Building Autonomous AI Agents with ADK — Prerequisites

Please complete this setup before the workshop so we can start building AI Agents immediately without setup delays.

• Laptop/Desktop (Mac, Linux, or Windows)
• Python installed
• google-adk Installed

You can use any modern Python version (recommended: Python 3.12+).

Check your version:

python3 --version

Example:

Python 3.14.2
brew install python
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip

Download Python:

https://www.python.org/downloads/

⚠️ Important during installation:

• Enable ✅ "Add Python to PATH"

Verify installation:

python --version

uv

is a modern Python package manager used for:

• Virtual environments
• Dependency management
• Faster package installation

It replaces:

• pip
• venv
• virtualenv

Docs:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Verify installation:

uv --version

Create a separate folder for the workshop:

mkdir -p ai-agents-adk && cd ai-agents-adk

Using default Python:

uv venv

Or specify a Python version:

uv venv --python 3.14

This creates:

.venv/
source .venv/bin/activate
.venv\Scripts\activate.bat
.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
uv pip install google-adk --no-cache

Run:

python --version
uv --version

If everything works, you are ready 🚀

See you at the workshop 🚀