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agents-sdk

Build AI agents on Cloudflare Workers using the Agents SDK. Load when creating stateful agents, durable workflows, real-time WebSocket apps, scheduled tasks, MCP servers, or chat applications. Covers Agent class, state management, callable RPC, Workflows integration, and React hooks. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge.

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npx add-skill https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/agents-sdk

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Cloudflare Agents SDK

Your knowledge of the Agents SDK may be outdated. Prefer retrieval over pre-training for any Agents SDK task.

Retrieval Sources

Fetch current docs from https://github.com/cloudflare/agents/tree/main/docs before implementing.

Topic Doc Use for
Getting started docs/getting-started.md First agent, project setup
State docs/state.md setState, validateStateChange, persistence
Routing docs/routing.md URL patterns, routeAgentRequest, basePath
Callable methods docs/callable-methods.md @callable, RPC, streaming, timeouts
Scheduling docs/scheduling.md schedule(), scheduleEvery(), cron
Workflows docs/workflows.md AgentWorkflow, durable multi-step tasks
HTTP/WebSockets docs/http-websockets.md Lifecycle hooks, hibernation
Email docs/email.md Email routing, secure reply resolver
MCP client docs/mcp-client.md Connecting to MCP servers
MCP server docs/mcp-servers.md Building MCP servers with McpAgent
Client SDK docs/client-sdk.md useAgent, useAgentChat, React hooks
Human-in-the-loop docs/human-in-the-loop.md Approval flows, pausing workflows
Resumable streaming docs/resumable-streaming.md Stream recovery on disconnect

Cloudflare docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/

Capabilities

The Agents SDK provides:

  • Persistent state - SQLite-backed, auto-synced to clients
  • Callable RPC - @callable() methods invoked over WebSocket
  • Scheduling - One-time, recurring (scheduleEvery), and cron tasks
  • Workflows - Durable multi-step background processing via AgentWorkflow
  • MCP integration - Connect to MCP servers or build your own with McpAgent
  • Email handling - Receive and reply to emails with secure routing
  • Streaming chat - AIChatAgent with resumable streams
  • React hooks - useAgent, useAgentChat for client apps

FIRST: Verify Installation

bash
npm ls agents  # Should show agents package

If not installed:

bash
npm install agents

Wrangler Configuration

jsonc
{
  "durable_objects": {
    "bindings": [{ "name": "MyAgent", "class_name": "MyAgent" }]
  },
  "migrations": [{ "tag": "v1", "new_sqlite_classes": ["MyAgent"] }]
}

Agent Class

typescript
import { Agent, routeAgentRequest, callable } from "agents";

type State = { count: number };

export class Counter extends Agent<Env, State> {
  initialState = { count: 0 };

  // Validation hook - runs before state persists (sync, throwing rejects the update)
  validateStateChange(nextState: State, source: Connection | "server") {
    if (nextState.count < 0) throw new Error("Count cannot be negative");
  }

  // Notification hook - runs after state persists (async, non-blocking)
  onStateUpdate(state: State, source: Connection | "server") {
    console.log("State updated:", state);
  }

  @callable()
  increment() {
    this.setState({ count: this.state.count + 1 });
    return this.state.count;
  }
}

export default {
  fetch: (req, env) => routeAgentRequest(req, env) ?? new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
};

Routing

Requests route to /agents/{agent-name}/{instance-name}:

Class URL
Counter /agents/counter/user-123
ChatRoom /agents/chat-room/lobby

Client: useAgent({ agent: "Counter", name: "user-123" })

Core APIs

Task API
Read state this.state.count
Write state this.setState({ count: 1 })
SQL query this.sql`SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${id}`
Schedule (delay) await this.schedule(60, "task", payload)
Schedule (cron) await this.schedule("0 * * * *", "task", payload)
Schedule (interval) await this.scheduleEvery(30, "poll")
RPC method @callable() myMethod() { ... }
Streaming RPC @callable({ streaming: true }) stream(res) { ... }
Start workflow await this.runWorkflow("ProcessingWorkflow", params)

React Client

tsx
import { useAgent } from "agents/react";

function App() {
  const [state, setLocalState] = useState({ count: 0 });

  const agent = useAgent({
    agent: "Counter",
    name: "my-instance",
    onStateUpdate: (newState) => setLocalState(newState),
    onIdentity: (name, agentType) => console.log(`Connected to ${name}`)
  });

  return (
    <button onClick={() => agent.setState({ count: state.count + 1 })}>
      Count: {state.count}
    </button>
  );
}

References

  • references/workflows.md - Durable Workflows integration
  • references/callable.md - RPC methods, streaming, timeouts
  • references/state-scheduling.md - State persistence, scheduling
  • references/streaming-chat.md - AIChatAgent, resumable streams
  • references/mcp.md - MCP server integration
  • references/email.md - Email routing and handling
  • references/codemode.md - Code Mode (experimental)

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