgent
from agentkernel.cli import CLI
from agentkernel.crewai import CrewAIModule

# Define your agent
agent = CrewAgent(
    role="assistant",
    goal="Help users with their questions",
    backstory="You are a helpful AI assistant",
    verbose=False,
)

# Register with Agent Kernel
CrewAIModule([agent])

# Run with built-in CLI
if __name__ == "__main__":
    CLI.main()

You can:

  • Test locally with the CLI
  • Deploy to AWS Lambda with one line-change
  • Expose as a REST API
  • Integrate with MCP or A2A protocols

All without changing your agent code!

Who Should Use Agent Kernel?​

Agent Kernel is ideal for:

  • AI Engineers who want framework flexibility without vendor lock-in
  • Teams building production AI agent systems
  • Developers who need to migrate between frameworks
  • Organizations requiring enterprise-grade agent deployment
  • Researchers exploring different agent frameworks

Next Steps​

Ready to get started? Here's what to do next:

  1. Install Agent Kernel - Get up and running in minutes
  2. Quick Start Guide - Build your first agent
  3. Core Concepts - Understand the architecture
  4. Framework Integration - Choose your framework
  5. Deployment Guide - Deploy to production

Community & Support​

License​

Agent Kernel is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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