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# stream • AI Agent SDK

> stream: Stream response deltas from CLI backend.

# stream

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

Stream response deltas from CLI backend.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def stream(prompt: str) -> AsyncIterator[CliBackendDelta]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  User prompt/query \*\*kwargs: Additional options (session, images, etc.) CliBackendDelta objects with incremental response content
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="AsyncIterator[CliBackendDelta]">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Source

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