Is there a good way to get the parent agent for an...
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Is there a good way to get the parent agent for an agent without accessing the _parent_agent on the agent which I would think should be internal?
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Thanks for reaching out, James. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
Thanks — I’m happy to help with this. You’re asking whether there’s a supported way to get an agent’s parent without directly accessing the internal
_parent_agent
field. I can help find a safe, supported approach, but I need a few quick details to give the right recommendation. Could you share the following? 1. Which SDK and exact version are you using (for example
livekit-server-sdk-go vX.Y.Z
,
livekit-client-js vX.Y.Z
, etc.)? 2. Where does this code run (server, browser/client, or mobile)? 3. A short code snippet showing how your
Agent
is defined and how you’re currently accessing
_parent_agent
(just the relevant lines). 4. What do you need the parent for — read-only information, navigating a hierarchy, calling methods on the parent, or modifying it? 5. Any constraints or requirements (you must avoid private fields for security, or you need a thread-safe approach, etc.). Once you provide that I’ll either point to a supported public API or suggest safe alternatives (for example: a public getter method, emitting an event with parent info, maintaining an external map of parent relationships, or refactoring so the parent is injected via constructor). If there are multiple possible implementations for your SDK, I’ll ask one clarifying question before giving detailed steps. , with interactive elements