ReadyAgents Core

ReadyAgents is a free, self-hosted Apache-2.0 local one-shot agent workflow engine plus MCP toolkit: clone it, bring your own keys; always-on packs are waitlisted and not for sale.

Site: readyagents.dev. Repo: github.com/readyagentsdev/readyagents-core.

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This repository is the free core. You keep the provider account and the bill. Install with pip install readyagentsdev, or from this clone.

60-second start

Requires Python 3.11–3.14 on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Current version is 0.12.0. Install with pip install readyagentsdev, or from this clone.

git clone https://github.com/readyagentsdev/readyagents-core.git
cd readyagents-core
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e .
readyagents run examples/calc_pipeline.yaml
readyagents runs list
readyagents doctor

readyagents run examples/calc_pipeline.json is the same graph.

Or from PyPI (the wheel does not ship examples/):

pip install readyagentsdev
readyagents new my-flow

HITL next: docs/first-ten-minutes.md.

What it does

• Define agent workflows as YAML or JSON (nodes + edges)
• Run agent, tool, condition, transform, approval, parallel, include, and foreach nodes. Agent nodes may declare a tools: allowlist for a bounded tool-use loop.
• Persist after every node and resume a paused or failed run from the last successful node
• Inspect past runs: readyagents runs list / show / replay / report (local HTML)
• Scaffold a starter: readyagents new my-flow (basic, approval, research, pipeline, review, foreach, agent-tools, gated)
• Builtin tools with zero extra servers: now, calc, json_get, list_dir, read_file, write_file, optional http_get
• Optional MCP client and server (readyagents mcp serve, readyagents mcp probe) with official tasks and MRTR approvals
• Extra node types and tools via Python entry points (readyagents.packs)
• Per-node token/cost, budgets, model fallback, JSON logs
• External approval injection (readyagents decide) and outbound pause notify
• Secrets / RBAC / PII-redaction hooks and an append-only audit trail
• Pydantic output_schema on agent nodes; opt-in local LLM cache
• readyagents.testing helpers, recorded LLM mocks, and a tiny eval harness

Architecture

flowchart LR
  YAML[Workflow YAML/JSON] --> Engine
  subgraph Core["ReadyAgents Core"]
    Engine[Workflow engine]
    Tools[Builtin tools]
    LLM[BYOK LLM providers]
    MCP[MCP client / server]
    Packs[Pack loader]
  end
  Engine --> Tools
  Engine --> LLM
  Engine --> MCP
  Packs --> Engine
  Packs --> Tools
  LLM --> OpenAI[OpenAI]
  LLM --> Anthropic[Anthropic]
  LLM --> Compat[OpenAI-compatible]

CLI

Examples (no keys unless noted)

Docs

• Why ReadyAgents?
• Getting started
• First ten minutes
• Concepts
• Configuration (BYOK)
• Workflows
• Authoring (JSON Schema, editors, located errors)
• MCP
• Packs
• Continuous pack (optional, separate distribution)
• Platform support
• CLI
• Changelog
• Release notes 0.8.0

Install extras

LLM and MCP extras are optional.

pip install "readyagentsdev[openai]"
pip install "readyagentsdev[anthropic]"
pip install "readyagentsdev[mcp]"
pip install "readyagentsdev[all]"

From a clone, the same extras are pip install -e ".[openai]" (and anthropic / mcp / all).

Then cp .env.example .env and paste your own keys. Core workflows that only use builtin tools do not need extras, keys, or Node.js.

docker compose run --rm readyagents run examples/calc_pipeline.yaml
make smoke

What is not in this repository

Always-on packs are waitlisted and not for sale.

Always-on / continuous workers are not in Core. The optional readyagents-pack-continuous distribution (separate repository, not a Core extra) can run configured workflows from an explicit foreground command. Installing Core still starts no scheduler or listener.

Hosted control plane. Hosted recovery and remote run stores. SSO, multi-tenant teams, billing.

The core has persist, resume, and approval pauses for a local one-shot. It does not run always-on.

License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.

Security

Please report vulnerabilities as described in SECURITY.md. Public contact: info@readyagents.dev. Do not commit API keys. Local operator files such as .env are gitignored.