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# achat • AI Agent SDK

> achat: Async version of chat.

# achat

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> This is a method of the [**AutoRagAgent**](../classes/AutoRagAgent) class in the [**auto\_rag\_agent**](../modules/auto_rag_agent) module.

Async version of chat.

Currently wraps sync version. Can be extended for true async.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def achat(message: str) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="message" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

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

## Uses

* `asyncio.get_event_loop`
* `loop.run_in_executor`
* `chat`

## Used By

* [`Agent.run_autonomous_async`](../functions/Agent-run_autonomous_async)
* [`Agent.arun`](../functions/Agent-arun)
* [`Agent.astart`](../functions/Agent-astart)
* [`Agent.aexecute`](../functions/Agent-aexecute)
* [`Agent.launch`](../functions/Agent-launch)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agents/auto_rag_agent.py` at line 380
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## Related Documentation

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Chat Feature" icon="comments" href="/docs/features/chat" />

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