Holix 1.0.4

Self-improving AI agent with memory, skills, MCP, CLI, and TUI

Holix — Self-Improving AI Agent

Holix is a self-improving AI agent with persistent memory, a skills system, tool calling, MCP integration, and multiple interfaces: CLI, TUI, API gateway, and Telegram.

Website: holix-agent.ru · PyPI: Holix · GitHub: javded-itres/Holix · Telegram: @helix_agent · Docs: EN · RU · Donate: Boosty

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Features

• Tool calling — files, shell, web, code execution, optional Playwright browser tools
• Persistent memory — SQLite conversations + ChromaDB semantic search
• Skills — markdown skills with auto-generation and hub catalogs (ClawHub, Hermes, Claude plugins)
• MCP — configure and assign Model Context Protocol servers per agent
• Multi-provider — Ollama, LiteLLM, OpenAI, Groq, and any OpenAI-compatible API
• Interfaces — holix tui, holix chat-command, holix run, holix gateway
• Security — API keys, rate limits, command whitelist, confirmation prompts
• Operations — holix doctor, holix logs, background gateway supervisor, Docker

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Quick start

Install

One-line install (detects OS language, asks full vs minimal, runs holix bootstrap for LLM + Telegram):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/javded-itres/Holix/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Russian systems use Russian prompts automatically; English systems choose EN/RU. See docs/en/INSTALLATION.md.

Install from PyPI (Python 3.12+). Package: Holix, CLI command: holix:

pipx install Holix              # global CLI (recommended)
pipx install "Holix[all]"       # + telegram, browser, tui-web, voice

# or in a virtualenv:
pip install Holix
pip install "Holix[telegram,browser]"

Do not use pip install helix — that is a different package on PyPI.

Update later: holix update --channel pypi

From source (developers):

git clone https://github.com/javded-itres/Holix.git
cd Holix
./scripts/install.sh          # macOS / Linux
# Windows: .\scripts\install.ps1

holix version
holix doctor

Publishing: docs/en/PYPI.md

Developer install:

uv sync && uv pip install -e .
cp .env.example .env

Full guide: docs/en/INSTALLATION.md

Configure and run

holix models setup
holix tui                    # recommended UI
# or:
holix chat-command
holix run "What is in this repo?"
holix gateway start

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Documentation (English)

Topic	Link
Install & update	INSTALLATION.md
CLI reference	CLI.md
Slash commands /	SLASH_COMMANDS.md
TUI	TUI.md
Configuration	CONFIGURATION.md
Skill Hub	HUB.md
API Gateway	GATEWAY.md
MAX messenger	MAX.md
Logs	LOGS.md
Doctor	DOCTOR.md
Security	SECURITY.md
Deployment	DEPLOYMENT.md
Troubleshooting	TROUBLESHOOTING.md
Architecture	ARCHITECTURE.md

Документация (русский)

Тема	Ссылка
Установка	INSTALLATION.md
CLI	CLI.md
Слэш-команды	SLASH_COMMANDS.md
Начало	START_HERE.md
MAX	MAX.md

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CLI at a glance

holix tui                          # main UI
holix run "query"                  # one-shot
holix models setup                 # providers
holix hub browse                   # external skills
holix mcp setup                    # MCP servers
holix gateway start|status|stop|reload
holix logs [-s agent] [-f]
holix doctor [--fix]
holix install | holix update

In TUI/Telegram, type /help for slash commands. See docs/en/SLASH_COMMANDS.md.

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Architecture

HolixAgent → run_agent_loop() (core/agent_execution.py)
           → LangGraph / AgentLoop

Layer	Path
Execution	core/agent_execution.py
Events	core/agent_events.py
Tools	core/tools/
Memory	core/memory/
CLI	cli/main.py
Gateway	api/gateway.py

Details: docs/en/ARCHITECTURE.md

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Docker

cp docker/env.example .env
# set TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, MODEL, BASE_URL, API_KEY, HOLIX_API_KEY_PEPPER
docker compose up -d --build

Mode	Command
Full agent (gateway + Telegram)	docker compose up -d
+ local Ollama	docker compose --profile ollama up -d
Gateway API only	docker compose --profile gateway-only up -d holix-gateway
Multi-user prod (bind mounts)	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

Drop-in extensions: put packages under ./extensions/. Full guide: docs/en/INSTALLATION.md § Path B.

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Run tests before PRs: uv run pytest -m "not llm".

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Extensions

Build extensions with the separate holix-sdk package (stable public API):

pip install holix-sdk Holix

Repository: github.com/javded-itres/holix-sdk

Guide	Path
English	holix-sdk/docs/en/EXTENSIONS.md
Russian	holix-sdk/docs/ru/EXTENSIONS.md
Holix copy (EN)	docs/en/EXTENSIONS.md

holix extensions list
holix extensions agent-list

Reference: packages/holix-extension-demo in this repo.

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License

Holix core: MIT — see LICENSE.

Holix Studio is a separate extension package (holix-studio) under the Holix Studio Source Available License (source visible, no redistribution or resale). Install from the Studio repository when needed (pip install / clone). Holix loads it via the holix.extensions entry-point API — see THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.