Core Types

The Agent User Interaction Protocol SDK is built on a set of core types that represent the fundamental structures used throughout the system. This page documents these types and their properties.

RunAgentInput

Input parameters for running an agent. In the HTTP API, this is the body of the POST request.

type RunAgentInput = {
  threadId: string
  runId: string
  parentRunId?: string
  state: any
  messages: Message[]
  tools: Tool[]
  context: Context[]
  forwardedProps: any
}

Property	Type	Description
`threadId`	`string`	ID of the conversation thread
`runId`	`string`	ID of the current run
`parentRunId`	`string (optional)`	ID of the run that spawned this run
`state`	`any`	Current state of the agent
`messages`	`Message[]`	Array of messages in the conversation
`tools`	`Tool[]`	Array of tools available to the agent
`context`	`Context[]`	Array of context objects provided to the agent
`forwardedProps`	`any`	Additional properties forwarded to the agent

Message Types

The SDK includes several message types that represent different kinds of messages in the system.

Role

Represents the possible roles a message sender can have.

type Role =
  | "developer"
  | "system"
  | "assistant"
  | "user"
  | "tool"
  | "activity"
  | "reasoning"

DeveloperMessage

Represents a message from a developer.

type DeveloperMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "developer"
  content: string
  name?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the message
`role`	`"developer"`	Role of the message sender, fixed as “developer”
`content`	`string`	Text content of the message (required)
`name`	`string`	Optional name of the sender

SystemMessage

Represents a system message.

type SystemMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "system"
  content: string
  name?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the message
`role`	`"system"`	Role of the message sender, fixed as “system”
`content`	`string`	Text content of the message (required)
`name`	`string`	Optional name of the sender

AssistantMessage

Represents a message from an assistant.

type AssistantMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "assistant"
  content?: string
  name?: string
  toolCalls?: ToolCall[]
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the message
`role`	`"assistant"`	Role of the message sender, fixed as “assistant”
`content`	`string` (optional)	Text content of the message
`name`	`string` (optional)	Name of the sender
`toolCalls`	`ToolCall[]` (optional)	Tool calls made in this message

UserMessage

Represents a message from a user.

type UserMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "user"
  content: string | InputContent[]
  name?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the message
`role`	`"user"`	Role of the message sender, fixed as “user”
`content`	`string \| InputContent[]`	Either plain text or an ordered array of multimodal content fragments
`name`	`string`	Optional name of the sender

InputContent

Union of supported multimodal fragments.

type InputContent = TextInputContent | BinaryInputContent

TextInputContent

type TextInputContent = {
  type: "text"
  text: string
}

BinaryInputContent

type BinaryInputContent = {
  type: "binary"
  mimeType: string
  id?: string
  url?: string
  data?: string
  filename?: string
}

At least one of id, url, or data must be provided.

ToolMessage

Represents a message from a tool.

type ToolMessage = {
  id: string
  content: string
  role: "tool"
  toolCallId: string
  error?: string
  encryptedValue?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the message
`content`	`string`	Text content of the message
`role`	`"tool"`	Role of the message sender, fixed as “tool”
`toolCallId`	`string`	ID of the tool call this message responds to
`error`	`string` (optional)	Error message if the tool call failed
`encryptedValue`	`string` (optional)	Optional encrypted value attached via signature

ActivityMessage

Represents structured activity progress emitted between chat messages.

type ActivityMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "activity"
  activityType: string
  content: Record<string, any>
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the activity message
`role`	`"activity"`	Fixed discriminator identifying the message as activity
`activityType`	`string`	Activity discriminator used for renderer selection
`content`	`Record<string, any>`	Structured payload representing the activity state

ReasoningMessage

Represents a reasoning/thinking message from an agent’s internal thought process.

type ReasoningMessage = {
  id: string
  role: "reasoning"
  content: string
  encryptedValue?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the reasoning message
`role`	`"reasoning"`	Fixed discriminator identifying the reasoning role
`content`	`string`	The reasoning/thinking content
`encryptedValue`	`string` (optional)	Optional encrypted value attached via signature

