Agent State Internals

AgentState Structure

AgentState (readonly)
  |-- agentId: string              # UUID, auto-generated
  |-- parentAgentId: ?string       # set for subagents
  |-- createdAt: DateTimeImmutable
  |-- updatedAt: DateTimeImmutable  # bumped on every mutation
  |-- context: AgentContext
  |   |-- store: MessageStore
  |   |-- metadata: Metadata
  |   |-- systemPrompt: string
  |   |-- responseFormat: ResponseFormat
  |-- budget: Budget
  |   |-- maxSteps: ?int
  |   |-- maxTokens: ?int
  |   |-- maxSeconds: ?float
  |   |-- maxCost: ?float
  |   |-- deadline: ?DateTimeImmutable
  |-- execution: ?ExecutionState    # null between executions
      |-- executionId: string
      |-- status: ExecutionStatus   # Pending|InProgress|Completed|Failed
      |-- startedAt / completedAt
      |-- stepExecutions: StepExecutions  # completed steps
      |-- continuation: ExecutionContinuation
      |   |-- stopSignals: StopSignals
      |   |-- isContinuationRequested: bool
      |-- currentStepStartedAt
      |-- currentStep: ?AgentStep   # in-progress step
          |-- inputMessages
          |-- outputMessages
          |-- inferenceResponse
          |-- toolExecutions: ToolExecutions
          |-- errors: ErrorList

Key Accessors

// Identity
$state->agentId();
$state->parentAgentId();

// Timing
$state->createdAt();
$state->executionDuration();

// Context
$state->messages();
$state->metadata();
$state->context()->systemPrompt();

// Budget
$state->budget()->maxSteps;
$state->budget()->isExhausted();

// Execution
$state->status();                    // ExecutionStatus enum
$state->stepCount();
$state->steps();                     // AgentSteps collection
$state->lastStep();
$state->lastStepType();
$state->lastStopReason();
$state->usage();                     // total token usage
$state->errors();
$state->hasErrors();

// Final output
$state->hasFinalResponse();
$state->finalResponse()->toString();

Budget

Budgets propagate through delegation chains. Each subagent inherits the remaining budget:

$budget = new Budget(maxSteps: 20, maxTokens: 10000, maxSeconds: 60.0);

// After 5 steps and 3000 tokens:
$remaining = $budget->remaining(stepsUsed: 5, tokensUsed: 3000);
// maxSteps: 15, maxTokens: 7000, maxSeconds: 60.0

// Cap by another budget:
$capped = $budget->cappedBy(new Budget(maxSteps: 10));
// maxSteps: 10 (takes minimum)

Serialization

All state objects support toArray() / fromArray() for persistence:

$data = $state->toArray();
$restored = AgentState::fromArray($data);