roura-agent 3.5.1

Local-first AI coding assistant powered by Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic

Roura Agent

Local-first AI coding assistant with multi-provider support.

Roura Agent is a powerful terminal-based AI assistant for software development. It supports multiple LLM providers (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic) with native tool calling, giving you Claude Code-like capabilities with the flexibility to choose your provider.

Quick Start

# Install
pip install roura-agent

# Run with auto-detected provider
roura-agent

# Or specify a provider
OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx roura-agent
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=xxx roura-agent
roura-agent --provider ollama

Features

Multi-Provider Support

Provider	Setup	Best For
Ollama	Local install	Privacy, no API costs
OpenAI	API key	GPT-4 quality
Anthropic	API key	Claude quality

Provider is auto-detected based on available credentials, or you can force one with --provider.

Agentic Loop

• Multi-turn execution - Works iteratively until your task is complete
• Native tool calling - Direct integration with modern LLMs
• Context-aware - Tracks files you've read and modified
• Session persistence - Auto-saves conversations, resume with /resume

45+ Development Tools

• File operations - Read, write, edit files with visual diff preview
• Git integration - Status, diff, log, add, commit
• Shell commands - Execute with safety guardrails
• Search - Glob patterns and grep across your codebase
• GitHub - List, view, and create PRs and issues
• Jira - Search, view, create, and transition issues

Safety & Control

• Approval gates - Review and approve changes before they happen
• Visual diffs - See exactly what will change
• Undo support - Restore previous file versions with /undo
• Read-before-modify - Files must be read before they can be edited
• Secrets detection - Blocks credential commits
• Blast radius limits - --allow and --block patterns
• Dry-run mode - Preview all changes with --dry-run
• Read-only mode - Block all modifications with --readonly

User Experience

• Rich TUI - Beautiful terminal interface with colors and formatting
• Streaming responses - See output as it's generated
• Progress indicators - Elapsed time display during operations
• Token tracking - Monitor context usage

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install roura-agent

From Source

git clone https://github.com/roura-io/roura-agent.git
cd roura-agent
pip install -e .

Provider Setup

Option 1: Ollama (Local, Free)

# Install Ollama from ollama.com
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

# Pull a model
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:32b

# Set environment
export OLLAMA_MODEL=qwen2.5-coder:32b

Option 2: OpenAI

export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
export OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o  # optional, defaults to gpt-4o

Option 3: Anthropic

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
export ANTHROPIC_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-20250514  # optional

Usage

# Start in your project directory
cd /path/to/your/project
roura-agent

# Example interactions:
> Read the main entry point and explain what it does
> Fix the bug in the login function
> Add input validation to the user form
> Create a new API endpoint for user profiles

CLI Options

roura-agent [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --provider TEXT    LLM provider: ollama, openai, anthropic
  -s, --safe-mode        Disable dangerous tools
  -n, --dry-run          Preview changes without writing
  -r, --readonly         Block all file modifications
  -a, --allow TEXT       Only allow modifications to matching globs
  -b, --block TEXT       Block modifications to matching globs
  -d, --debug            Enable debug logging

Interactive Commands

Command	Description
/help	Show help information
/context	Show files in context
/undo	Undo last file change
/clear	Clear conversation
/tools	List available tools
/history	Show recent sessions
/resume [id]	Resume a previous session
/export [format]	Export session (json/markdown)
exit	Quit the agent

Subcommands

roura-agent doctor       # Run system health checks
roura-agent setup        # Interactive configuration wizard
roura-agent config       # Show current configuration
roura-agent tools        # List all tools with risk levels
roura-agent ping         # Test Ollama connectivity
roura-agent project      # Show project information

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.config/roura-agent/:

roura-agent setup  # Interactive configuration wizard

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
ROURA_PROVIDER	Default provider	auto-detect
OLLAMA_BASE_URL	Ollama endpoint	http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_MODEL	Ollama model	-
OPENAI_API_KEY	OpenAI API key	-
OPENAI_MODEL	OpenAI model	gpt-4o
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Anthropic API key	-
ANTHROPIC_MODEL	Anthropic model	claude-sonnet-4-20250514

Comparison

Feature	Roura Agent	Claude Code	Cursor	Aider
Multi-provider	Yes	No	Limited	Yes
Local LLM support	Yes	No	No	Yes
Privacy (local mode)	Yes	No	No	Yes
Native tool calling	Yes	Yes	Limited	Yes
Session persistence	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Undo support	Yes	Yes	No	No
Git integration	Yes	Yes	Limited	Yes
GitHub/Jira	Yes	Yes	No	No
Safety controls	Yes	Yes	Limited	Limited
Free tier	Yes (Ollama)	No	No	No

Development

Running Tests

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/ -v

Code Quality

ruff check roura_agent/
pyright roura_agent/

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Documentation: docs.roura.io