adk-engineer

What This Skill Does

Expert software engineer for building production-ready Agent Development Kit (ADK) applications. Handles complete development lifecycle including architecture design, code implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of multi-agent systems.

Core Capabilities

1. Agent Architecture Design: Design scalable multi-agent systems with proper separation of concerns
2. Code Implementation: Write clean, maintainable ADK agent code in Python, Java, or Go
3. Testing Strategy: Implement comprehensive testing (unit, integration, end-to-end)
4. Deployment Automation: Set up CI/CD pipelines for agent deployment
5. Error Handling: Implement robust error handling and recovery mechanisms
6. Performance Optimization: Optimize agent performance and resource usage
7. Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation and code examples

When This Skill Activates

Trigger Phrases

• "Build an ADK agent application"
• "Create production-ready ADK code"
• "Engineer a multi-agent system"
• "Implement ADK agent with tests"
• "Set up ADK development environment"
• "Design ADK agent architecture"
• "Optimize ADK agent performance"
• "Create ADK deployment pipeline"

Use Cases

• Building new ADK agent applications from scratch
• Refactoring existing agent code for production
• Implementing testing strategies for agents
• Setting up CI/CD for agent deployment
• Optimizing agent performance and reliability
• Creating reusable agent components
• Designing multi-agent orchestration patterns

How It Works

Phase 1: Requirements Analysis

User Request → Analyze:
- Agent purpose and capabilities
- Integration requirements
- Performance targets
- Deployment environment
- Testing requirements
- Scalability needs

Phase 2: Architecture Design

Design agent architecture:
- Single agent vs multi-agent system
- Tool selection (Code Execution, Memory Bank, custom tools)
- Orchestration pattern (Sequential, Parallel, Loop, DAG)
- Data flow and state management
- Error handling strategy
- Monitoring and observability

Phase 3: Project Structure Setup

# Standard ADK Python project structure
project/
├── src/
│   ├── agents/              # Agent definitions
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── base_agent.py    # Base agent class
│   │   └── specialized_agents/
│   ├── tools/               # Custom tools
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── custom_tools.py
│   ├── orchestrators/       # Multi-agent orchestration
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── workflows.py
│   ├── config/              # Configuration
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── settings.py
│   └── utils/               # Utilities
│       ├── __init__.py
│       └── helpers.py
├── tests/                   # Test suite
│   ├── unit/
│   ├── integration/
│   └── e2e/
├── deployment/              # Deployment configs
│   ├── terraform/
│   └── kubernetes/
├── .github/                 # CI/CD workflows
│   └── workflows/
├── requirements.txt         # Dependencies
├── pyproject.toml          # Project config
├── Dockerfile              # Container image
└── README.md               # Documentation

Phase 4: Implementation

Base Agent Implementation (Python):

# src/agents/base_agent.py
from google import adk
from typing import Dict, Any, Optional
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class BaseAgent:
    """Base class for all ADK agents with common functionality"""

    def __init__(
        self,
        model: str = "gemini-2.5-flash",
        enable_code_execution: bool = False,
        enable_memory_bank: bool = False,
        system_instruction: Optional[str] = None,
    ):
        self.model = model
        self.tools = []

        # Configure tools
        if enable_code_execution:
            self.tools.append(adk.tools.CodeExecution())

        if enable_memory_bank:
            self.tools.append(adk.tools.MemoryBank())

        # Create agent
        self.agent = adk.Agent(
            model=self.model,
            tools=self.tools,
            system_instruction=system_instruction or self._default_instruction(),
        )

    def _default_instruction(self) -> str:
        """Default system instruction - override in subclasses"""
        return "You are a helpful AI agent."

    def run(
        self,
        message: str,
        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Execute agent with error handling"""
        try:
            logger.info(f"Running agent with message: {message[:50]}...")

            response = self.agent.run(
                message=message,
                session_id=session_id,
                **kwargs
            )

            logger.info("Agent execution successful")
            return {
                "status": "success",
                "response": response,
            }

        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"Agent execution failed: {e}")
            return {
                "status": "error",
                "error": str(e),
            }

    async def run_async(
        self,
        message: str,
        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Async agent execution"""
        # Implementation for async operations
        pass

Specialized Agent Example:

# src/agents/specialized_agents/deployment_agent.py
from ..base_agent import BaseAgent

class DeploymentAgent(BaseAgent):
    """Specialized agent for GCP deployments"""

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(
            model="gemini-2.5-flash",
            enable_code_execution=True,
            enable_memory_bank=True,
        )

    def _default_instruction(self) -> str:
        return """
You are a GCP deployment specialist.

CAPABILITIES:
- Deploy GKE clusters
- Deploy Cloud Run services
- Manage IAM permissions
- Monitor deployments

SECURITY:
- Validate all configurations
- Use least-privilege IAM
- Log all operations
- Never expose credentials

WORKFLOW:
1. Validate deployment configuration
2. Check prerequisites
3. Execute deployment
4. Verify deployment success
5. Set up monitoring
        """.strip()

    def deploy_gke_cluster(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Deploy GKE cluster with configuration"""
        message = f"""
Deploy a GKE cluster with the following configuration:
- Name: {config['name']}
- Region: {config['region']}
- Node count: {config['node_count']}
- Machine type: {config['machine_type']}

Validate configuration, create cluster, and verify it's running.
        """
        return self.run(message, session_id=f"deploy-{config['name']}")

Multi-Agent Orchestration:

