base

Base Agent class.

Currently a stub just to get them in the object hierarchy

Classes:

Agent([id])

Metaclass for agent types.

class Agent(id: Optional[str] = None)[source]

Bases: autopilot.root.Autopilot_Object

Metaclass for agent types.

Currently a stub, but will provide hooks for basic lifecycle methods of agents:

  • pre_init - to be run before any other standard initialization

  • init - main initialization hook

  • init_external - initialize external processes

  • post_init - to be run after other initialization

  • … to be continued

And core class and instance attributes:

  • prefs - prefs that are needed to configure this agent

  • processes - processes spawned by this agent

  • listens - methods to handle messages sent to this agent

  • dependencies - additional optional python packages or system configurations that this agent depends on.