Google ADK: Introduction to AI Agent Development

Nota: ✋ This post was originally published on my blog wiki-cloud.co Introduction Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace and is transforming how people and businesses interact with technology. Over the past few years, much of the focus has been on generative AI models, which can create text, images, code, audio, and other types of content from natural language instructions. These capabilities have marked a significant and transformative shift in how we perform many tasks, allowing AI to move from a specialized technology to an accessible tool for millions of users. However, we are entering a new stage. Artificial intelligence models are no longer limited to simply answering questions or generating content. They can now be autonomous, understand objectives, analyze context, decide what steps to take, use tools, consult different sources of information, connect with APIs, execute actions, and collaborate with other specialized agents to complete more complex tasks. This evolution is giving rise to what is known as agentic artificial intelligence, an approach in which AI systems can act with a greater level of autonomy and actively participate in business, technical, and operational processes. Instead of simply offering a recommendation, an agent can search for information, validate data, coordinate different activities, and execute a sequence of actions aimed at achieving a specific goal. Within this new scenario appears Google Agent Development Kit , also known as Google ADK , is an open-source framework developed and designed by Google to facilitate the creation, evaluation, and deployment of artificial intelligence agents. ADK provides developers with a structure for defining agent behavior, connecting them to language models and external tools, managing sessions and memory, coordinating multi-agent systems, and evaluating their performance before deploying them to production. Thanks to this code-based approach, Google ADK allows you to build e