feat: add agent.clone() method

src/google/adk/agents/base_agent.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import copy
 import inspect
 from typing import Any
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
@@ -121,6 +122,33 @@ class BaseAgent(BaseModel):
       response and appended to event history as agent response.
   """
 
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> BaseAgent:
+    """Creates a deep copy of this agent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new instance of the same agent class with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    cloned_agent = copy.deepcopy(self)
+
+    # Reset parent and clone sub-agents to avoid having the same agent object in
+    # the tree twice
+    cloned_agent.parent_agent = None
+    cloned_agent.sub_agents = [
+        sub_agent.clone() for sub_agent in self.sub_agents
+    ]
+
+    cloned_agent.name = name or f'{self.name}_clone'
+
+    return cloned_agent
+
   @final
   async def run_async(
       self,

src/google/adk/agents/langgraph_agent.py

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
+from typing import cast
+from typing import Optional
 from typing import Union
 
 from google.genai import types
@@ -59,6 +63,23 @@ class LangGraphAgent(BaseAgent):
 
   instruction: str = ''
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> 'LangGraphAgent':
+    """Creates a deep copy of this LangGraphAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new LangGraphAgent instance with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(LangGraphAgent, super().clone(name))
+
   @override
   async def _run_async_impl(
       self,

src/google/adk/agents/llm_agent.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
 from typing import Awaitable
 from typing import Callable
+from typing import cast
 from typing import Literal
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Union
@@ -516,5 +517,21 @@ def __validate_generate_content_config(
       )
     return generate_content_config
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> LlmAgent:
+    """Creates a deep copy of this LlmAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and no sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new LlmAgent instance with identical configuration but no parent or sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(LlmAgent, super().clone(name))
+
 
 Agent: TypeAlias = LlmAgent

src/google/adk/agents/loop_agent.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
+from typing import cast
 from typing import Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import override
@@ -40,6 +41,23 @@ class LoopAgent(BaseAgent):
   escalates.
   """
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> LoopAgent:
+    """Creates a deep copy of this LoopAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new LoopAgent instance with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(LoopAgent, super().clone(name))
+
   @override
   async def _run_async_impl(
       self, ctx: InvocationContext

src/google/adk/agents/parallel_agent.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import asyncio
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
+from typing import cast
+from typing import Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import override
 
@@ -92,6 +94,23 @@ class ParallelAgent(BaseAgent):
   - Generating multiple responses for review by a subsequent evaluation agent.
   """
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> ParallelAgent:
+    """Creates a deep copy of this ParallelAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new ParallelAgent instance with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(ParallelAgent, super().clone(name))
+
   @override
   async def _run_async_impl(
       self, ctx: InvocationContext

src/google/adk/agents/remote_a2a_agent.py

@@ -14,12 +14,20 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
+import copy
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
+import time
 from typing import Any
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
+from typing import Awaitable
+from typing import Callable
+from typing import cast
 from typing import Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import uuid
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@
 
 from google.genai import types as genai_types
 import httpx
+from typing_extensions import override
 
 from ..a2a.converters.event_converter import convert_a2a_message_to_event
 from ..a2a.converters.event_converter import convert_a2a_task_to_event
@@ -151,6 +160,23 @@ def __init__(
           f"got {type(agent_card)}"
       )
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> "RemoteA2aAgent":
+    """Creates a deep copy of this RemoteA2aAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new RemoteA2aAgent instance with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(RemoteA2aAgent, super().clone(name))
+
   async def _ensure_httpx_client(self) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
     """Ensure HTTP client is available and properly configured."""
     if not self._httpx_client:

src/google/adk/agents/sequential_agent.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
+from typing import cast
+from typing import Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import override
 
@@ -29,6 +31,23 @@
 class SequentialAgent(BaseAgent):
   """A shell agent that runs its sub-agents in sequence."""
 
+  @override
+  def clone(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> SequentialAgent:
+    """Creates a deep copy of this SequentialAgent instance.
+
+    The cloned agent will have no parent and cloned sub-agents to avoid the restriction
+    where an agent can only be a sub-agent once.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Optional new name for the cloned agent. If not provided, the original
+        name will be used with a suffix to ensure uniqueness.
+
+    Returns:
+      A new SequentialAgent instance with identical configuration but with
+      no parent and cloned sub-agents.
+    """
+    return cast(SequentialAgent, super().clone(name))
+
   @override
   async def _run_async_impl(
       self, ctx: InvocationContext