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Does agent have access to session. Can I simply write self.session?

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In the LiveKit Agent SDK:
• *Within Agent classes*, you can access the session directly as `self.session`. For example, in your agent's methods, `self.session` provides access to speech, user data, conversation history, and more.
• *Within function tools* (i.e., code annotated with `@function_tool`), you access the session via `context.session`, where `context` is of type `RunContext` passed as a parameter.
Directly using `self.session` is appropriate inside Agent classes, but in other contexts (like standalone tools), use `context.session` from the function signature.
 Sources: <https://github.com/livekit/agents/blob/3fef72ad4819b75526a935544f4b88a7945a360a/README.md#L1-L38|README.md> | <https://github.com/livekit-examples/python-agents-examples/blob/014e15acc323e8c6874c17a8fa39b38c9e426df8/pipeline-llm/large_context.py#L1-L51|pipeline-llm/large_context.py> | <https://docs.livekit.io/agents/build/tools/|Tool definition and use | LiveKit Docs>