> ## Documentation Index
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# chat • AI Agent SDK

> chat: Synchronous chat with the agent.

# chat

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

Synchronous chat with the agent.

## Signature

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

## Parameters

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  The user prompt or message \*\*kwargs: Additional optional parameters (temperature, tools, etc.)
</ParamField>

### Returns

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

## Used By

* [`Agent.chat_with_context`](../functions/Agent-chat_with_context)
* [`TypedHandoff.execute_programmatic`](../functions/TypedHandoff-execute_programmatic)
* [`AutoRagAgent.chat`](../functions/AutoRagAgent-chat)
* [`AutoRagAgent.achat`](../functions/AutoRagAgent-achat)
* [`LLMRuntimeWrapper.execute`](../functions/LLMRuntimeWrapper-execute)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 67
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Chat Feature" icon="comments" href="/docs/docs/features/chat" />

  <Card title="Conversation Stores" icon="database" href="/docs/docs/databases/overview" />
</CardGroup>