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# astart • AI Agent SDK

> astart: Async version of start() - interactive, streaming-aware.

# astart

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

Async version of start() - interactive, streaming-aware.

Beginner-friendly async execution. Streams by default when in TTY.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def astart(prompt: str) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  The input prompt to process \*\*kwargs: Additional arguments passed to achat()
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The agent's response as a string
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `isatty`
* `achat`

## Used By

* [`AutoAgents.astart`](../functions/AutoAgents-astart)

## Source

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