Skip to main content

Function: loadAgentsFromDir()

Function: loadAgentsFromDir()

function loadAgentsFromDir(dir: string, ctx: LoadContext): Promise<LoadResult>;

Scans a directory for one subdirectory per agent, each containing agent.md (frontmatter + body). Produces an AgentDefinition record keyed by agent id (folder name). Throws on frontmatter errors or unresolved references. Returns an empty map if the directory does not exist.

Legacy top-level *.md files are rejected with an error — migrate each to <id>/agent.md under a sibling folder named for the agent id.

Runs in two passes so sub-agent references in frontmatter (agents: [...]) can be resolved regardless of directory iteration order:

  1. Build every agent's definition from its own agent.md.
  2. Walk agents: references and wire def.agents = { child: childDef } by looking them up in the complete map. Dangling names and self-references fail loudly; mutual delegation is allowed and bounded at runtime by limits.maxSubAgentDepth.

Parameters

ParameterType
dirstring
ctxLoadContext

Returns

Promise<LoadResult>

Databricks Developer Hub

Ready to ship your next agentic app in minutes?

Read docs