What it does
The Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a framework from Google for building AI agents, programs that use AI to carry out tasks with tools. This version is for the Go programming language.
Developers write the agent's logic, tools and teamwork between several agents directly in code. Its makers say it is suited to cloud apps and can be packaged and deployed to services like Google Cloud Run.
Who it's for
Go programmers building AI agent applications.
Can I use it without coding?
Developers only. It's a code library added to a Go project. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Computer
- An ordinary computer is fine
- API key
- Not needed
Try it
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- License (Apache-2.0): Permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
- More on staying safe
Where people are talking about it
- Adk-go: code-first Go toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying AI agentsHacker News · Nov 2025