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# Merge With Existing Agents • AI Agents Framework

> merge_with_existing_agents: Merge existing agents.yaml with new auto-generated agents.

# merge\_with\_existing\_agents

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> This is a method of the [**AutoGenerator**](../classes/AutoGenerator) class in the [**auto**](../modules/auto) module.

Merge existing agents.yaml with new auto-generated agents.

```mermaid theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': { 'primaryColor': '#8B0000', 'primaryTextColor': '#fff', 'primaryBorderColor': '#710101', 'lineColor': '#189AB4', 'secondaryColor': '#189AB4', 'tertiaryColor': '#fff' }}}%%

graph LR
    input["Input Data"] --> agent["Agent: merge_with_existing_agents"]
    agent --> output["Output Result"]
    style agent fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
    style input fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
    style output fill:#8B0000,color:#fff
```

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def merge_with_existing_agents(new_json_data: Any) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="new_json_data" type="Any" required={true}>
  The JSON data representing the new team structure.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The merged YAML data structure.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `yaml.safe_load`
* `logging.warning`

## Used By

* [`AutoGenerator.convert_and_save`](../functions/AutoGenerator-convert_and_save)

## Source

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  `praisonai/auto.py` at line 782
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