Google Agents CLI Adk Code

google/google-agents-cli-adk-code

> This skill should be used when the user wants to "write agent code", "build an agent with ADK", "add a tool", "create a callback", "define an agent", "use state management", or needs ADK (Agent Development Kit) Python API patterns and code examples. Part of the Google ADK skills suite. It provides a quick reference for agent types, tool definitions, orchestration patterns, callbacks, and state management. Do NOT use for creating new projects (use google-agents-cli-scaffold) or deployment (use google-agents-cli-deploy).

14k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

5475

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/google/agents-cli --skill google-agents-cli-adk-code

What comes with it

53 823 bytes besides the instruction

references/adk-python.md

references/adk-workflows.md

What it tells the agent to use

found in the instruction text

WebFetch fetches pages from the network

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

ADK Code Reference

> Before using this skill, activate /google-agents-cli-workflow first — it contains the required development phases and scaffolding steps.

Prerequisites

Run agents-cli info — if it shows project config, skip to the reference below
If no project exists: run agents-cli scaffold create <name>
If user has existing code: run agents-cli scaffold enhance .

Do NOT write agent code until a project is scaffolded.

> Python only for now. This reference currently covers the Python ADK SDK.

> Support for other languages is coming soon.

Quick Reference — Most Common Patterns

from google.adk.agents import Agent

def get_weather(city: str) -> dict:
    """Get current weather for a city."""
    return {"city": city, "temp": "22°C", "condition": "sunny"}

root_agent = Agent(
    name="my_agent",
    model="gemini-3.6-flash",
    instruction="You are a helpful assistant that ...",
    tools=[get_weather],
)

References

The first two are cheatsheets for common patterns; for broad or deep knowledge, go to the source (docs index or installed package).

| Reference | When to read |

|------|-------------|

| references/adk-python.md | Core ADK API: Agent, tools, callbacks, plugins, state, artifacts, multi-agent systems, SequentialAgent / ParallelAgent / LoopAgent, custom BaseAgent, ManagedAgent (server-hosted first-party agents), A2A protocol, A2UI. Default for most agents. |

| references/adk-workflows.md | Graph-based Workflow API (ADK 2.0): nodes, edges, fan-out/fan-in, HITL, parallel processing. Use when you need explicit graph topology. |

| curl https://adk.dev/llms.txt | Docs index (every page title + URL). Fetch it, then WebFetch the specific page for anything beyond the cheatsheets. |

| Installed ADK package | Exact signatures and symbols — inspect the source (see "Inspecting ADK Source Code" in references/adk-python.md). |

/google-agents-cli-workflow — Development workflow, coding guidelines, and operational rules
/google-agents-cli-scaffold — Project creation and enhancement with agents-cli scaffold create / scaffold enhance
/google-agents-cli-eval — Evaluation methodology, dataset schema, and the eval-fix loop
/google-agents-cli-deploy — Deployment targets, CI/CD pipelines, and production workflows

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take google/google-agents-cli-adk-code from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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