a2a-task-lifecycle
A2A Task Lifecycle
Before writing code
Fetch live docs:
- Fetch
https://a2a-protocol.org/latest/specification/for the Task object schema and state machine - Web-search
site:github.com a2aproject A2A task lifecycle statesfor state transition rules - Web-search
site:github.com a2aproject a2a-samples taskfor task handling examples - Fetch SDK docs for task-related classes and state management utilities
Conceptual Architecture
What a Task Is
A Task is the central unit of work in A2A. It represents a request from a client agent to a server agent, tracks progress through well-defined states, accumulates messages and artifacts, and reaches a terminal state when complete.
Task Structure
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