Build agentic full-stack apps with Genkit- Google Developers Blog
Jul 1, 2026Chris Gill

Summary
This post announces Genkit Agents, an open-source framework for building full-stack, AI-powered and agentic applications. It introduces the Agents API for defining and driving agents with a unified chat interface, supporting features like message history, tool loops, streaming, persistence, and frontend protocols. Agents can be server-managed or client-managed, with options for storing custom state and artifacts. Genkit supports HTTP serving and offers a JavaScript client for full-stack integration. It also includes features for human approval in agent workflows and for handling long-running tasks. The post also clarifies when to use ADK instead of Genkit.
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