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# Validate Capabilities • AI Agent SDK

> validate_capabilities: Validate that a runtime supports all required capabilities.

# validate\_capabilities

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> This function is defined in the [**capabilities**](../modules/capabilities) module.

Validate that a runtime supports all required capabilities.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def validate_capabilities(runtime_matrix: RuntimeCapabilityMatrix, required_capabilities: Union[Set[RuntimeCapability], RuntimeCapabilityMatrix], runtime_name: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="runtime_matrix" type="RuntimeCapabilityMatrix" required={true}>
  Capability matrix of the runtime
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="required_capabilities" type="Union" required={true}>
  Required capabilities (set or matrix)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="runtime_name" type="str" required={false} default="'unknown'">
  Name of runtime for error messages
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if validation passes
</ResponseField>

### Exceptions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="CapabilityValidationError">
    If validation fails
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Uses

* `required_capabilities.to_capability_set`
* `runtime_matrix.supports_all`
* `runtime_matrix.missing_capabilities`
* `runtime_matrix.to_capability_set`
* `CapabilityValidationError`

## Source

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