Does ai-agents-from-scratch use paid AI services?

Can use OpenAI. Its settings have keys for this paid API. Its README says whether one is required.

Is ai-agents-from-scratch still maintained?

Slowing down. Last change 4 months ago.

Can I trust ai-agents-from-scratch?

Widely used. 4.9k stars, 1 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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Assembly instructions

pguso/ai-agents-from-scratch

Demystify AI agents by building them yourself. Local LLMs, no black boxes, real understanding of function calling, memory, and ReAct patterns.

Node.js#ai-agents#educational#function-calling#llm

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Paid AI services?: Can use OpenAIIts settings have keys for this paid API. Its README says whether one is required.
Still maintained?: Slowing downLast change 4 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used4.9k stars, 1 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 4,909
Activity: Updated 4 months ago

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Node.js.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Heads-upIt also needs 1 setting in .env (1 secret).

4 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

Needs Git: xcode-select --install

git clone https://github.com/pguso/ai-agents-from-scratch.git
cd ai-agents-from-scratch

Install the required runtimes

Node.js LTS (no version pinned)

# needs nvm: brew install nvm (or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
nvm install --lts

3
Configure environment variables
Fill in secrets: OPENAI_API_KEY
```
cp .env.example .env
```
4
Install dependencies
```
npm ci
```

From the README: Installation

npm install

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