Message

A union type representing any type of message in the system.

type Message =
  | DeveloperMessage
  | SystemMessage
  | AssistantMessage
  | UserMessage
  | ToolMessage
  | ActivityMessage
  | ReasoningMessage

ToolCall

Represents a tool call made by an agent.

type ToolCall = {
  id: string
  type: "function"
  function: FunctionCall
  encryptedValue?: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the tool call
`type`	`"function"`	Type of the tool call, always “function”
`function`	`FunctionCall`	Details about the function being called
`encryptedValue`	`string` (optional)	Optional encrypted value attached via signature

FunctionCall

Represents function name and arguments in a tool call.

type FunctionCall = {
  name: string
  arguments: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Name of the function to call
`arguments`	`string`	JSON-encoded string of arguments to the function

Context

Represents a piece of contextual information provided to an agent.

type Context = {
  description: string
  value: string
}

Property	Type	Description
`description`	`string`	Description of what this context represents
`value`	`string`	The actual context value

Tool

Defines a tool that can be called by an agent.

type Tool = {
  name: string
  description: string
  parameters: any // JSON Schema
}

Property	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Name of the tool
`description`	`string`	Description of what the tool does
`parameters`	`any`	JSON Schema defining the parameters for the tool

State

Represents the state of an agent during execution.

type State = any

The state type is flexible and can hold any data structure needed by the agent implementation.

AgentCapabilities

Typed capability declaration returned by getCapabilities(). All fields are optional — agents only declare what they support.

interface AgentCapabilities {
  identity?: IdentityCapabilities
  transport?: TransportCapabilities
  tools?: ToolsCapabilities
  output?: OutputCapabilities
  state?: StateCapabilities
  multiAgent?: MultiAgentCapabilities
  reasoning?: ReasoningCapabilities
  multimodal?: MultimodalCapabilities
  execution?: ExecutionCapabilities
  humanInTheLoop?: HumanInTheLoopCapabilities
  custom?: Record<string, unknown>
}

Property	Type	Description
`identity`	`IdentityCapabilities`	Agent identity and metadata
`transport`	`TransportCapabilities`	Supported transport mechanisms
`tools`	`ToolsCapabilities`	Agent-provided tools and tool calling config
`output`	`OutputCapabilities`	Output format support
`state`	`StateCapabilities`	State and memory management
`multiAgent`	`MultiAgentCapabilities`	Multi-agent coordination
`reasoning`	`ReasoningCapabilities`	Reasoning and thinking support
`multimodal`	`MultimodalCapabilities`	Multimodal input/output support
`execution`	`ExecutionCapabilities`	Execution control and limits
`humanInTheLoop`	`HumanInTheLoopCapabilities`	Human-in-the-loop support
`custom`	`Record<string, unknown>`	Integration-specific capabilities

See Capabilities for the full category type definitions and usage patterns.

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Types

Core Types

RunAgentInput

Message Types

Role

DeveloperMessage

SystemMessage

AssistantMessage

UserMessage

InputContent

TextInputContent

BinaryInputContent

ToolMessage

ActivityMessage

ReasoningMessage

Message

ToolCall

FunctionCall

Context

Tool

State

AgentCapabilities

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Python

​Core Types

​RunAgentInput

​Message Types

​Role

​DeveloperMessage

​SystemMessage

​AssistantMessage

​UserMessage

​InputContent

​TextInputContent

​BinaryInputContent

​ToolMessage

​ActivityMessage

​ReasoningMessage

​Message

​ToolCall

​FunctionCall

​Context

​Tool

​State

​AgentCapabilities

Core Types

RunAgentInput

Message Types

Role

DeveloperMessage

SystemMessage

AssistantMessage

UserMessage

InputContent

TextInputContent

BinaryInputContent

ToolMessage

ActivityMessage

ReasoningMessage

Message

ToolCall

FunctionCall

Context

Tool

State

AgentCapabilities