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# connect • AI Agent SDK

> connect: Establish the platform connection.

# connect

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

Establish the platform connection.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def connect() -> bool
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if the connection was established successfully.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`RealtimeAgent.aconnect`](../functions/RealtimeAgent-aconnect)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/bots/base.py` at line 368
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