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# send • AI Agent SDK

> send: Deliver a message to a symbolic target.

# send

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

Deliver a message to a symbolic target.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def send(target: str, text: str) -> 'DeliveryResult'
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="target" type="str" required={true}>
  Symbolic target token ("origin", "\<platform>", "\<platform>:\<chat\_id>\[:\<thread\_id>]", or a friendly alias).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="text" type="str" required={true}>
  The message text to send.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="'DeliveryResult'">
  class:`DeliveryResult` describing the outcome.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`AgentTeam.run_all_tasks`](../functions/AgentTeam-run_all_tasks)

## Source

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