Builder API | AgentMesh Documentation

Features

Fluent API: Chain method calls for readable graph construction
Type-Safe: Full Go generics with compile-time type checking
Command Pattern: Combine state updates and routing in single expressions
Typed Keys: Compile-time type safety for state access

Quick Start

Basic Usage

import (
    "context"
    "github.com/hupe1980/agentmesh/pkg/graph"
)

// Define typed state keys
var (
    StatusKey = graph.NewKey[string]("status", "")
    CountKey  = graph.NewKey[int]("count", 0)
)

// Create a graph with typed input/output and keys
g := graph.New[string, string](StatusKey, CountKey)

// Add nodes with fluent API
g.Node("process", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    count := graph.Get(view, CountKey)
    return graph.Set(StatusKey, "done").
        Set(CountKey, count+1).
        To(graph.END), nil
}, graph.END)

// Set entry point
g.Start("process")

// Compile and run
compiled, err := g.Build()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

for result, err := range compiled.Run(context.Background(), "input") {
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(graph.Get(result, StatusKey)) // "done"
}

Message Graph for Agents

Use message.NewGraphBuilder() for agent workflows with built-in message handling:

import (
    "github.com/hupe1980/agentmesh/pkg/graph"
    "github.com/hupe1980/agentmesh/pkg/message"
)

// Create message graph (auto-includes message.MessagesKey)
g := message.NewGraphBuilder()

// Add agent node
g.Node("agent", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    messages := message.GetMessages(view)
    
    // Process messages with model...
    response := message.NewAIMessageFromText("Hello!")
    
    return graph.Append(message.MessagesKey, response).To(graph.END), nil
}, graph.END)

g.Start("agent")

compiled, _ := g.Build()

// Run with messages
input := []message.Message{message.NewHumanMessageFromText("Hi")}
for msg, err := range compiled.Run(context.Background(), input) {
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(msg.Content())
}

Conditional Routing

var RouteKey = graph.NewKey[string]("route", "")

g := graph.New[string, string](RouteKey)

g.Node("router", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    route := graph.Get(view, RouteKey)
    if route == "left" {
        return graph.To("left"), nil
    }
    return graph.To("right"), nil
}, "left", "right")

g.Node("left", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    return graph.Set(RouteKey, "went-left").To(graph.END), nil
}, graph.END)

g.Node("right", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    return graph.Set(RouteKey, "went-right").To(graph.END), nil
}, graph.END)

g.Start("router")

Adding Nodes

Basic Nodes

Add nodes with the Node() method:

g.Node("name", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    // Node logic here
    return graph.To("next"), nil
}, "next")

The last arguments are the declared targets - all possible nodes this node can route to.

Nodes with Retry

Add automatic retry behavior with NodeWithRetry():

g.NodeWithRetry("api_call",
    func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
        result, err := callExternalAPI()
        if err != nil {
            return graph.Fail(err) // Will be retried
        }
        return graph.Set(ResultKey, result).To(graph.END), nil
    },
    graph.RetryPolicy{
        MaxAttempts:    5,
        InitialBackoff: time.Second,
        BackoffFactor:  2.0,
    },
    graph.END,
)

Namespaced Nodes

Add namespace-scoped nodes for state isolation:

var agentNS = state.MustNamespace("agent")
var AgentStatusKey = state.TypedKey[string](agentNS, "status", "")

g.NamespacedNode("agent", agentNS,
    func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
        // Can only access keys in "agent" namespace
        return graph.Set(AgentStatusKey, "active").To(graph.END), nil
    },
    graph.END,
)

Subgraphs

Embed compiled graphs as nodes:

// Create and compile subgraph
sub := graph.New[string, string](ValueKey)
sub.Node("double", func(ctx context.Context, view graph.View) (*graph.Command, error) {
    val := graph.Get(view, ValueKey)
    return graph.Set(ValueKey, val*2).To(graph.END), nil
}, graph.END)
sub.Start("double")
compiledSub, _ := sub.Build()

// Embed in parent
parent := graph.New[string, string](ValueKey)
parent.Subgraph("doubler", compiledSub, graph.END)
parent.Start("doubler")

Commands

Commands combine state updates with routing in a single fluent expression.

