artinet SDK

The artinet SDK is a Full Stack Agent builder written in TypeScript for node.js that aims to simplify the creation of interoperable AI agents. Learn more at the artinet project.

This SDK significantly supports multiple agentic communication protocols, offering a production-ready solution with a focus on developer experience, reliability, and comprehensive features.

Quick Start

To build your own agent/server use the create-quick-agent command:

npx @artinet/create-quick-agent@latest

Its got serveral template projects that you can use to get started building agents today.

Table of Contents

• artinet SDK
  • Quick Start
  • Table of Contents
  • Features
  • Installation
  • Requirements
  • Documentation
  • Example
  • Running Tests
  • Typescript
  • Usage
    • Client
      • Basic Client Usage
      • Streaming Updates
      • Authentication
    • Server
      • Implementing an A2A Agent
      • Persistent Storage
      • Logging
      • Server Registration & Discovery
      • Advanced Server Customization
    • Quick-Agents (Alpha)
  • Contributing
  • License
  • Acknowledgements

Features

• Plug-and-Play Server: Built on Express.js, the ExpressServer handles Transport-layer complexity, routing, protocol compliance, and Server-Sent Events (SSE) streaming mechanics automatically. Just provide your core agent logic (AgentEngine) and configuration via ExpressServerOptions.
• TypeScript First: Fully written in TypeScript with comprehensive type definitions for a robust developer experience.
• Protocol Compliance: Implements the complete A2A specification with growing support for recieving commands via MCP & ACP.
• Code Deployment (Experimental) | Bundle, test, and deploy agent code onto the artinet. Includes bundler, task wrapper, and deployment utilities.

Component/Feature	Description	Key Classes/Types
Client	Interact with A2A-compliant agents. Supports standard & streaming requests.	A2AClient, RpcError
Server	Host agents that can communicate using a variety of protocols. Handles protocol details, routing, SSE.	ExpressServer, ExpressServerOptions
Reqeust Handling	Define agent logic using async generators.	AgentEngine, ExecutionContext, UpdateEvent
Storage	Persist event state. In-memory and file-based options included.	Store, InMemoryTaskStore, FileStore
Streaming (SSE)	Handle real-time updates via SSE.
Logging	Configure structured logging for debugging and monitoring.	logger, configureLogger, LogLevel
Advanced Server	Customize the underlying JSON-RPC server or integrate into existing apps.	CreateJSONRPCServerParams, createJSONRPCMethod
Core Types	Based on the official JSON Schemas.	Tool,AgentCard, Task, Message, Part, Artifact, etc.
Agent Utilities (for Sandboxed Environments)	Standardized utilities for agents in managed environments to interact with the host system for task lifecycle, inter-agent communication, and external API calls.	artinet.v0.taskManager, artinet.v0.connect, artinet.v0.agent, TaskProxy, ConnectAPICallback, ClientProxy, ClientFactory

Installation

npm install @artinet/sdk

Requirements

• Node.js (v22.0.0 or higher recommended, check package.json engines for exact requirement)

Documentation

For more detailed documentation visit our documentation site here.

Example

A basic A2A server and client interaction. For more detailed examples, see the examples/ directory.

1. Server (quick-server.ts)

import {
  ExpressServer,
  ExecutionContext,
  AgentEngine,
  InMemoryTaskStore,
} from "@artinet/sdk";

// Minimal agent logic: receive text, yield working state, yield completed state with echo
const quickAgentLogic: AgentEngine = async function* (context: ExecutionContext) {
  const params = context.getRequestParams() as MessageSendParams; //for A2A requests
  const userInput = params.message.parts[0].kind === "text"
      ? context.userMessage.parts[0].text
      : "";
  yield { state: "working" };
  // Simulate some work if needed, check context.isCancelled()
  yield {
    state: "completed",
    message: {
      role: "agent",
      parts: [{ kind: "text", text: `You said: ${userInput}` }],
    },
  };
};

const server = new A2AServer({
  handler: quickAgentLogic,
  taskStore: new InMemoryTaskStore(),
  port: 4000,
  basePath: "/a2a",
  card: {
    name: "QuickStart Agent",
    url: "http://localhost:4000/a2a",
    version: "0.1.0",
    capabilities: { streaming: true },
    skills: [{ id: "echo", name: "Echo Skill" }],
  },
});

server.start();
console.log("A2A Server running at http://localhost:4000/a2a");

2. Client (quick-client.ts)

import { A2AClient, TaskStatusUpdateEvent } from "@artinet/sdk";

async function runClient() {
  const client = new A2AClient("http://localhost:4000/a2a");

   const message = {
    messageId: "test-message-id",
    kind: "message",
    role: "user",
    parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "Hello Quick Start!" }],
  };

  const stream = client.sendStreamingMessage({ message });

  for await (const update of stream) {
    // process the update
    ...
  }
  console.log("Stream finished.");
}

runClient().catch(console.error);

Running Tests

npm test

To run tests with coverage:

npm run test:coverage

Typescript

The Artinet SDK is written entirely in TypeScript and includes comprehensive type definitions, providing strong typing and enhanced developer experience.

