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OpenHands Automation Service

⚠️ Beta: This project is currently in beta. APIs and features may change without notice.

Scheduled and event-driven automation execution for OpenHands Cloud. This service allows users to create automations that run on a schedule (cron) or in response to events (webhooks).

Features

  • Scheduled Automations: Run OpenHands conversations on a cron schedule
  • Event-Driven: Trigger automations via webhooks (e.g., GitHub events)
  • API Key Management: Per-user API keys for secure automation access
  • Run History: Track automation runs with status and results

Development

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.12+
  • uv for dependency management
  • PostgreSQL (or use testcontainers for testing)

Setup

# Install dependencies
uv sync --group dev

# Run the service locally (requires PostgreSQL)
uv run uvicorn openhands.automation.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload

Testing

# Run all tests
uv run pytest

# Run with coverage
uv run pytest --cov=openhands/automation --cov-report=term-missing

Code Quality

# Run pre-commit hooks
uv run pre-commit run --all-files

# Format code
uv run ruff format

# Lint code
uv run ruff check --fix

# Type check
uv run pyright

Database Migrations

# Create a new migration
uv run alembic revision --autogenerate -m "description"

# Apply migrations
uv run alembic upgrade head

Docker

# Build the image
docker build -t automation -f containers/Dockerfile .

# Run the container
docker run -p 8000:8000 automation

Project Structure

openhands/
└── automation/      # Main application package (openhands.automation namespace)
    ├── app.py           # FastAPI application entry point
    ├── router.py        # API routes for CRUD operations
    ├── scheduler.py     # Background scheduler for cron jobs
    ├── dispatcher.py    # Dispatches pending runs to OpenHands
    ├── models.py        # SQLAlchemy models
    ├── schemas.py       # Pydantic schemas for API
    └── utils/           # Utility functions
migrations/          # Alembic database migrations
tests/               # Unit tests
containers/          # Docker configuration

Deployment

This service is deployed via the deploy repository. Docker images are automatically built and pushed to ghcr.io/openhands/automation on every push to main and on tags.

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