opensage-adk
Agent BuildingTechnical reference for OpenSage-ADK — a Google ADK-based framework for long-horizon, tool-heavy AI agents. Covers architecture, configuration, customization, extension, and production agent patterns.
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OpenSage-ADK
OpenSage-ADK is an agent framework built on Google ADK for long-horizon, tool-heavy tasks. It unifies six subsystems — sessions, sandboxes, tools, plugins, history management, and multi-agent orchestration — into a single deterministic platform driven by a TOML config and an agent.py factory.
Installation
Requirements: Python 3.12+, uv, Docker.
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
git clone https://github.com/opensage-agent/opensage-adk.git
cd opensage-adk
uv venv --python 3.12
uv sync
uv run opensage --help
Minimal Agent
An agent directory contains agent.py with a mk_agent() factory. The factory receives the current session ID and returns an OpenSageAgent.
# my_agent/agent.py
import os
from google.adk.models.lite_llm import LiteLlm
import opensage
from opensage.agents import OpenSageAgent
def mk_agent(opensage_session_id: str, model=None):
session = opensage.get_opensage_session(opensage_session_id)
if model is None:
model = LiteLlm(model="openai/gpt-5")
return OpenSageAgent(
name="my_agent",
description="My agent.",
model=model,
instruction="You are a helpful assistant.",
enabled_skills="all",
tools=[],
subagents=[],
)
Launch the web UI:
uv run opensage web --agent /path/to/my_agent --port 8000
LiteLLM resolves credentials from environment (OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, etc.).
Architecture
Session lifecycle
Every run follows seven phases:
- Input parsing and logging setup.
opensage.get_opensage_session(session_id, config_path)instantiates anOpenSageSessionholding configuration, budget, sandbox manager, Neo4j client manager, ADK services, LLM registry, andAgentManager.- Sandbox dependency collection from a dummy agent, followed by pruning of unused sandboxes.
- Shared-volume initialization.
- Container launch and per-sandbox initializer execution.
- Agent loading and plugin discovery.
- ADK runner event loop.
Entry points (opensage web, evaluation runners, RL integrations) share phases 1–4 and 7; phases 5–6 diverge. get_opensage_session(session_id) returns the active session from anywhere in tool code.
Project structure (src/opensage/)
agents/—OpenSageAgent,ToolLoadersandbox/— backends (native,podman,remotedocker,opensandbox,nitrobox,local,k8s) and initializers (main,neo4j,joern,codeql,gdb_mcp,coverage,fuzz)session/— managersbash_tools/— bash-scripted Skillstoolbox/— Python tools and MCP toolsetsconfig/— TOML loading and dataclassesplugins/— ADK plugins and Claude Code hooksmemory/— Neo4j-backed short- and long-term memoryfeatures/— feature flags, summarization,ToolComboevaluation/— evaluation runners, dispatchers, RL adapters (benchmarks live in top-levelbenchmarks/)
Sessions and managers
OpenSageSession owns these runtime components:
AgentManager— agent definitions, spawned instances, peer-message inboxes, and lifecycle statesRUNNING,SLEEPING,TERMINATING,TERMINATED.OpenSageSandboxManager— container lifecycle and shared volumes.OpenSageNeo4jClientManager— lazy Neo4j clients.- ADK in-memory services — session, artifact, memory, and credential services.
LlmRegistry— configured model pool for LLM-driven agents.BudgetManager— session-level LLM budget tracking.
Sandboxes
Two orthogonal axes separate concern: backend (where execution happens — Docker local/remote, Kubernetes, native) from initializer (what setup runs inside). A session owns multiple named sandboxes declared in [sandbox.sandboxes.<name>]. Shared mounts /shared (target code/data), /sandbox_scripts, and /bash_tools bind into every sandbox.
Tools declare sandbox dependencies via @requires_sandbox(...) or a ## Requires Sandbox section in SKILL.md. collect_sandbox_dependencies() prunes unused sandboxes at startup. Lifecycle per run: shared-volume init → parallel container launch → per-sandbox initializers → MCP readiness polling.
Tools
OpenSageAgent normalizes three tool shapes into one dict via make_toollikes_safe_dict():
- Plain Python functions (signature + docstring → JSON schema)
BaseToolset(batches unfolded recursively)MCPToolset/OpenSageMCPToolset(tools discovered over MCP)
To attach a sub-agent, declare it with subagents=[...] and call it with call_subagent. OpenSageAgent rejects an AgentTool placed in tools=.
Wrappers preserve exception handling (errors become {"success": false, "error": "..."}) and return structure (raw values wrap into {"result": ...}, dicts pass through).
