agent-core

The foundation for autonomous agents.

Level 0 — Foundation Source

Purpose

Agent, AgentId, AgentContext, lifecycle hooks, and state management. Everything an autonomous unit needs to exist, be addressed, and be driven by a runtime.

Key APIs

  • Agent
  • AgentId
  • AgentContext
  • AgentState
  • LifecycleHooks

Dependencies

No RustyAI dependencies — this is the foundation.

used by: cognition · messaging · patterns · runtime · rustyai

agent-core.rs
use agent_core::prelude::*;
struct Researcher;
#[async_trait]
impl Agent for Researcher {
    async fn on_start(&mut self, ctx: &AgentContext) -> Result<()> {
        ctx.log("researcher online");
        Ok(())
    }
}
Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
agent-core = "0.2"
All crates

See it in a running system.

The xbot case study shows agent-core and cognition driving a long-lived autonomous application.

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