Handoff Tool

Delegate tasks to remote agents via the A2A protocol.

Overview

The handoff tool lets agents delegate tasks to remote agents via the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol. Use this to connect to agents running as separate services or on different machines.

Configuration

toolsets:
  - type: handoff
    name: research_agent
    description: Specialized research agent
    url: "http://localhost:8080/a2a"
    timeout: 5m

Properties

Property	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	✓	Tool name for delegation
`description`	string	✗	Description shown to the agent
`url`	string	✓	A2A server endpoint URL
`timeout`	string	✗	Request timeout (default: `5m`)

💡 See also

For full details on the A2A protocol and serving agents as A2A endpoints, see A2A Protocol.

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