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# Create Session • AI Agent SDK

> create_session: Create a new session.

# create\_session

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

Create a new session.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def create_session(agent_id: str, client_id: Optional[str], session_id: Optional[str]) -> GatewaySessionProtocol
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="agent_id" type="str" required={true}>
  The agent to handle this session
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="client_id" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional client ID
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="session_id" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional custom session ID
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="GatewaySessionProtocol">
  The created session
</ResponseField>

## Source

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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Session Management" icon="clock" href="/docs/concepts/session-management" />

  <Card title="Sessions Feature" icon="folder" href="/docs/features/sessions" />

  <Card title="Session Persistence" icon="database" href="/docs/features/session-persistence" />
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