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The best part of Huginn is being able to self-host and write any arbitrary agents you want.

by albertsun 12y ago

platz 12y ago
I wish the agents could language-agnostic though.
- cantankerous 12y ago
  Same. I wonder how hard it would be to bake in some kind of local webhook system for that purpose. Haven't looked too closely at this, though.
- hnriot 12y ago
  there are a myriad ways or linking software languages.
- albertsun 12y ago
  There's already support for agents written in javascript: https://github.com/cantino/huginn/blob/master/app/models/agents/java_script_agent.rb https://github.com/cantino/huginn/blob/master/app/models/age... And for more substantial tasks it'd be possible to write an agent in another language and then call it from ruby in some way.
- zrail 12y ago
  I submitted an issue just now to add support for Heroku-buildpack-style agents (just a directory of executables) https://github.com/cantino/huginn/issues/215 https://github.com/cantino/huginn/issues/215
dfc 12y ago
I don't know, the documentation is excellent. That is certainly one of the best READMEs I have ever seen. The organization of the setup sction of the README is superb. The author of the README clearly thought about the needs of new users as well as seasoned veterans. More projects need to adopt this general format: # Getting Started ## Quick Start If you are unsure of our project and just want to play around, you can get things set up quickly by: 1. Clone this repository and… 2. Do something 3. Do the other thing If you need more detailed instructions, have no fear. We are not going to look down on you if you are not an expert. We took the time to write a setup guide for newcomers: [Novice setup guide][novice-setup-guide]. Everybody has to start somewhere. ## Real Start Follow these instructions if you wish to deploy your own version or contribute back to the project. There is nothing we hate more than README’s that ignore all of the practical concerns related to setting up a long term installation. Follow these steps and it will be easy for you to keep up with updates to the project and still retain the all tweaks you made to suit your idiosyncrasies. ## Odds and Ends ### Optional features Not everybody needs a XYZ plugin or wants to share their every action with PQR. You can enable these features by… ### Rare Corner cases In certain rare circumstances you made need to prevent X or implement Y. Prevent X by… If you need to implement Y…

The best part of Huginn is being able to self-host and write any arbitrary agents you want.

platz 12y ago

I wish the agents could language-agnostic though.

cantankerous 12y ago
Same. I wonder how hard it would be to bake in some kind of local webhook system for that purpose. Haven't looked too closely at this, though.
hnriot 12y ago
there are a myriad ways or linking software languages.
albertsun 12y ago
There's already support for agents written in javascript: https://github.com/cantino/huginn/blob/master/app/models/agents/java_script_agent.rb https://github.com/cantino/huginn/blob/master/app/models/age... And for more substantial tasks it'd be possible to write an agent in another language and then call it from ruby in some way.
zrail 12y ago
I submitted an issue just now to add support for Heroku-buildpack-style agents (just a directory of executables) https://github.com/cantino/huginn/issues/215 https://github.com/cantino/huginn/issues/215

dfc 12y ago

I don't know, the documentation is excellent. That is certainly one of the best READMEs I have ever seen. The organization of the setup sction of the README is superb. The author of the README clearly thought about the needs of new users as well as seasoned veterans. More projects need to adopt this general format: # Getting Started ## Quick Start If you are unsure of our project and just want to play around, you can get things set up quickly by: 1. Clone this repository and… 2. Do something 3. Do the other thing If you need more detailed instructions, have no fear. We are not going to look down on you if you are not an expert. We took the time to write a setup guide for newcomers: [Novice setup guide][novice-setup-guide]. Everybody has to start somewhere. ## Real Start Follow these instructions if you wish to deploy your own version or contribute back to the project. There is nothing we hate more than README’s that ignore all of the practical concerns related to setting up a long term installation. Follow these steps and it will be easy for you to keep up with updates to the project and still retain the all tweaks you made to suit your idiosyncrasies. ## Odds and Ends ### Optional features Not everybody needs a XYZ plugin or wants to share their every action with PQR. You can enable these features by… ### Rare Corner cases In certain rare circumstances you made need to prevent X or implement Y. Prevent X by… If you need to implement Y…