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# Knowledge Add • AI Agent SDK

> knowledge_add: Emit knowledge add event for tracking knowledge indexing.

# knowledge\_add

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> This is a method of the [**ContextTraceEmitter**](../classes/ContextTraceEmitter) class in the [**context\_events**](../modules/context_events) module.

Emit knowledge add event for tracking knowledge indexing.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def knowledge_add(agent_name: str, source: str, chunk_count: int, metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="agent_name" type="str" required={true}>
  Name of the agent adding knowledge
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="source" type="str" required={true}>
  Source file/URL being indexed
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="chunk_count" type="int" required={true}>
  Number of chunks created
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="metadata" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional metadata about the indexing
</ParamField>

## Uses

* `ContextEvent`
* `time.time`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py` at line 903
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Knowledge Concept" icon="book" href="/docs/docs/concepts/knowledge" />

  <Card title="Knowledge Overview" icon="database" href="/docs/docs/knowledge/overview" />

  <Card title="Knowledge Configuration" icon="gear" href="/docs/docs/configuration/knowledge-config" />

  <Card title="Chat with PDF" icon="file-pdf" href="/docs/docs/knowledge/chat-with-pdf" />
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