Execution Flow

How requests flow through Agent Kernel from user input to agent response.

Request Lifecycle

Detailed Flow

1. Request Reception

The request enters through one of the execution modes:

• CLI: Interactive terminal input
• REST API: HTTP POST to /chat endpoint
• AWS Lambda: Lambda event
• MCP/A2A: Protocol-specific request

2. Agent Resolution

runtime = Runtime.get()
agent = runtime.get_agent(agent_name)

3. Session Management

session = runtime.get_session(session_id)
# Loads existing session or creates new one

4. Agent Execution

result = await agent.runner.run(agent, session, prompt)

5. Response Return

Result is formatted and returned to the user through the appropriate channel.

Timing Diagram