AutoGPT Agent User Guide¶
Note
This guide assumes you are in the autogpts/autogpt folder, where the AutoGPT Agent
is located.
Command Line Interface¶
Running ./autogpt.sh (or any of its subcommands) with --help lists all the possible
sub-commands and arguments you can use:
$ ./autogpt.sh --help
Usage: python -m autogpt [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
run Sets up and runs an agent, based on the task specified by the...
serve Starts an Agent Protocol compliant AutoGPT server, which creates...
For Windows users
On Windows, use .\autogpt.bat instead of ./autogpt.sh.
Everything else (subcommands, arguments) should work the same.
Usage with Docker
For use with Docker, replace the script in the examples with
docker compose run --rm auto-gpt:
docker compose run --rm auto-gpt --ai-settings <filename>
docker compose run --rm auto-gpt serve
run – CLI mode¶
The run sub-command starts AutoGPT with the legacy CLI interface.
./autogpt.sh run --help
$ ./autogpt.sh run --help
Usage: python -m autogpt run [OPTIONS]
Sets up and runs an agent, based on the task specified by the user, or
resumes an existing agent.
Options:
-c, --continuous Enable Continuous Mode
-y, --skip-reprompt Skips the re-prompting messages at the
beginning of the script
-C, --ai-settings FILE Specifies which ai_settings.yaml file to
use, relative to the AutoGPT root directory.
Will also automatically skip the re-prompt.
-P, --prompt-settings FILE Specifies which prompt_settings.yaml file to
use.
-l, --continuous-limit INTEGER Defines the number of times to run in
continuous mode
--speak Enable Speak Mode
--debug Enable Debug Mode
--gpt3only Enable GPT3.5 Only Mode
--gpt4only Enable GPT4 Only Mode
-b, --browser-name TEXT Specifies which web-browser to use when
using selenium to scrape the web.
--allow-downloads Dangerous: Allows AutoGPT to download files
natively.
--skip-news Specifies whether to suppress the output of
latest news on startup.
--install-plugin-deps Installs external dependencies for 3rd party
plugins.
--ai-name TEXT AI name override
--ai-role TEXT AI role override
--constraint TEXT Add or override AI constraints to include in
the prompt; may be used multiple times to
pass multiple constraints
--resource TEXT Add or override AI resources to include in
the prompt; may be used multiple times to
pass multiple resources
--best-practice TEXT Add or override AI best practices to include
in the prompt; may be used multiple times to
pass multiple best practices
--override-directives If specified, --constraint, --resource and
--best-practice will override the AI's
directives instead of being appended to them
--help Show this message and exit.
This mode allows running a single agent, and saves the agent's state when terminated. This means you can resume agents at a later time. See also agent state.
Note
For legacy reasons, the CLI will default to the run subcommand when none is
specified: running ./autogpt.sh run [OPTIONS] does the same as ./autogpt.sh [OPTIONS],
but this may change in the future.
💀 Continuous Mode ⚠️¶
Run the AI without user authorization, 100% automated. Continuous mode is NOT recommended. It is potentially dangerous and may cause your AI to run forever or carry out actions you would not usually authorize. Use at your own risk.
./autogpt.sh --continuous
To exit the program, press Ctrl+C
serve – Agent Protocol mode with UI¶
With serve, the application exposes an Agent Protocol compliant API and serves a
frontend, by default on http://localhost:8000. You can configure the port it is served on with the AP_SERVER_PORT environment variable.
./autogpt.sh serve --help
$ ./autogpt.sh serve --help
Usage: python -m autogpt serve [OPTIONS]
Starts an Agent Protocol compliant AutoGPT server, which creates a custom
agent for every task.
Options:
-P, --prompt-settings FILE Specifies which prompt_settings.yaml file to
use.
--debug Enable Debug Mode
--gpt3only Enable GPT3.5 Only Mode
--gpt4only Enable GPT4 Only Mode
-b, --browser-name TEXT Specifies which web-browser to use when using
selenium to scrape the web.
--allow-downloads Dangerous: Allows AutoGPT to download files
natively.
--install-plugin-deps Installs external dependencies for 3rd party
plugins.
--help Show this message and exit.
For more information about the API of the application, see agentprotocol.ai.
Arguments¶
Attention
Most arguments are equivalent to configuration options. See .env.template
for all available configuration options.
Note
Replace anything in angled brackets (<>) to a value you want to specify
Here are some common arguments you can use when running AutoGPT:
-
Run AutoGPT with a different AI Settings file
./autogpt.sh --ai-settings <filename> -
Run AutoGPT with a different Prompt Settings file
./autogpt.sh --prompt-settings <filename>
Note
There are shorthands for some of these flags, for example -P for --prompt-settings.
Use ./autogpt.sh --help for more information.
Agent State¶
The state of individual agents is stored in the data/agents folder. You can use this
in various ways:
- Resume your agent at a later time.
- Create "checkpoints" for your agent so you can always go back to specific points in its history.
- Share your agent!
Workspace¶
Agents can read and write files. This happens in the workspace folder, which
is in data/agents/<agent_id>/. Files outside of this folder can not be accessed by the
agent unless RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE is set to False.
Warning
We do not recommend disabling RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE, unless AutoGPT is running in
a sandbox environment where it couldn't do any damage (e.g. Docker or a VM).
Logs¶
Activity, Error, and Debug logs are located in logs.
Tip
Do you notice weird behavior with your agent? Do you have an interesting use case? Do you have a bug you want to report? Follow the step below to enable your logs. You can include these logs when making an issue report or discussing an issue with us.
To print out debug logs:
./autogpt.sh --debug
Disabling Command Categories¶
If you want to selectively disable some command groups, you can use the
DISABLED_COMMAND_CATEGORIES config in your .env. You can find the list of available
categories here.
For example, to disable coding related features, set it to the value below:
DISABLED_COMMAND_CATEGORIES=autogpt.commands.execute_code