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# capabilities • AI Agent SDK

> capabilities: Report capabilities supported by this CLI backend.

# capabilities

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

Report capabilities supported by this CLI backend.

Required for integration with the runtime capability validation system.
CLI backends should honestly declare their capabilities to enable
fail-fast validation when agents require specific features.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def capabilities() -> 'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="'RuntimeCapabilityMatrix'">
  RuntimeCapabilityMatrix with supported capabilities
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/cli_backend/protocols.py` at line 102
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