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# Add Alias • AI Agent SDK

> add_alias: Add an alias for a runtime.

# add\_alias

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

Add an alias for a runtime.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def add_alias(alias: str, canonical_runtime_id: str) -> None
```

## Parameters

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

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

## Uses

* `ValueError`

## Used By

* [`add_runtime_alias`](../functions/add_runtime_alias)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/runtime/registry.py` at line 298
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