Merge branch 'main' into feat/anthropic-reasoning-tokens

Author: rohityan

README.md

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ You can install the latest stable version of ADK using `pip`:
 pip install google-adk
 ```
 
+To install optional integrations, you can use the following command:
+```bash
+pip install "google-adk[extensions]"
+```
+
 The release cadence is roughly bi-weekly.
 
 This version is recommended for most users as it represents the most recent official release.

pyproject.toml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "fastapi>=0.124.1, <1.0.0",                                # FastAPI framework
   "google-api-python-client>=2.157.0, <3.0.0",               # Google API client discovery
   "google-auth[pyopenssl]>=2.47.0",                          # Google Auth library
-  "google-cloud-aiplatform[agent_engines]>=1.148.0, <2.0.0", # For VertexAI integrations, e.g. example store.
+  "google-cloud-aiplatform[agent_engines]>=1.148.1, <2.0.0", # For VertexAI integrations, e.g. example store.
   "google-cloud-bigquery-storage>=2.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery>=2.2.0",
   "google-cloud-bigtable>=2.32.0",                           # For Bigtable database