This sample demonstrates how to compose workflows by embedding one workflow inside another as a single node in ADK Workflows.
It takes a 4-digit year as input and performs two tasks in parallel:
- Historical Event (
find_historical_event): A straightforward Agent node that generates a 2-sentence description of an event that happened that year. - Famous Person (
find_famous_person): A nested Workflow that first finds a person born in that year (find_name), and then forwards that name to another agent to write a biography (generate_bio).
From the perspective of the root_agent workflow, find_famous_person is just another node. The root workflow doesn't need to know the internal steps; it just waits for the parallel branches to finish, then synchronizes their outputs using a JoinNode before formatting them in aggregate_results.
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[ START ]
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[process_input]
/ \
/ \
/ \
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[find_historical_event] [find_famous_person]
(AGENT) (WORKFLOW)
\ /
\ /
\ /
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[join_for_aggregation]
(JOIN)
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[aggregate_results]
[ START ]
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[find_name]
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[generate_bio]
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Define your sub-workflow just like any regular workflow. Ensure it accepts the required state (e.g.,
year) and outputs the expected state (e.g.,person_bio).find_famous_person = Workflow( name="find_famous_person", edges=[("START", find_name, generate_bio)], )
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Treat the sub-workflow as a normal node when defining the edges of the parent workflow. To run them concurrently, place the nodes in a tuple, then use a
JoinNodeto synchronize their parallel executions before the final aggregation.root_agent = Workflow( name="root_agent", edges=[ ("START", process_input, (find_famous_person, find_historical_event), join_for_aggregation, aggregate_results), ], )