Built-in Python toolbox categories are framework-level: general/ (bash_tool_main, run_terminal_command, view_file, str_replace_edit, WebSearchTool, think, complain, critique), debugger/, binary/, and finish_task/. Domain workflows such as retrieval, static analysis, fuzzing, coverage, Neo4j, and MMP live under src/opensage/bash_tools/ or benchmark-owned modules.
Bash Skills live in src/opensage/bash_tools/ or ~/.local/opensage/bash_tools/ as directories containing SKILL.md plus scripts/. ToolLoader loads them based on the agent's enabled_skills value: None (no skills), "all" (top-level only), or a list of prefixes (e.g., ["fuzz", "retrieval/grep"]).
MCP integration: OpenSageMCPToolset wraps ADK's McpToolset with name stability and tool_name_prefix enforcement. Server lifecycle: sandbox config declares the service, the initializer starts the process, readiness is polled, and tools are discovered on first call.
Plugins
Plugins hook after_tool_callback, on_event_callback, before_model_callback (and related lifecycle callbacks) in strict sequential order, mutating shared state.
Two kinds:
- ADK plugins — Python
.pysubclassinggoogle.adk.plugins.base_plugin.BasePlugin. - Claude Code hooks — declarative JSON with matchers (
PreToolUse/PostToolUse, exact/pipe-separated names, argument globs, wildcards) and actions (promptorcommand).
Discovery priority (later shadows earlier):
src/opensage/plugins/default/adk_plugins/src/opensage/plugins/default/claude_code_hooks/extra_plugin_dirsentries{agent_dir}/plugins/
Available callbacks: before_tool_callback, after_tool_callback, on_tool_error_callback, before_model_callback, after_model_callback, on_model_error_callback, before_agent_callback, after_agent_callback, before_run_callback, after_run_callback, on_user_message_callback, on_event_callback.
Built-in plugins: history_summarizer_plugin, tool_response_summarizer_plugin, quota_after_tool_plugin, runtime_budget_plugin, doom_loop_detector_plugin, build_verifier_plugin, image_injection_plugin, read_before_edit_plugin.
History: truncation vs compaction
Two levers prevent context overflow:
- Truncation (per response,
tool_response_summarizer_plugin): if output exceedsmax_tool_response_length(default 10000), summarize or truncate to preview + file pointer/workspace/.tool_outputs/<id>; full output persists in the sandbox. - Compaction (whole log,
history_summarizer_plugin): if folded event characters exceedmax_history_summary_length(default 100000),OpenSageFullEventSummarizertakes the firstcompaction_percentof events (default 50) after the last boundary, expands to a paired call-response boundary, summarizes via LLM, and replaces the window with a singleEventCompactionnode.
When [history] enable_quota_countdown = true, quota_after_tool_plugin appends {used, remaining, limit} to responses. Short-term memory is file-based (~/.local/opensage/sessions/ on the host, /mem/short_term/ in the sandbox). Long-term memory is also file-based, an index.md under /mem/long_term/ (src/opensage/memory/file_based/long_term/).
Multi-agent composition
Three patterns:
- Static sub-agents — declare them with
subagents=[...]at construction and invoke withcall_subagent. - Dynamic sub-agents —
create_subagent(agent_name, instruction, model_name, tools_list, enabled_skills)registers an agent definition;call_subagent(agent_name, request)spawns an instance and returns itssession_id;continue_agent_instanceandlist_subagentsmanage existing instances. Instance states areRUNNING,SLEEPING,TERMINATING, andTERMINATED. - Multi-model delegation — call the same sub-agent across models with
call_subagent(..., mode="async", model_name=...)and read the inbox results, guided by theworkflow/ensembleskill.
Peer messages use per-instance file-backed inboxes (orchestration/inbox.py). InboxDeliveryPlugin drains pending messages at tool boundaries, and async sub-agent results are posted back to the caller's inbox.
Self-reflection tools: think, plan, complain, note_suspicious_things, log_finding, critique, audit_assumptions, validate_claim. The last three call a model named through the model_name argument.
CLI Reference
opensage web
| Flag | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
--config FILE | <agent_dir>/config.toml if present | TOML config path |
--agent DIRECTORY | required | Agent folder |
--host TEXT | 127.0.0.1 | Binding host |
--port INTEGER | 8000 | Server port |
--log_level [debug|info|warning|error|critical] | info | Log verbosity |
--auto_cleanup BOOLEAN | false | Clean up sandboxes on exit; false saves snapshot to ~/.local/opensage/sessions/<agent_name>_<session_id> |
--resume | — | Resume most recent session |
--resume-from TEXT | — | Resume specific session (directory name, bare ID suffix, or absolute path); implies --resume |
opensage dependency-check
No flags. Reports CodeQL, Docker, and kubectl availability.
