#2869 - initial creation of how to section for the new extendable agents.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [4.0.0] = TBC
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+-   Agents now follow a common configuration format, simplifying the configuration of agents and their extensibilty.
+
 ## [3.3.0] - 2024-09-04
 
 ### Added

docs/source/how_to_guides/extensible_agents.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+.. only:: comment
+
+    © Crown-owned copyright 2024, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory UK
+
+.. _about:
+
+Extensible Agents
+*****************
+
+Agents defined within PrimAITE have been updated to allow for easier creation of new bespoke agents.
+
+
+Developing Agents for PrimAITE
+==============================
+
+Agents within PrimAITE, follow the shown inheritance structure, and
+
+# TODO: Turn this into an inheritance diagram
+
+AbstractAgent
+	|
+	| - AbstractScriptedAgent
+	|		|
+	|	    | - AbstractTAPAgent
+	|		|		|
+	|		|		| - DataManipulationAgent
+	|		|
+	|		|
+	|		| - RandomAgent
+	|		|
+	|		| - PeriodicAgent
+	|		|
+	|		| - RandomAgent
+	|
+	|
+	| - ProxyAgent
+	|
+	| - ControlledAgent
+
+
+#. **ConfigSchema**:
+
+    Configurable items within a new agent within PrimAITE should contain a ``ConfigSchema`` which holds all configurable variables of the agent. This should not include parameters related to its *state*.
+
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        class ExampleAgent(AbstractAgent, identifier = "example_agent"):
+            """An example agent for demonstration purposes."""
+
+            config: "ExampleAgent.ConfigSchema"
+            """Agent configuration"""
+            num_executions: int
+            """Number of action executions by agent"""
+
+            class ConfigSchema(AbstractAgent.ConfigSchema):
+                """ExampleAgent configuration schema"""
+
+                agent_name: str
+                """Name of agent"""
+                action_interval: int
+                """Number of steps between agent actions"""
+
+#. **identifier**:
+
+    All agent classes should have a unique ``identifier`` attribute, for when they are added to the base ``AbstractAgent`` registry. PrimAITE notation is for these to be written in snake_case
+
+Changes to YAML file
+====================
+
+Agent configurations specified within YAML files used for earlier versions of PrimAITE will need updating to be compatible with PrimAITE v4.0.0+.
+
+# TODO: Show changes to YAML config needed here

src/primaite/game/agent/agent_log.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class AgentLog(BaseModel):
     agent_name: str = "unnamed_agent"
     current_episode: int = 1
     current_timestep: int = 0
+    logger: logging
 
     def __init__(self, agent_name: Optional[str]):
         """

src/primaite/game/agent/scripted_agents/random_agent.py

@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@ class PeriodicAgent(AbstractScriptedAgent, identifier="Periodic_Agent"):
     next_execution_timestep: int = 0
     """Timestep of the next action execution by the agent."""
 
-    @property
-    def num_executions(self) -> int:
-        """Convenience method for accessing num_executions from config."""
-        return self.config.num_executions
-
-    @property
-    def next_execution_timestep(self) -> int:
-        """Convenience method for accessing next_execution_timestep from config."""
-        return self.config.next_execution_timestep
-
     def _set_next_execution_timestep(self, timestep: int, variance: int) -> None:
         """Set the next execution timestep with a configured random variance.
 
@@ -78,7 +68,8 @@ class PeriodicAgent(AbstractScriptedAgent, identifier="Periodic_Agent"):
         """Do nothing, unless the current timestep is the next execution timestep, in which case do the action."""
         if timestep == self.next_execution_timestep and self.num_executions < self.config.max_executions:
             self.num_executions += 1
-            self._set_next_execution_timestep(timestep + self.config.frequency, self.config.variance)
-            return "NODE_APPLICATION_EXECUTE", {"node_id": 0, "application_id": 0}
+            self._set_next_execution_timestep(timestep + self.frequency, self.variance)
+            self.target_node = self.action_manager.node_names[0]
+            return "node_application_execute", {"node_name": self.target_node, "application_name": 0}
 
         return "DONOTHING", {}