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What is the PolyAI ADK?

The PolyAI ADK (Agent Development Kit) is a CLI tool and Python package for managing Agent Studio projects on your local machine.

It gives you a Git-like workflow for synchronizing project configuration between your local filesystem and the Agent Studio platform.

What you can do with the ADK

  • Build and edit Agent Studio projects locally using standard tooling
  • Synchronize project configuration with Agent Studio using poly push and poly pull
  • Branch, validate, and review changes before deployment
  • Use AI coding tools such as Claude Code to generate and update project files
  • Collaborate across multiple developers on the same project

Why it exists

The ADK moves development work out of the browser and into your local environment.

Instead of editing everything directly inside Agent Studio, you pull a project locally, make changes using your normal tools, and push those changes back to the platform.

This makes it straightforward to:

  • iterate quickly without browser round-trips
  • collaborate across a team without overwriting each other's work
  • validate and test changes before pushing them live
  • automate repetitive build work with coding tools

Multi-developer workflows

The ADK supports team workflows out of the box.

It preserves the same guardrails as Agent Studio, so developers cannot push changes that are incompatible with the project.

Git-like, but for Agent Studio

Think of the ADK as the local development layer for Agent Studio: pull, edit locally, validate, and push.

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