Usage

Client

Interact with A2A-compliant agents using the A2AClient. See examples/ for more.

Basic Client Usage

Send a message using message/send.

import { A2AClient, Message } from "@artinet/sdk";

async function runBasicTask() {
  const client = new A2AClient("https://your-a2a-server.com/a2a");
  const message: Message = {
    messageId: "test-message",
    kind: "message",
    role: "user",
    parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "What is the capital of France?" }],
  };

  const task = await client.sendMessage({ message });
  console.log("Task Completed:", task);
}

Streaming Updates

Receive real-time updates via SSE using message/stream (recommended).

import {
  A2AClient,
  Message,
  TaskStatusUpdateEvent,
  TaskArtifactUpdateEvent,
} from "@artinet/sdk";

async function runStreamingTask() {
  const client = new A2AClient("https://your-a2a-server.com/a2a");
  const message: Message = {
    role: "user",
    parts: [{ type: "text", text: "Tell me a short story." }],
  };

  const stream = client.sendStreamingMessage({ id: "streaming-task-1", message });

  for await (const update of stream) {
    if ((update as TaskStatusUpdateEvent).status) {
      console.log("Status:", (update as TaskStatusUpdateEvent).status.state);
    } else if ((update as TaskArtifactUpdateEvent).artifact) {
      console.log(
        "Artifact:",
        (update as TaskArtifactUpdateEvent).artifact.name
      );
    }
  }
  console.log("Stream finished.");
}

Authentication

Add headers using addHeader or setHeaders.

import { A2AClient } from "@artinet/sdk";

const client = new A2AClient("https://your-secure-a2a-server.com/a2a");

// Add a single header
client.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your-api-token");

// Set multiple headers (overwrites existing)
client.setHeaders({ Authorization: "Bearer ...", "X-Custom": "value" });

Server

Host agents using A2AServer. Handles protocol details. See examples/ for more.

Implementing an A2A Agent

Define agent behavior with an async generator TaskHandler.

import {
  A2AServer,
  ExecutionContext,
  AgentEngine,
  InMemoryTaskStore,
} from "@artinet/sdk";


const myAgent: AgentEngine = async function* (context: ExecutionContext) {

  yield {
    state: "working",
    message: {
      role: "agent",
      parts: [{ type: "text", text: "Processing..." }],
    },
  };

  // Check context.isCancelled() if operation is long
  // await someAsyncTask();
  ...

  yield {
    name: "result.txt",
    mimeType: "text/plain",
    parts: [{ type: "text", text: "Report data" }],
  };

  yield {
    state: "completed",
    message: {
      role: "agent",
      parts: [{ type: "text", text: "Finished processing." }],
    },
  };
};

const myServer = new A2AServer({
  handler: myAgent,
  taskStore: new InMemoryTaskStore(),
  port: 3000,
  basePath: "/a2a",
  card: {
    name: "Example Agent",
    url: "http://localhost:3000/a2a",
    version: "1.0.0",
    capabilities: { streaming: true },
    skills: [{ id: "processor", name: "Text Processor" }],
  },
});

myServer.start();
console.log("A2A Server running on http://localhost:3000/a2a");

Persistent Storage

Use FileStore for file-based persistence. Ensure the directory exists.

import path from "path";
import fs from "fs";

const dataDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "a2a-data");
if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir)) {
  fs.mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true });
}

const myStore = new FileStore(dataDir);

const myServer = new A2AServer({
  taskStore: myStore,
  ...
});

Logging

Use the built-in pino-based logger. Configure with configureLogger.

import { logger, configureLogger, LogLevel, logDebug } from "@artinet/sdk";

// Configure logging level (optional)
configureLogger({ level: "debug" });

logger.info("Server starting...");
//use helper functions
logDebug("LoggerTest", { taskId: "task-123" }, "Task status updated.");

// Create child logger with bound context
const taskLogger = logger.child({ taskId: "abc" });
taskLogger.info("Processing step X");

Server Registration & Discovery

The SDK includes features to help make your agent discoverable:

• Automatic Registration: You can configure your A2AServer to automatically register your AgentCard with the A2A Registry upon startup by setting register: true (default: false) in the server parameters.

