agora-arbitrator-sdk 0.1.0a8

On-chain multi-agent arbitration primitive. Debate or vote, the AI decides.

agora-arbitrator-sdk

On-chain multi-agent arbitration for LangGraph, CrewAI, and Python agent systems.

Agora decides whether a task should be resolved by structured debate or confidence-weighted voting, executes the selected mechanism, and returns a verifiable deliberation receipt.

Hosted and local results both expose the same Phase 2 telemetry contract: per-model tokens, input/output/thinking token splits when available, latency, and estimated USD cost.

Maintainer note: the canonical Python source tree lives in agora/ at the repo root. The sdk/ directory exists only as the SDK release wrapper for PyPI metadata, README content, and build entrypoints.

Quickstart

pip install agora-arbitrator-sdk

Use the examples that match your runtime:

• Notebook / Colab: use top-level await, but do not use top-level async with or async for
• Plain .py script: wrap the async body in main() and call asyncio.run(main())

Hosted API mode (notebook / Colab)

from agora.sdk import AgoraArbitrator


arbitrator = AgoraArbitrator(auth_token="agora_live_your_public_id.your_secret")
result = await arbitrator.arbitrate("Should we use microservices or a monolith?")

print(result.mechanism_used.value)
print(result.final_answer)
print(result.merkle_root)
await arbitrator.aclose()

Hosted streaming mode (notebook / Colab)

from agora.sdk import AgoraArbitrator


async def stream_events(arbitrator: AgoraArbitrator, task_id: str) -> None:
    async for event in arbitrator.stream_task_events(task_id):
        print(event)


arbitrator = AgoraArbitrator(auth_token="agora_live_your_public_id.your_secret")
created = await arbitrator.create_task(
    "Should we use microservices or a monolith?",
    mechanism="vote",
)
await arbitrator.start_task_run(created.task_id)
await stream_events(arbitrator, created.task_id)
result = await arbitrator.wait_for_task_result(created.task_id)

print(result.model_dump_json(indent=2))
await arbitrator.aclose()

Use wait_for_task_result() after streaming. It gives you the final result on success and raises a structured SDK exception if the hosted task fails.

Hosted API mode (plain Python script)

import asyncio

from agora.sdk import AgoraArbitrator


async def main() -> None:
    async with AgoraArbitrator(auth_token="agora_live_your_public_id.your_secret") as arbitrator:
        result = await arbitrator.arbitrate("Should we use microservices or a monolith?")
        print(result.mechanism_used.value)
        print(result.final_answer)
        print(result.merkle_root)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Local callable mode

from agora.sdk import AgoraArbitrator


async def agent_a(user_prompt: str) -> dict:
    return {
        "answer": "Modular monolith",
        "confidence": 0.78,
        "predicted_group_answer": "Modular monolith",
        "reasoning": "Lower coordination overhead."
    }


arbitrator = AgoraArbitrator(mechanism="vote", agent_count=3)
result = await arbitrator.arbitrate(
    "What architecture should a three-engineer startup use?",
    agents=[agent_a, agent_a, agent_a],
)
print(result.final_answer)

Local explicit model roster

from agora.sdk import (
    AgoraArbitrator,
    HostedBenchmarkRunRequest,
    LocalDebateConfig,
    LocalModelSpec,
    LocalProviderKeys,
)


arbitrator = AgoraArbitrator(
    mechanism="debate",
    local_models=[
        LocalModelSpec(provider="gemini", model="gemini-3-flash-preview"),
        LocalModelSpec(provider="gemini", model="gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview"),
        LocalModelSpec(provider="anthropic", model="claude-sonnet-4-6"),
    ],
    local_provider_keys=LocalProviderKeys(
        gemini_api_key="your-gemini-key",
        anthropic_api_key="your-anthropic-key",
        openrouter_api_key="your-openrouter-key",
    ),
    local_debate_config=LocalDebateConfig(
        devils_advocate_model=LocalModelSpec(
            provider="openrouter",
            model="moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking",
        )
    ),
    allow_offline_fallback=False,
)

result = await arbitrator.arbitrate(
    "Should we start with a monolith or microservices?",
)
print(result.agent_models_used)
print(result.model_dump_json(indent=2))

Explicit local roster mode runs the exact model list you pass in roster order. Do not combine auth_token= with local_models=. Every provider referenced in local_models or devils_advocate_model must also have a key in LocalProviderKeys.

Hosted benchmark runs

Benchmarks are available through the SDK, but they use the benchmark API surface, which currently requires a human bearer token. Use a WorkOS-backed human session token here, not an Agora API key.

from agora.sdk import AgoraArbitrator, HostedBenchmarkRunRequest


arbitrator = AgoraArbitrator(auth_token="workos_or_human_bearer_token")
run = await arbitrator.run_benchmark(
    HostedBenchmarkRunRequest(
        agent_count=4,
        live_agents=True,
        training_per_category=1,
        holdout_per_category=1,
    )
)

status = await arbitrator.wait_for_benchmark_run(
    run.run_id,
    timeout_seconds=900,
    poll_interval_seconds=2.0,
)
detail = await arbitrator.get_benchmark_detail(status.artifact_id or run.run_id)

print(status.status)
print(detail.summary)
await arbitrator.aclose()

If you want live progress, pair stream_benchmark_run_events(run_id) with wait_for_benchmark_run(run_id). The stream is the event feed; the wait helper is the terminal-state contract.

LangGraph integration

from agora.sdk import AgoraNode
from langgraph.graph import StateGraph


graph = StateGraph(dict)
graph.add_node(
    "deliberate",
    AgoraNode(strict_verification=True),
)

For long-lived LangGraph workers or repeated node construction, close the wrapped HTTP client explicitly:

async with AgoraNode() as agora_node:
    state = await agora_node({"task": "Pick the safer deployment plan."})

Features

• Thompson Sampling mechanism selection with explainable reasoning
• Factional debate with LangGraph execution and Devil's Advocate cross-examination
• Confidence-calibrated vote aggregation with ISP weighting
• Merkle-verifiable transcript receipts
• Per-model telemetry and estimated USD cost in hosted and local modes
• Optional hosted API mode, local callable mode, and explicit local model rosters
• Hosted benchmark execution helpers with polling, detail fetch, and SSE streaming

Authentication

• Dashboard users authenticate with WorkOS-issued bearer tokens.
• SDK, CI, notebooks, and server-side callers should use first-party Agora API keys.
• Hosted mode keeps the same auth_token= interface, but the token should be an Agora API key such as agora_live_<public_id>.<secret> or agora_test_<public_id>.<secret> in non-production environments.
• Strict hosted E2E should use a real staging API key, not a fabricated JWT.
• Benchmark endpoints are the exception: they currently require a human bearer token and reject API-key principals.

Hosted API URL policy

Hosted SDK calls resolve the canonical Cloud Run backend automatically. Do not pass a manual hosted URL in normal usage. For internal testing only, set AGORA_ALLOW_API_URL_OVERRIDE=1 and AGORA_API_URL=https://your-dev-backend.example.com before constructing the SDK.

Verification Controls

• AgoraArbitrator defaults to 4-agent hosted execution, the canonical Cloud Run API URL, and strict receipt verification.
• AgoraNode supports strict_verification, solana_wallet, and async cleanup pass-through for parity with AgoraArbitrator.
• Set strict_verification=False only when intentionally opting into lenient verification behavior.

Maintainer Release Notes

• Current release process is documented in ../docs/release-operations.md.
• Current package target is agora-arbitrator-sdk==0.1.0a8.
• Preferred publish path is the trusted GitHub workflow in .github/workflows/deploy-sdk.yml.