How to set RunConfig on deployed agents?

[rdaros]

After developing my agent locally, now I'm going to deploy the ADK agent to Agent Engine. In this process, I can't find the way to include my RunConfig in the deployed agent. Looks like the Runner is managed by the framework and there is no way to pass my custom RunConfig.

I'm probably missing something obvious, but since I wasted too much time already I decided to ask here. Probably you guys have the answer already.

[nitzien]

Does someone know answer to this. I am guessing there will be some code around Agent but can't figure out exactly. Didn't find this is any sample code too.

[adk-bot]

Response from ADK Answering Agent (experimental, answer may be inaccurate)

TLDR: You are correct. When deploying an agent to Agent Engine, you do not provide a RunConfig object. The runtime environment and its configuration are managed by the Agent Engine service itself. [1]

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Hello! Your observation is spot on. The way you configure an agent for local execution is different from how it's handled when deployed to a managed service like Agent Engine.

For local development and testing, you have full control over the execution environment. This is where you create a RunConfig object to specify settings like LLM call limits or streaming behavior and pass it to a Runner that you manage directly. [2]

However, when you deploy to Agent Engine, the service takes over the management of the agent's runtime. The deployment process involves wrapping your agent in an agent_engines.AdkApp object. [1] As you can see in the deployment examples, the AdkApp constructor does not have a parameter to accept a RunConfig object. Instead, Agent Engine provides its own optimized runner and session management services out of the box.

Certain settings can be configured at deployment time, but not through RunConfig. For example, you can enable Cloud Trace by setting enable_tracing=True in the AdkApp or by using the --trace_to_cloud flag when deploying. [3]

For more details on the deployment process, you can refer to the Agent Engine deployment guide. [1]

Footnotes:
[1] https://google.github.io/adk-docs/deploy/agent-engine/
[2] https://google.github.io/adk-docs/runtime/runconfig/
[3] https://google.github.io/adk-docs/observability/cloud-trace/

[hangfei]

Hi @rdaros , it can't be done easily today. we are adding this support very soon.