Simple A2A Agent Demo

This document describes a simple agent and client demonstrating the Agent to Agent (A2A) SDK.

This application contains a simple agent and a test client to invoke it.

Setup and Deployment

Prerequisites

Before running the application locally, ensure you have the following installed:

1. uv: The Python package management tool used in this project. Follow the installation guide: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/
2. python 3.13 Python 3.13 is required to run a2a-sdk

1. Install dependencies

This will create a virtual environment in the .venv directory and install the required packages.

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

2. Run the Agent

Open a terminal and run the server with the dummy agent:

uv run .

The agent will be running on http://localhost:9999.

3. Run the Test Client

Open a new terminal and run the test client:

uv run --active test_client.py

You will see the client interact with the agent in the terminal output.

References

• https://github.com/google/a2a-python
• https://codelabs.developers.google.com/intro-a2a-purchasing-concierge#1