Vertex AI Agent Builder is a suite of features for building and deploying AI agents. It consists of the following components:
Agent Garden is a library where you can find and explore sample agents and tools that are designed to accelerate your development.
Agent Development Kit (ADK) is an open-source framework that simplifies the process of building sophisticated multi-agent systems while maintaining precise control over agent behavior.
Vertex AI Agent Engine is a set of services that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale AI agents in production. Vertex AI Agent Engine offers services such as a fully-managed runtime, evaluation, Sessions, and Memory Bank.
Agent Tools are tools that you can equip your ADK agent to use, including:
Built-in tools such as Grounding with Google Search, Vertex AI Search, and Code Execution
RAG Engine for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Google Cloud tools to connect to:
Your APIs managed in Apigee API Hub
100+ enterprise applications through Integration Connectors
Custom integrations with Application Integration
Ecosystem tools such as LangChain tools, CrewAI tools, and GenAI Toolbox for Databases
The following diagram shows the components of Vertex AI Agent Builder:
To learn more about AI agents in general, see:
our blog post on multi-agent systems with Vertex AI
Workflow for building and deploying agents
Discover agent samples and tools specific to your use cases in the Agent Garden.
Build and test your agent using the Agent Development Kit.
Deploy your agent to Vertex AI Agent Engine.