  const myServer = new A2AServer({
    ...
    card: {
      ...
      url: "http://my-public-domain:3000/my-agent", // Publicly accessible URL
      ...
    },
    register: true, // Enable automatic registration on start
  });

• Custom Agent Card Path: By default, the server exposes its AgentCard at /.well-known/agent.json RFC8615 and a fallback at /agent-card. You can specify a different fallback path using the fallbackPath option in A2AServerParams.

  const myServer = new A2AServer({
    ...
    basePath: "/apiV2"
    fallbackPath: "/apiV2/custom-card-info", // Agent card available here
    ...
  });
// The AgentCard is now accessible at http://localhost:3001/apiV2/custom-card-info

Advanced Server Customization

Provide a custom createJSONRPCServer function (implementing JSONRPCServerFactory) for fine-grained control over the underlying RPC server.

This factory function receives objects of type CreateJSONRPCServerParams & RequestParams containing the necessary SDK dependencies (taskHandler, taskStore, agentCard, activeCancellations, createTaskContext, closeStreamsForTask) and the specific method parameters (i.e. SendMessageRequest["params"]). You can use these dependencies to configure the standard A2A methods and add your own custom JSON-RPC methods.

The SDK exports default handlers for the standard A2A methods (e.g., defaultSendMessageMethod), create your own using dedicated A2A method types(SendMessageMethod) and use createJSONRPCMethod to easily wrap these methods with dependency injection and error handling.

See src/server/lib/middleware/factory.ts and src/server/lib/middleware/a2a-methods.ts for implementation details.

Example:

const myCustomSendMethod: SendMessageMethod = (
  deps,
  requestParams,
  callback
) => {
  const { taskStore, taskHandler, createTaskContext } = deps;
  const { id: taskId } = requestParams;
  const { message, sessionId, metadata } = requestParams;
  ...
  callback(null, ...);
};

const myCustomRPCServer: JSONRPCServerFactory = (
  params: CreateJSONRPCServerParams
): JSONRPCServerType => {
  //Use a custom message/send method
  const messageSendMethod = createJSONRPCMethod(params, myCustomSendMethod, "message/send");
  const taskGetMethod = createJSONRPCMethod(params, defaultGetTaskMethod, "tasks/get");
  const taskCancelMethod = createJSONRPCMethod(params, defaultCancelTaskMethod, "tasks/cancel");

  // Note: Push notifications are not fully implemented yet
  const taskPushNotificationSetMethod = createJSONRPCMethod(params, defaultSetTaskPushNotificationMethod, "tasks/pushNotificationConfig/set");
  const taskPushNotificationGetMethod = createJSONRPCMethod(params, defaultGetTaskPushNotificationMethod, "tasks/pushNotificationConfig/get");

  const rpcServer = new JSONRPCServer({
    "message/send": messageSendMethod,
    "tasks/get": taskGetMethod,
    "tasks/cancel": taskCancelMethod,
    "tasks/pushNotificationConfig/set": taskPushNotificationSetMethod,
    "tasks/pushNotificationConfig/get": taskPushNotificationGetMethod,
  });

  return rpcServer;
};


const server = new A2AServer({
  createJSONRPCServer: myCustomRPCServer,
  ...
});

Using the Custom Factory

Pass your factory function via the createJSONRPCServer option during A2AServer initialization.

Important: The default A2AServer setup automatically adds Express middleware to handle Server-Sent Events (SSE) for message/stream and tasks/resubscribe, as well as the /agent/card (and /.well-known/agent.json) GET endpoints. If you are not using A2AServer and integrating the Jayson server middleware into your own Express application, you must implement these SSE and card endpoints yourself to maintain full A2A compliance, especially for streaming functionality. See src/server/lib/express-server.ts for how the default server handles these routes.

Quick-Agents (Alpha)

We are excited to introduce new capabilities for deploying agents directly onto the artinet.

We've added a testDeployment utility which is available for all users letting you bundle and test your agent logic in a temporary sandboxed environment.

QUICK-AGENTS Use the fullDeployment utility, which allows direct deployment of your bundled agent code and AgentCard to the Artinet platform (requires an ARTINET_API_KEY).

To join the beta waitlist, please email us at [email protected] and stay tuned for more updates!

Key features include:

• Easy Agent Bundling: Bundle your agent's code and dependencies into a single file using the bundle utility.

  import { bundle } from "@artinet/sdk";
  
  const bundledCode = await bundle(new URL('./your-agent.ts', import.meta.url));

• Sandboxed Enviroments: Streamline agent logic for quick and easy deployments. The new artinet.v0 namespace (accessible via @artinet/sdk/agents) provides taskManager, connect, and agent.

