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# Get Bot • AI Agent SDK

> get_bot: Get a registered bot by platform name.

# get\_bot

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

Get a registered bot by platform name.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_bot(platform: str) -> Optional[Any]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="platform" type="str" required={true}>
  Platform identifier (e.g. "telegram").
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Optional[Any]">
  The Bot instance, or None if not found.
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/bots/protocols.py` at line 1368
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