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# Design: Graph-Based Agents for pi-go

## Overview

pi-go already runs on Google ADK Go (`google.golang.org/adk/v2 v2.1.0`) but uses only the
**agent loop** (`llmagent` + `runner.Runner` in `internal/agent/agent.go:368-385`). The
ADK **workflow graph engine** (`adk/v2/workflow`) ships in the same module and is never
imported. Meanwhile pi-go hand-rolls all orchestration as process spawning and
prompt-driven JSON pipelines.

This design adopts ADK's graph engine as the orchestration layer — **on top of** the
existing subprocess spawner, not replacing it. Deterministic pipelines (the `/run` spec
workflow, parallel research fan-out, review loops) become declared graphs with retries,
joins, routing, and cross-turn persistence. LLM-initiated single spawns stay as-is.

The reference checkout is `tmp/adk/adk-go` at v2.2.0-4-g817fdc0 — the same module pi-go
pins, four commits past v2.2.0.

## Current State (pi-go)

### What pi-go uses from ADK today

- `llmagent.New` — single agent loop (`internal/agent/agent.go:369`)
- `runner.Runner` — drives the run loop (`internal/agent/agent.go:385`)
- `session` — conversation state + events (`internal/session/store.go`)
…

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dimetron/pi-go · 214 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

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