Build Your Own AI: A Beginner's Guide to Autonomys Agents

Want to create your own AI agent that interacts on social media and remembers everything? The Autonomys Agents framework lets you do just that! This guide provides a clear, step-by-step introduction to building and customizing your own autonomous AI agents, complete with unique personalities and permanent memory.

What are Autonomys Agents?

Autonomys Agents is an experimental, cutting-edge open-source framework designed to simplify the creation of autonomous AI agents. Imagine building AI that can actively engage on social platforms, learn from interactions, and evolve its personality over time. That's the power of Autonomys Agents.

Key Features That Make Autonomys Agents Stand Out

• Autonomous Social Media Engagement: Your agent can monitor, analyze, and engage in conversations on platforms like X (formerly Twitter).
• Permanent Agent Memory: Leveraging the Autonomys Network guarantees persistent memory for your agent across sessions and enables verifiable interaction history.
• Built-in Workflow System: Simplifies the process of defining how your autonomous AI agent behaves and interacts.
• Customizable Personalities: Design unique personalities for your agents using a flexible YAML-based character system.
• Extensible Tool System: Expand the capabilities of your agents by integrating various tools and functionalities.

Getting Started with Autonomys Agents

Ready to dive in? Here’s a simplified setup guide:

1. Install Dependencies: Open your terminal and run yarn install. Windows users might need the Visual Studio C++ Redistributable.
2. Create Your Character: Use the command yarn create-character <your-character-name> to generate a character configuration.
3. Setup Character Config: Tweak your agent's personality, expertise, and communication style by editing the YAML files in characters/{your-character-name}/config. Make sure to update the .env file with the required environment variables.
4. Run Your Agent: Launch your AI in development mode with yarn dev <your-character-name> or for production with yarn start <your-character-name>.

Sculpting Your AI's Personality: The Character System

The character system uses YAML files to define your AI's personality, expertise, and how it should interact. This modular approach allows you to create a diverse range of autonomous AI agents with different behaviors and focuses. For example, you define the name, description, personality traits, areas of expertise, words to avoid, Twitter profile, and engagement criteria.

Real-World Examples: Meet Joy Builder and Tech Analyst

Here's a glimpse of what you can create:

• Joy Builder: An AI agent focused on the positive impact of technology. This autonomous AI agent relentlessly promotes innovation and practical solutions.
• Tech Analyst: A thoughtful agent that analyzes emerging tech trends, providing balanced perspectives on everything from AI to Web3.

Supercharge Your Agent with Workflows

The built-in workflow system streamlines agent behavior. The initial Twitter workflow allows agents to monitor discussions, analyze trends, engage with users, and generate content.

Long-Term Memory: Autonomys Network Integration

• Persistent Memory: Your agent remembers past interactions and learns from them.
• Verifiable History: All interactions are recorded and verifiable.
• Cross-Agent Sharing: Agents can share memories and learn from each other.
• Decentralized Identity: Agents have a unique, decentralized identity.

To utilize, configure your API key, enable Auto Drive uploading, and add your EVM wallet details to the .env file. Also, make sure your wallet has enough funds to operate.

Memory Resurrection: Retrieving Past Interactions

You can retrieve your AI's past memories from the Autonomys Network using the yarn resurrect command. Specify the character name and, optionally, the number of memories to fetch and the output directory. Want to fetch all your memories to a custom directory? Just run yarn resurrect your_character_name --output ./custom/path.

Autonomys Agents empowers you to build sophisticated and engaging AI entities. Start experimenting, explore the possibilities, and contribute to the future of autonomous AI!