Why am I gettting this error, __init__() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given. When running on VSCODE?

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class TalkingAgent(Agent): def __init__(): super().__init__(instructions="You are a helpful and supportive friend.")

Hey! The hiccup is with your

__init__

method — it’s missing the

self

parameter, which Python needs for instance methods in classes. Here’s a quick fix for you:

class TalkingAgent(Agent):

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(instructions="You are a helpful and supportive friend.")

Just adding

self

as the first parameter in your

__init__

method should do the trick. If you run into any more bumps or have questions, I’m here to help!

Even with the self parameter it does not work

Hey! Could you let me know the exact error message you’re seeing after adding the

self

parameter? Also, if you don’t mind, could you share the definition of the

Agent

class or any details about its

__init__

method? That way, I can help you better!

agent = TalkingAgent() # instaniates an agent, which will be used in the agentsession TypeError: TalkingAgent.__init__() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given

It looks like the error is telling us that the

__init__

method of

TalkingAgent

isn’t quite set up right to accept the implicit

self

parameter. To get this sorted, please double-check that your class definition looks like this:

class TalkingAgent(Agent):

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(instructions="You are a helpful and supportive friend.")

If you’ve already got it like that, the hiccup might be coming from the parent class

Agent

. Specifically, its

__init__

method might not be set up to accept the

instructions

argument. Could you take a quick look and confirm if the

Agent

class has an

__init__

method that takes

instructions

as a parameter?