README.md

Build an AI Agent from Scratch Workshop

• Watch the workshop on Frontend Masters.
• View the course notes

Setup Instructions

This repo requires Node.js version 20+ or bun v1.0.20.

The main branch contains the final application. To code along with the workshop, checkout the step/1 branch. You will also need an API Key from OpenAI.

git clone https://github.com/Hendrixer/agent-from-scratch.git
cd agent-from-scratch
git checkout step/1
npm install # or bun install

To run the project:

npm start
# or
bun run index.ts

OpenAI API Key

Create an API Key from OpenAI and save it in a .env file:

OPENAI_API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'