Google just killed the agent framework industry.
ADK 2.0: Open-source. Free. Better than $50K enterprise tools.
What it does:
→ Graph-based execution with routing, fan-out/fan-in, loops, retry
→ Structured agent-to-agent delegation via Task API
→ State management, dynamic nodes, human-in-the-loop, nested workflows
→ Interactive CLI (adk run) and Web UI (adk web) for local dev
→ Multi-turn task mode with single-turn controlled output
→ Works with Gemini 2.5 Flash, extensions via pip
What it replaces:
→ LangChain orchestration boilerplate
→ LangGraph state machines
→ Vertex AI Agent Builder lock-in
→ Custom agent-to-agent delegation code
Define your Agent class with instructions and tools.
Compose a Workflow class as a graph.
Run it locally with adk run or adk web.
No hosted platform. No vendor lock-in.
Customer support bots, research agents, multi-agent pipelines - same library.
This is what open-source from Google looks like.
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