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# start • AI Agent SDK

> start: Start all registered bots concurrently.

# start

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

Start all registered bots concurrently.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def start() -> None
```

## Used By

* [`Heartbeat.start`](../functions/Heartbeat-start)
* [`AgentTeam.start`](../functions/AgentTeam-start)
* [`AgentTeam.run`](../functions/AgentTeam-run)
* [`AgentTeam.start_for_each`](../functions/AgentTeam-start_for_each)
* [`AgentTeam.spawn_sub_agent`](../functions/AgentTeam-spawn_sub_agent)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/bots/protocols.py` at line 1333
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