# src/orchestrators/workflows.py
from google import adk
from ..agents.specialized_agents.deployment_agent import DeploymentAgent

class DeploymentWorkflow:
    """Orchestrate multi-agent deployment workflow"""

    def __init__(self):
        # Create specialized agents
        self.validator = self._create_validator_agent()
        self.deployer = DeploymentAgent()
        self.monitor = self._create_monitor_agent()

        # Create orchestrator
        self.orchestrator = adk.SequentialAgent(
            agents=[self.validator.agent, self.deployer.agent, self.monitor.agent],
            system_instruction="Coordinate validation → deployment → monitoring"
        )

    def _create_validator_agent(self):
        """Create configuration validator agent"""
        # Implementation
        pass

    def _create_monitor_agent(self):
        """Create deployment monitor agent"""
        # Implementation
        pass

    def execute(self, deployment_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Execute full deployment workflow"""
        result = self.orchestrator.run(
            f"Deploy infrastructure with config: {deployment_config}"
        )
        return result

Phase 5: Testing Strategy

Unit Tests:

# tests/unit/test_base_agent.py
import pytest
from src.agents.base_agent import BaseAgent

def test_base_agent_initialization():
    """Test base agent initializes correctly"""
    agent = BaseAgent(
        model="gemini-2.5-flash",
        enable_code_execution=True
    )

    assert agent.model == "gemini-2.5-flash"
    assert len(agent.tools) == 1

def test_agent_run_success():
    """Test successful agent execution"""
    agent = BaseAgent()
    result = agent.run("Hello")

    assert result["status"] == "success"
    assert "response" in result

def test_agent_run_error_handling():
    """Test error handling in agent execution"""
    agent = BaseAgent()
    # Simulate error scenario
    # Assert proper error response
    pass

Integration Tests:

# tests/integration/test_deployment_workflow.py
import pytest
from src.orchestrators.workflows import DeploymentWorkflow

@pytest.mark.integration
def test_deployment_workflow():
    """Test full deployment workflow"""
    workflow = DeploymentWorkflow()

    config = {
        "name": "test-cluster",
        "region": "us-central1",
        "node_count": 3,
        "machine_type": "e2-medium"
    }

    result = workflow.execute(config)
    assert result["status"] == "success"

Phase 6: CI/CD Pipeline

GitHub Actions Workflow:

# .github/workflows/deploy-agent.yml
name: Deploy ADK Agent

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          pip install -r requirements.txt
          pip install pytest pytest-cov

      - name: Run tests
        run: pytest --cov=src tests/

  deploy:
    needs: test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Authenticate to GCP
        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
        with:
          workload_identity_provider: ${{ secrets.WIF_PROVIDER }}
          service_account: ${{ secrets.WIF_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}

      - name: Deploy to Agent Engine
        run: |
          pip install google-adk
          adk deploy \
            --agent-file src/agents/main_agent.py \
            --project-id ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }} \
            --region us-central1 \
            --service-name production-agent

Phase 7: Documentation

README.md Structure:

# ADK Agent Application

## Overview
Production-ready ADK agent for [purpose]

## Features
- Feature 1
- Feature 2
- Feature 3

## Prerequisites
- Python 3.11+
- Google Cloud Project
- ADK CLI

## Installation
\`\`\`bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
\`\`\`

## Configuration
Set environment variables:
\`\`\`bash
export GCP_PROJECT_ID=your-project
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/path/to/credentials.json
\`\`\`

## Usage
\`\`\`python
from src.agents.main_agent import MainAgent

agent = MainAgent()
result = agent.run("Deploy a GKE cluster")
\`\`\`

## Testing
\`\`\`bash
pytest tests/
\`\`\`

## Deployment
\`\`\`bash
adk deploy --agent-file src/agents/main_agent.py
\`\`\`

## Architecture
[Architecture diagram and explanation]

## API Documentation
[API reference]

## Troubleshooting
[Common issues and solutions]

Tool Permissions

• Read: Analyze existing code, configurations
• Write: Create new agent files, tests, documentation
• Edit: Modify existing agent code, configurations
• Grep: Search for patterns, integration points
• Glob: Find related files
• Bash: Run tests, deploy agents, install dependencies

Best Practices

Code Quality

• Follow PEP 8 style guide for Python
• Use type hints extensively
• Write docstrings for all classes and methods
• Keep functions small and focused
• Use descriptive variable names

Error Handling

• Implement retry logic with exponential backoff
• Log all errors with context
• Return structured error responses
• Validate inputs before processing
• Handle timeouts gracefully

Performance

• Use async operations where appropriate
• Implement caching for repeated operations
• Optimize prompt sizes
• Monitor token usage
• Profile code for bottlenecks

Security

• Never hardcode credentials
• Use environment variables or Secret Manager
• Implement proper IAM roles
• Validate all inputs
• Audit log all operations

Testing

• Aim for >80% code coverage
• Test happy path and error cases
• Use fixtures for test data
• Mock external dependencies
• Run tests in CI pipeline

Example Projects

Simple Chat Agent

from google import adk

agent = adk.Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    system_instruction="You are a helpful assistant."
)

response = agent.run("What is ADK?")
print(response)

Production Deployment Agent

[Full example in src/agents/specialized_agents/]

Multi-Agent RAG System

[Full example in src/orchestrators/rag_workflow.py]

Resources

• ADK Documentation: https://google.github.io/adk-docs/
• Best Practices: https://google.github.io/adk-docs/best-practices/
• Example Gallery: [Repository examples/]
• API Reference: [API documentation]

Version History

• 1.0.0 (2025): Initial release with Python support, production patterns, CI/CD templates

This skill provides end-to-end software engineering expertise for building production-ready ADK agents with best practices, comprehensive testing, and automated deployment.