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# astart • AI Agent SDK

> astart: Async start the agent with a prompt.

# astart

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

Async start the agent with a prompt.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def astart(prompt: str) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="prompt" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`AgentTeam.astart_for_each`](../functions/AgentTeam-astart_for_each)
* [`AgentTeam.aspawn_sub_agent`](../functions/AgentTeam-aspawn_sub_agent)
* [`AutoAgents.astart`](../functions/AutoAgents-astart)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 115
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