How deeply does Spring AI in Action cover @Action?

Explains annotation placement, goal distinction, typed data flow, and implementation with PromptRunner, but not annotation internals.

@Action

As explained in Spring AI in Action

@Action is an Embabel annotation that marks a method as an action available for workflow planning or execution.

@Action marks a method as an Embabel action that can participate in workflow planning and execution. Embabel uses the method’s inputs and outputs to assemble agent workflows. section 12.3.2 section 12.3.3

Use @Action methods to define the parts of an agentic workflow:

Annotate methods inside a class marked with @Agent. section 12.3.2
Return typed domain objects such as GameRules, GameMechanics, or PlayerCount; Embabel uses these types when connecting actions. section 12.3.3 section 12.3.2
Add @AchievesGoal when a method represents a workflow goal; leave it off intermediate actions such as loading game rules. section 12.3.2 section 12.3.3
Build action bodies with Spring AI facilities such as PromptRunner, resource-backed prompt templates, and TikaDocumentReader. section 12.3.2 section 12.3.3

Goal-oriented game information

A GameInfoAgent can annotate determineGameMechanics(GameRules) with @Action and @AchievesGoal, returning GameMechanics through PromptRunner. A separate @Action method, getGameRules(GameTitle, RulesFile), supplies the GameRules object but does not itself complete a goal.

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postconditionhas part · A postcondition is a property or condition that must hold after an operation completes successfully.

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