Configuration Reference
TOML with template variables: top-level UPPERCASE keys can be referenced as ${VAR_NAME} anywhere. Loading order: default template (src/opensage/templates/configs/default_config.toml) → custom config from --config.
Root fields
| Field | Type | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
task_name | string | None | Session name |
src_dir_in_sandbox | string | /shared/code | Source directory inside containers |
default_host | string | 127.0.0.1 | Default host for sidecar services |
auto_cleanup | bool | true | Clean resources on session end |
[llm]
Profiles under [llm.model_configs.<profile>]. Built-in profiles: main (required), summarize (fall back to main if absent).
Fields: model_name (required), temperature, max_tokens, rpm, tpm.
[llm.model_configs.main]
model_name = "openai/gpt-5"
temperature = 0.7
max_tokens = 8192
rpm = 60
[llm.model_configs.summarize]
model_name = "openai/o4-mini"
temperature = 0.3
[sandbox]
Top-level: default_image, backend (native stable; remotedocker, opensandbox, nitrobox, local, k8s under development), project_relative_shared_data_path, absolute_shared_data_path, mount_host_paths (list of "/host:/container[:ro|rw]"), paths, tolerations (k8s only).
Per-sandbox [sandbox.sandboxes.<name>] built-ins: main, joern, codeql, neo4j, gdb_mcp, pdb_mcp, coverage.
Container fields: image, container_id, timeout (default 300), project_relative_dockerfile_path, absolute_dockerfile_path, command, platform, network, privileged, security_opt, cap_add, gpus, shm_size, mem_limit, cpus, user, working_dir.
Build: build_args, using_cached.
Env/volumes/ports: environment, volumes, mounts, ports, docker_args, extra.
Kubernetes: pod_name, container_name.
[sandbox]
backend = "native"
default_image = "ubuntu:22.04"
absolute_shared_data_path = "/tmp/shared"
[sandbox.sandboxes.main]
image = "ubuntu:22.04"
mem_limit = "4g"
cpus = "2"
environment = {PYTHONUNBUFFERED = "1"}
volumes = ["/host/code:/shared/code:ro"]
[sandbox.sandboxes.joern]
image = "joern/joern:latest"
timeout = 600
[mcp]
[mcp.services.gdb_mcp]
sse_port = 8001
sse_host = "127.0.0.1"
[mcp.services.pdb_mcp]
sse_port = 8002
Pair each [mcp.services.<name>] with [sandbox.sandboxes.<name>] so the sandbox launches the server and MCP knows where to reach it. Fields: sse_port (required), sse_host (falls back to default_host).
[history]
[history]
max_tool_response_length = 10000
enable_quota_countdown = true
[history.events_compaction]
max_history_summary_length = 100000
compaction_percent = 50
[plugins]
[plugins]
enabled = ["doom_loop_detector_plugin", "history_summarizer_plugin"]
extra_plugin_dirs = ["/path/to/shared/plugins"]
[plugins.params.doom_loop_detector_plugin]
threshold = 5
Fields: enabled (names or regex patterns), extra_plugin_dirs, params (per-plugin kwargs, keyed by plugin name).
Multi-agent workflows
Reusable orchestration recipes live under src/opensage/bash_tools/workflow/. The ensemble recipe replaces the legacy agent_ensemble tool by combining get_available_models, call_subagent(..., mode="async", model_name=...), wait_for_subagent, and inbox-delivered results.
[neo4j]
[neo4j]
user = "neo4j"
password = "mypassword"
bolt_port = 7687
neo4j_http_port = 7474
URI constructed at runtime as neo4j://{default_host}:{bolt_port}. Declare the Neo4j sandbox separately under [sandbox.sandboxes.neo4j].
[build]
[build]
poc_dir = "/tmp/poc"
compile_command = "gcc -o target target.c"
run_command = "./target"
target_type = "binary"
target_binary = "/tmp/poc/target"
Customization Recipes
Agents 101
- Minimal agent — one
OpenSageAgentwith one Python function tool (docstring + type hints auto-generate the schema). - Custom Python tool — any callable with a docstring becomes a tool.
- MCP stdio —
MCPToolset(connection_params=StdioConnectionParams(server_params=StdioServerParameters(command="npx", args=[...]))). - MCP SSE —
MCPToolset(connection_params=SseConnectionParams(url="http://127.0.0.1:3001/sse")). - MCP server-as-tool —
MCPToolset(connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(url="http://0.0.0.0:9998/mcp")).
