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# astart • AI Agent SDK

> astart: Async version of start method.

# astart

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

Async version of start method.

## Signature

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

## Parameters

<ParamField query="content" type="Any" required={false}>
  Optional content to add to all tasks' context
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="return_dict" type="Any" required={false} default="False">
  If True, returns the full results dictionary instead of only the final response \*\*kwargs: Additional arguments
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `track_agent_execution`
* `arun_all_tasks`
* `get_all_tasks_status`
* `get_task_result`

## Used By

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

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py` at line 877
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