ai-agent

dust: Accelerate Work

Name: dust: Accelerate Work
Author: dust-tt

Founders get a custom AI agent platform with dust, built for speed. 1.4k+ GitHub stars

1,405 stars296 forksTypeScriptUpdated 7/2/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Dust provides a custom AI agent platform to speed up your work by automating tasks with a built-in AI agent

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/dust-tt/dust.git

When to use it

•When you need to automate repetitive tasks in your workflow
•When you want to integrate AI capabilities into your existing tools and systems
•When you need a customizable AI agent to perform specific tasks for your business

Quick start

1Run 'npm install' in the cloned repository to set up the project
2Configure the AI agent by editing the 'dust.config.ts' file
3Start the Dust server with 'npm run start'
4Use the Dust API to interact with the AI agent, as shown in the 'examples' folder
5Customize the AI agent's behavior by creating new skills in the 'skills' folder

Ready-to-paste prompt

Dust can be used to automate a task like sending a weekly report by running a command like 'dust run report' after editing the 'report_skill.ts' file

Heads up: Make sure you have Node.js 16 or higher installed, as Dust requires it to run, and also be aware that some features might require additional setup or dependencies

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