Agents with features
- ToolCombo — chain tools into one atomic call. Knob:
return_history(True exposes intermediate steps; False wraps the chain). - Dynamic sub-agents — pass
create_subagent,call_subagent,continue_agent_instance,send_message,wait_for_subagent,list_subagents, andget_available_modelsinto the roottools. - Summarization — enable
history_summarizer_pluginandtool_response_summarizer_pluginin[plugins] enabled; tunemax_history_summary_lengthandmax_tool_response_length. - Neo4j logging — configure
[neo4j]and enable the relevant logging or memory features through the project configuration. - Model fan-out — enable the
workflow/ensembleskill and usecall_subagentwithmode="async"plusmodel_nameoverrides. - Web search — add
WebSearchTool(search_context_size="medium")totools, orGoogleSearchTool()with Gemini.
Developer Guide
Adding Python tools
Define a callable with a docstring (description) and type-annotated parameters. Return structured values.
def greet(name: str) -> str:
"""Return a friendly greeting."""
return f"Hello, {name}!"
Adding Bash Skills
Layout under src/opensage/bash_tools/{category}/{tool-name}/:
tool-name/
├── SKILL.md # YAML frontmatter + markdown doc
└── scripts/
└── tool_script.sh
SKILL.md frontmatter fields: name, description, should_run_in_sandbox: main. Body sections document parameters (positional/named/flag), return JSON, required sandboxes (## Requires Sandbox), and timeout. Scripts emit {"success": true, "result": "..."} on stdout; exit non-zero on error.
Auto-discovery from src/opensage/bash_tools/ and ~/.local/opensage/bash_tools/. The agent's enabled_skills gates which load. Optional deps/install.sh or deps/<sandbox_type>/install.sh runs once per session during sandbox init (marker under /shared).
Adding MCP toolsets
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_toolset import MCPToolset, SseConnectionParams
@safe_tool_execution
@requires_sandbox("gdb_mcp")
def get_toolset(session_id: str) -> MCPToolset:
url = get_mcp_url_from_session_id("gdb_mcp", session_id)
return MCPToolset(connection_params=SseConnectionParams(url=url))
Register in the agent's tools list.
Adding plugins
Subclass google.adk.plugins.base_plugin.BasePlugin and override any lifecycle callback. Declarative Claude Code hooks live as .json files with matchers and actions. Enable by name in [plugins] enabled.
Adding a sandbox type (initializer)
- Create under
src/opensage/sandbox/initializers/subclassingSandboxInitializer(base.py). - Implement
async def async_initialize(self) -> None. - Register in
src/opensage/sandbox/factory.py(SANDBOX_INITIALIZERSdict). - Add config fields to
src/opensage/config/config_dataclass.py. - Configure TOML:
[sandbox.sandboxes.my_sandbox] image = "my_image:tag".
For Python deps in the image, install uv, create a venv under /app, and run uv pip install. Activate the venv explicitly per command: /app/.venv/bin/python ....
Adding a sandbox backend
- Subclass
BaseSandbox(src/opensage/sandbox/base_sandbox.py) — seenative_docker_sandbox.py,remote_docker_sandbox.py,k8s_sandbox.py,local_sandbox.py. - Register in
src/opensage/sandbox/factory.py(SANDBOX_BACKENDSdict). - Optionally implement
set_config()classmethod. - Select with
[sandbox] backend = "mybackend".
Backends own container/runtime management only; initializers own what to install.
Evaluations
Subclass Evaluation (src/opensage/evaluation/base.py):
- Required:
_get_task_id(sample),_get_first_user_message(sample). - Optional:
_get_dataset(),_create_task(sample),_get_export_dir_in_sandbox(sample),customized_modify_and_save_results(...),evaluate().
Invoke via Python Fire:
python -m benchmarks.<benchmark>.<module> <method> [options]
Methods: run (auto parallelism + eval), run_debug (single-threaded + eval), generate (multiprocessing only), generate_threaded, generate_single_thread.
Common options: dataset_path (required), agent_dir (required), max_llm_calls (100), max_workers (6), use_multiprocessing (True), use_sandbox_cache (True), run_until_explicit_finish (False), use_config_model (False), llm_retry_count (3), llm_retry_timeout (30), log_level ("INFO").
Per-sample lifecycle: _create_task → _prepare_environment (launch sandboxes, restore cache) → _load_mk_agent → _run_agent → _collect_outputs (export, save traces, cost) → cleanup.
