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Instrukt

Instrukt is a Python terminal environment for creating modular AI agents, attaching tools and indexing code or documents so agents can answer questions using retrieved material.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Instrukt when you want to build or operate agents from a terminal and ground their answers in an indexed codebase or document directory.

Who it is for

  • Developers who want to prototype or customize terminal-based AI agents.
  • Users who want an agent to retrieve answers from indexed code or documents.

Documented uses

  • Create and instruct modular agents in natural language.
  • Build or attach tools to tailor an agent's workflow.
  • Index a directory and connect it to an agent for retrieval-based question-answering.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The documented quickstart requires an OpenAI API key. The repository specifies the AGPL-3.0 license.

  • The interface is terminal-based, with remote access described through SSH and terminal multiplexers.
  • The documented stack includes Python, LangChain, Textual and Chroma.
  • OpenAI is the documented language-model provider; local embedding models are supported, but private local language models are listed as future work.
  • The README identifies the project as a work in progress and warns of bugs and API changes.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install and launch Instrukt

Install the package, configure the documented OpenAI credential and start the terminal environment.

Before you start

  • Python package installation support
  • An OpenAI API key
  • For a bare container, g++ and libmagic

Steps

  1. Install with the command below.

    Documented command
    pip install instrukt[all]

  2. Set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable to your OpenAI API key.

  3. Run instrukt to launch the terminal interface.

Expected outcome

The Instrukt terminal environment launches and creates a configuration file at `~/.config/instrukt/instrukt.yml`.

Guide limitations

  • The README describes the project as a work in progress and warns of bugs and API changes.
  • The documented language-model support is OpenAI.
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Source-based practical guide

Index a codebase for agent question-answering

Create a directory index and connect it to an agent for retrieval-based questions about code.

Before you start

  • Instrukt installed and launched
  • An OpenAI API key for the documented quickstart
  • A local code directory to index

Steps

  1. Open the Index Management interface with I.

  2. Create an index from the directory containing the code.

  3. Use the index menu in an agent window to attach the index as a retrieval tool.

  4. Ask the agent questions about the indexed code.

Expected outcome

The agent can retrieve material from the code index when answering questions.

Guide limitations

  • The README documents indexing directories; loading a Git repository from a URL is listed as future work.
  • The project is described as a work in progress.
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