  • artinet.v0.taskManager: Manages the agent's lifecycle by iterating over the agent's TaskHandler and communicating updates to the host environment.
  • artinet.v0.connect: Replaces the deprecated fetchResponseProxy. Allows agents to make proxied calls to other agents or LLMs via the host environment.
  • artinet.v0.agent: A factory function to obtain a ClientProxy for type-safe communication with other agents, managed by the host environment.

  Example of using the new artinet.v0 utilities in an agent:

  import { TaskContext, TaskYieldUpdate, Task } from "@artinet/sdk";
  import { artinet } from "@artinet/sdk/agents";
  
  export async function* myAgentLogic(context: TaskContext): AsyncGenerator<TaskYieldUpdate, Task | void, unknown> {
    yield { state: "working" };
  
    // Call another agent/LLM using artinet.v0.connect
    const llmResponse = await artinet.v0.connect({
      agentId: "SomeLLMAgentID",
      messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Tell me a joke." }]
    });
  
    // Or communicate tasks with artinet.v0.agent
    const anotherAgent = artinet.v0.agent({
      baseUrl: "https://agents.artinet.io/agentId=456",
    });
    const taskResult = await anotherAgent.sendTask({
      ...
    });
  
  }
  
  // The host environment will invoke this taskManager with the agent's logic.
  await artinet.v0.taskManager({ taskHandler: myAgentLogic });

  Note: The taskHandlerProxy and fetchResponseProxy utilities are now deprecated in favor of artinet.v0.taskManager and artinet.v0.connect respectively.

• Test-Agents (Experimental): Simulate and test your agents @ agents.artinet.io/test/deploy using the testDeployment tool.

  import { testDeployment, ServerDeploymentRequestParams, SendTaskRequest } from "@artinet/sdk";
  
  const deploymentParams: ServerDeploymentRequestParams = {
    code: "/* bundled code string */",
  };
  //create a list of tasks for your agent to complete once deployed
  const testRequests: SendTaskRequest[] = [
    { id: "t1", message: { role: "user", parts: [{ type: "text", text: "Hi!" }] } }
  ];
  
  for await (const result of testDeployment(deploymentParams, testRequests)) {
    console.log(result); //process the task completion requests as they come in to confirm your agents logic
  }

• Full Deployment (Experimental): Deploy your agent to the Artinet platform using the fullDeployment utility.

  import { fullDeployment, ServerDeploymentRequestParams } from "@artinet/sdk";
  
  const deploymentParams: ServerDeploymentRequestParams = {
    name: "My Awesome Agent",
    agentCard: { /* your agent card */ },
    code: "/* bundled code string */",
  };
  
  const deploymentResult = await fullDeployment(deploymentParams); // Requires an ARTINET_API_KEY environment variable
  console.log("Deployment Result:", deploymentResult);

• Dedicated Endpoints: Once deployed your agent will be available On-Demand at its dedicated enpoint. (e.g. "https://agents.artinet.io/agentId=0xabf698845743538727a81352bfcfdb724e5c2bbe3113a26362482248f9f3e5fa/.well-known/agent.json")

• New Types: To support these features, new types for server deployment requests and responses (such as ServerDeploymentRequestParams, ServerDeploymentResponse) have been added to src/types/extended-schema.ts. New types for sandboxed agent interactions (TaskProxy, ConnectAPICallback, ClientProxy, etc.) are in src/types/proxy.ts.

QUICK-AGENT FAQs

• Test-Agents expire after 60s (need more time? let us know @[email protected])
• Quick-Agents do not have access to a filesystem or networking (limited persistance & networking capabalities are on the project roadmap).
• Quick-Agents v0 does not support streaming, push notifications or state transition history (these capabilities are on the project roadmap).
• Larger deployments can take significant time to deploy which may cause fullDeployment to timeout. In such cases wait to see if the listing has been added to your account before trying to deploy again.
• Quick-Agent logic is public, therefore the artinet project is not liable for any sensitive material held within a deployment.
• Only availble with version 0.5.3 of the SDK.

Sign-up at artinet.io to deploy your Quick-Agent today!

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a Pull Request on GitHub.

Ensure code adheres to the project style and passes linting (npm run lint) and tests (npm test).

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

This SDK builds upon the concepts and specifications of the Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol initiated by Google. It utilizes the official A2A JSON Schema for protocol compliance.

Libraries used include:

• Express.js for the server framework.
• Jayson for JSON-RPC handling.
• Pino for logging.
• EventSource Parser for SSE streaming.