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# Execute Async • AI Agent SDK

> execute_async: Execute handoff asynchronously with concurrency control.

# execute\_async

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

Execute handoff asynchronously with concurrency control.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def execute_async(source_agent: 'Agent', prompt: str, context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> HandoffResult
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="source_agent" type="Agent" required={true}>
  The agent initiating the handoff
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  The task/prompt to pass to target agent
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="context" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Optional additional context
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="HandoffResult">
  HandoffResult with response or error
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `asyncio.Semaphore`
* `time.time`
* `logger.info`
* `achat`
* `asyncio.get_event_loop`
* `loop.run_in_executor`
* `HandoffResult`
* `asyncio.wait_for`
* `HandoffTimeoutError`

## Used By

* [`Agent.handoff_to_async`](../functions/Agent-handoff_to_async)

## Source

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## Related Documentation

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