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# analyze • AI Agent SDK

> analyze: Analyze prompt and recommend initial stage.

# analyze

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

Analyze prompt and recommend initial stage.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def analyze(prompt: str, context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> EscalationStage
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  User prompt
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="context" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional context (workspace, history, etc.)
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="EscalationStage">
  Recommended starting stage
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `analyze`
* `recommend_stage`

## Used By

* [`Agent.analyze_prompt`](../functions/Agent-analyze_prompt)
* [`Agent.get_recommended_stage`](../functions/Agent-get_recommended_stage)
* [`AutonomyTrigger.analyze`](../functions/AutonomyTrigger-analyze)
* [`VisionAgent.describe`](../functions/VisionAgent-describe)
* [`VisionAgent.extract_text`](../functions/VisionAgent-extract_text)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/escalation/pipeline.py` at line 75
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