Setting Values

// Set single value
return graph.Set(StatusKey, "done").To("next"), nil

// Set multiple values
return graph.Set(StatusKey, "done").
    Set(CountKey, 42).
    Set(ValidKey, true).
    To("next"), nil

Appending to Lists

// Append single item
return graph.Append(TagsKey, "new-tag").To("next"), nil

// Append multiple items
return graph.Append(MessagesKey, msg1, msg2, msg3).To("next"), nil

Routing

// Route to single target
return graph.To("next"), nil

// Route to multiple targets (parallel execution)
return graph.To("worker1", "worker2", "worker3"), nil

// Route to END
return graph.To(graph.END), nil

Error Handling

// Signal failure
return graph.Fail(err), nil

// Conditional failure
if err != nil {
    return graph.Fail(err), nil
}
return graph.To("next"), nil

Interrupts

// Pause for human intervention
return graph.Set(StatusKey, "awaiting_approval").Interrupt(), nil

Compilation

Basic Compilation

compiled, err := g.Build()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

With Checkpointing

import "github.com/hupe1980/agentmesh/pkg/checkpoint"

checkpointer := checkpoint.NewInMemory()

compiled, err := g.Build(
    graph.WithCheckpointer(checkpointer),
)

With Callbacks

compiled, err := g.Build(
    graph.WithCallbacks(myCallbackHandler),
)

Execution

Streaming Results

for result, err := range compiled.Run(ctx, input) {
    if err != nil {
        log.Printf("Error: %v", err)
        continue
    }
    // Access state values from result view
    status := graph.Get(result, StatusKey)
    fmt.Println(status)
}

With Options

for result := range compiled.Run(ctx, input,
    graph.WithRunID("workflow-123"),
    graph.WithCheckpointInterval(1),
    graph.WithMaxSteps(100),
) {
    // Process results
}

API Reference

Graph Creation

Function	Description
`graph.New[I, O](keys...)`	Create typed graph with state keys
`message.NewGraphBuilder(keys...)`	Create message-based graph for agents

Graph Methods

Method	Description
`g.Node(name, fn, targets...)`	Add node with function and declared targets
`g.NodeWithRetry(name, fn, policy, targets...)`	Add node with retry policy
`g.NamespacedNode(name, ns, fn, targets...)`	Add namespace-scoped node
`g.Subgraph(name, compiled, targets...)`	Embed subgraph as node
`g.Start(name)`	Set entry point
`g.Build(opts...)`	Compile graph

State Keys

Function	Description
`graph.NewKey[T](name, default)`	Create typed single-value key
`graph.NewListKey[T](name)`	Create typed list key
`graph.Get(view, key)`	Read value from view
`graph.GetList(view, key)`	Read list from view

Commands

Function	Description
`graph.Set(key, val)`	Set single value
`graph.Append(key, items...)`	Append to list
`graph.To(targets...)`	Route to targets
`graph.Fail(err)`	Signal failure
`cmd.Interrupt()`	Pause for human intervention

Execution

Function	Description
`compiled.Run(ctx, input, opts...)`	Returns `iter.Seq2[View, error]` for streaming results

Examples

See the builder_api example for a complete working example.

Architecture

The Builder API provides a clean interface for graph construction:

graph.New[I, O](keys...)
    │
    ├── g.Node("name", fn, targets...)
    ├── g.NodeWithRetry(...)
    ├── g.NamespacedNode(...)
    ├── g.Subgraph(...)
    │
    └── g.Build(opts...)
            │
            └── *Compiled[I, O]
                    │
                    └── Run(ctx, input, opts...) → iter.Seq2[View, error]

The graph handles the full lifecycle from construction to compilation to execution.