The code_executor agent is not executing code.

[cswning]

The code_executor agent is defined and added to group_chat, but many times code_executor does not execute the generated code. How to solve this problem to ensure that code_executor agent will execute the code.

[ekzhu]

The code executor agent requires the snippet to be part of a markdown block.

If the code isn't detected as markdown block it won't execute it

We will update the documentation https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/stable/reference/python/autogen_agentchat.agents.html#autogen_agentchat.agents.CodeExecutorAgent

[cswning]

Is there a way to ensure that the snippet to be part of a markdown block. The assistant agent always outputs TERMINATE after generating code, causing the group_chat to terminate, so the code executor agent doesn't execute the code.

[ekzhu]

The assistant agent always outputs TERMINATE after generating code

You can customize the system message of AssistantAgent.

Is there a way to ensure that the snippet to be part of a markdown block.

Have you tried PythonCodeExecutionTool? It will run the code in the same agent rather than requiring the code to be inside markdown format.

https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/stable/reference/python/autogen_ext.tools.code_execution.html#autogen_ext.tools.code_execution.PythonCodeExecutionTool

The two-agent chat with assistant and code executor is a legacy pattern from v0.2. It's not a top recommended way to do code execution now.