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# capabilities • AI Agent SDK

> capabilities: Report the capability matrix for this runtime.

# capabilities

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

Report the capability matrix for this runtime.

This is the key method for the capability validation system.
Each runtime must honestly declare what features it supports
to enable fail-fast validation at config/selection time.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def capabilities() -> 'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'">
  RuntimeCapabilityMatrix with supported capabilities
</ResponseField>

## Source

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