Agent Platform Samples

A curated list of code samples and tutorials for building agents on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (previously Vertex AI).

🚀 Getting Started

• Onboarding Guide - A quick-start guide to accelerate your onboarding to the platform.

Watch the Intro Video

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🧠 Foundation Models

The state-of-the-art intelligence powering the entire platform.

• Gemini API - Access Google's most capable generative ai models.
• Veo (Video) - High-definition video generation and editing.
• Lyria (Music) - World-class music and audio generation.
• Nano Banana (Image) - Fast, high-quality image generation.
• Model Garden - Discover and deploy 150+ partner and open-weight models (including Claude).

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🛠️ Build - Turning code into agents

• Development Framework
  • Agent Development Kit (ADK) - Open-source, model-agnostic framework for building production agents.
  • Agents CLI - Command-line tool for scaffolding, testing, and deploying agents.
• Builders & Discovery
  • Agent Studio - Low-code visual interface for rapid agent prototyping and deployment.
  • Agent Garden - Discover, customize, and deploy pre-built agent templates.
• Tools & Data Integration
  • Grounding - Connect models to real-world data and Google Search for factual accuracy.
  • RAG Engine - Managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation for enterprise datasets.
  • Agent Search (previously Vertex AI Search, Generative AI App Builder) - Semantic search engines tailored for your data.
  • Vector Search 2.0 - High-scale, low-latency managed vector database.

🌐 Protocols & Interoperability

Open standards to help agents communicate, perform actions, and generate interfaces.

• Agent2Agent (A2A) - Secure protocol for multi-agent coordination and handoffs.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Universal standard for connecting models to external tools.
• Agent-to-UI (A2UI) - Protocol for dynamic, agent-driven user interface generation.
• Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) - Secure standard for automated financial transactions by agents.
• Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) - Unified standard for managing e-commerce and retail operations.

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📈 Scale - Reliability over time

• Agent Runtime (previously Agent Engine, Reasoning Engine) - Managed platform for hosting and serving agentic code.
• Agent Sessions - Built-in state management for multi-turn, long-running interactions.
• Agent Memory Bank - Persistent, long-term semantic memory for personalized agent experiences.
• Agent Sandbox (Code Execution) - Secure, isolated environment for code execution and computer use.

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🔐 Govern - Trust as a feature

• Agent Gateway - Central control point for authentication, authorization, and rate-limiting. (Private Preview)
• Agent Identity - Unique credentials for agentic identities.
• Agent Policies - IAM Policies specifically for agents. (Private Preview)
• Agent Registry - Enterprise catalog for managing and auditing approved tools and agents.
• Model Armor - Real-time protection against prompt injections, PII leaks, and toxic content.

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⚙️ Optimize - Evaluation and enhancement

• Agent Evaluation - Framework for testing complex reasoning and tool-use accuracy.
• Agent Simulation - Generate synthetic user interactions to stress-test agent behavior.
• Agent Observability - Forensic visibility into agent thought processes and tool calls.
• Agent Optimizer - Automate the improvement of agent prompts based on failure analysis.

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🪜 Tutorials & Notebooks

Deep dives into specific platform capabilities and use cases.

Core Capabilities

• Intro to Gemini 3.5 Flash
• Intro to Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
• Intro to Gemini 3.1 Pro
• Intro to Batch Prediction
• Intro to Code Execution
• Intro to Computer Use
• Intro to Agentic Vision
• Intro to Context Caching
• Intro to Live API

Specialized Use Cases

• Intro to Supervised Fine Tuning
• Intro to Evaluation
• Document Processing
• Spatial Understanding
• YouTube Video Analysis
• Intro to Prompt Attacks and Mitigation
• Intro to LangGraph

Specialized Models

• Image Generation (Nano Banana)
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2 🍌)
  • Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro 🍌)
• Video Generation (Veo)
  • Veo 3.1 Video Generation
  • Veo 3.1 Advanced Controls
• Music Generation (Lyria)
  • Lyria 3 Music Generation

Embeddings & Vector Search

• Getting Started with Text Embeddings + Vector Search
• Introduction to Multimodal Embeddings
• Introduction to Vector Search 2.0
• Hybrid Search Tutorial

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