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Shangjie Chen a501c59ac4 feat: Support registering custom services from local files
This change introduces a mechanism for users to register their own custom backend services for sessions, memory, and artifacts without modifying the ADK framework. This enhances the extensibility of ADK.

Two methods of registration are supported, both by placing a file in the parent directory of the agents.

**YAML Configuration (services.yaml or .yml)**

This is the recommended approach for simple services that can be instantiated with a constructor like MyService(uri="...", **kwargs).

Example services.yaml:

```
services:
  - scheme: mysession
    type: session
    class: my_package.my_module.MyCustomSessionService
```

**Python Registration (services.py)**

For services requiring more complex initialization logic, users can define factory functions in a services.py file.

Example services.py

```
from google.adk.cli.service_registry import get_service_registry
from my_package.my_module import MyCustomSessionService

def my_session_factory(uri: str, **kwargs):
    # custom initialization logic
    return MyCustomSessionService(...)

get_service_registry().register_session_service("mysession", my_session_factory)
```

ADK will load services from services.yaml/.yml first, and then from services.py. If the same service scheme is defined in both, the registration in services.py will take precedence.

To use a registered service, specify its URI via the corresponding command-line flag, e.g., `--session_service_uri=mysession://....`

Co-authored-by: Shangjie Chen <deanchen@google.com>
PiperOrigin-RevId: 831211371
2025-11-11 21:59:19 -08:00
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This is helpful for contributors to understand the project and design philosophy. It can also be feed into LLMs for vibe-coding.