Output tree:
evals/<eval>/yymmdd_HHMMSS/
├── evaluation_master.log
├── eval_params.json
└── task_001/
├── execution_debug.log, execution_info.log
├── config_used.toml
├── cost_info.json
├── session_trace.{json,txt}
├── metadata.json
├── sandbox_output/
└── neo4j_history/
Built-in benchmarks:
- CyberGym — static/dynamic/vuln-detection variants; needs PoC submission server on port 8666.
- SWE-Bench Pro — software engineering; flags
--use_explore_agent,--skip_existing,--task_file. - SeCodePLT — vulnerability detection with CodeQL; needs CodeQL bundle under
sandbox_scripts/codeql/.
RL integration
AREAL — SGLang rollouts (TP=2) + FSDP trainer (DP=2) + GRPO on SeCodePLT.
git clone --recurse-submodules -b adk https://github.com/rucnyz/AReaL
cd AReaL && pip install uv && uv sync --extra cuda
bash examples/opensage/run_opensage_grpo.sh --trial my_experiment
Key config in examples/opensage/opensage_grpo_mt.yaml: actor.path (default Qwen/Qwen3-4B), gconfig.max_new_tokens (8192), gconfig.n_samples (4), max_tokens_per_mb (65536), agent_run_args.max_turns (20), log_raw_conversation (true).
SLIME — SGLang rollout in a SLIME container + Megatron-LM trainer on SeCodePLT or mock.
git clone https://github.com/rucnyz/slime && cd slime && git checkout opensage
docker compose up --build
pip install -e /root/opensage
python opensage_mock.py --local_dir /root/opensage_data --output_filename mock_tasks.jsonl
bash /root/opensage/rl/slime/train.sh --benchmark secodeplt --gpus 2,3 --slime-config rl/slime/configs/secodeplt.yaml
Config files in rl/slime/configs/*.yaml tune num-rollout, rollout-batch-size, global-batch-size, lr, kl-loss-coef, save-interval, eval-interval. Integration code lives in src/opensage/evaluation/rl_adapters/ (SlimeLlm, SlimeAdapter, Client, BenchmarkInterface).
Production Agents
| Agent | Domain | Key tools | Distinctive feature |
|---|---|---|---|
harbor_agent | T-Bench software engineering | view_file, str_replace_edit, run_terminal_command, background tasks | Single-agent, minimal toolset, enabled_skills=None |
devops_gym_agent | DevOps-Gym (build, monitoring, test) | File ops, terminal, think, workflow ensemble | Planning as a first-class tool; deadlock recovery via model fan-out |
swebenchpro_agent | SWE-Bench Pro bug fixing | File ops, terminal, sub-agents | Two-phase explorer plus solver |
debugger_agent | Live program verification (sub-agent) | GDB MCP, bash | Hypothesis-only debugging; budget guard (remaining LLM calls < 3) |
vul_agent_static_tools | Vulnerability classification | Joern CPG, Neo4j queries, grep | Tight toolset; designed as an ensemble member |
poc_agent_static_tools | PoC generation (static only) | Neo4j, bash, retrieval, static analysis | Mandatory dynamic sub-agents; path-before-PoC discipline; CyberGym oracle via generate_poc_and_submit |
poc_agent_dynamic_tools | PoC generation (hybrid) | GDB MCP, fuzzing, coverage, Neo4j | Static first → fuzzing → debugger escalation; local verification via run_poc_from_script |
patch_agent | Scaffold template | bash_tool_main | Minimal mk_agent() stub for new agents |
Each production agent ships with its agent.py and config.toml(s) under agent_library/agents/ and can be launched with uv run opensage web --agent agent_library/agents/<name>.
Best Practices
- Prefer
opensage.get_opensage_session()over manual construction; it expands the config. - Call
opensage.cleanup_opensage_session(session_id)to release sandboxes. - Keep each agent focused on one responsibility; use sub-agents for hand-offs.
- Document tool parameters and returns in docstrings — the LLM reads them.
- Use
${VAR_NAME}template variables for environment-specific values. - Emit structured logs with
extrafields:logger.info("msg", extra={"session_id": session_id}).
Troubleshooting
- Tests —
uv run pytest tests/(add--cov=src/opensagefor coverage). - Debug —
uv run opensage web --config config.toml --agent agent_dir --port 8080 --log_level DEBUG. - Direct sandbox access —
session.sandboxes.get_sandbox("main").run_command_in_container("pwd"). - Missing credentials — set
OPENAI_API_KEY/ANTHROPIC_API_KEYin the environment before launch. - Template variables — must be UPPERCASE and match exactly in
${VAR_NAME}. - Remote services — set
default_host(defaults to127.0.0.1) for k8s or remote Neo4j / MCP.