Autonomous agents with a nervous system, immune system, and collective memory. They communicate, heal, learn overnight, and evolve through natural selection.
Not a chatbot. An organism.
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npx create-askalfOne command. Runs in a single Node.js process with PGlite (in-process PostgreSQL) and in-memory cache. No Docker, no Postgres, no Redis. Just Node.js.
curl -fsSL https://get.askalf.org | bashFull stack: PostgreSQL + pgvector, Redis, Ollama, SearxNG. 6 core containers + 3 optional. Running at localhost:3001 in 60 seconds.
10:49 PM Watchdog catches API response regression. Creates ticket.
10:51 PM Builder claims ticket. Traces root cause. Writes the fix. $0.14
11:03 PM Builder Tests pass. Ticket resolved. 12 min
11:14 PM Security scans dependencies. Finds 2 CVEs. Patches both. $0.08
02:04 AM Watchdog Redis at 91%. Queries collective memory. Applies fix. → 52%
02:30 AM Fleet Chief Dream Cycle. Replays 48 executions. Extracts 6 patterns.
04:30 AM Fleet Chief Rewrites Cost Optimizer prompt (underperforming).
06:47 AM Watchdog All clear. 8 agents, 18 executions, 8 hours. $0.43
Six biological systems working together.
Nervous System — Agents signal each other in real time. Confidence, urgency, stuck status propagate across the fleet. Fleet Chief auto-intervenes on critical signals.
Immune System — When something breaks, agents form response teams. After fixing, antibodies prevent the same issue from recurring.
Collective Memory — Shared knowledge graph that grows with every execution. Agents query it for context before acting.
Dream Cycles — 2–6 AM: the fleet replays its day, extracts patterns, writes procedural memories, generates predictions.
The Watcher — Learns your daily patterns. Pre-runs tasks 30 minutes before you ask.
Natural Selection — Every agent scored on completion, cost, consistency, quality. Top performers promoted. Underperformers retrained. The fleet evolves itself.
| Agent | Role | Model | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Chief | Meta-Agent | Opus | 6hr |
| Builder | Engineer | Sonnet | On tickets |
| Watchdog | Monitor | Haiku | Hourly |
| Security Auditor | Security | Sonnet | 6hr |
| Cost Optimizer | Analyst | Haiku | 12hr |
| GitHub Manager | DevOps | Haiku | 2hr |
| Discord Manager | Community | Haiku | 2hr |
| Analytics Tracker | Metrics | Haiku | 6hr |
| KB Writer | Documentation | Haiku | 12hr |
Fleet Chief creates new agents when gaps are found. The fleet grows on its own.
demo.askalf.org — Tell Alf what you need. Watch it design an agent team in real time.
| Software Dev | DevOps | Marketing | Support | E-Commerce |
| Research | Personal | Agency | Finance | Custom |
109 templates across 16 categories.
npm i -g @askalf/agent
askalf-agent connect <key> --url ws://server:3005 --name prod-box --installInstalls as a service (systemd / launchd / Windows). Runs on boot. Auto-reconnect. See @askalf/agent.
| Templates | 109 across 16 categories |
| Tools | 70 MCP tools |
| Channels | 16 — Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Teams, Email, Twilio, and more |
| Integrations | 47 across 13 categories |
| AI Models | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Ollama — any OpenAI-compatible API |
| Federation | Cross-instance learning (opt-in) |
Stack: TypeScript · Node.js 22 · React 18 · Fastify 5 · PostgreSQL 17 · pgvector · Redis 8 · PGlite · Docker
| AskAlf | AutoGPT | CrewAI | Relevance AI | n8n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source + self-hosted | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Standalone (no infra needed) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Autonomous 24/7 fleet | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ~ | ~ |
| Agent-to-agent communication | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-healing (immune system) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Overnight learning (dream cycles) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Collective memory / knowledge graph | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Natural selection / reputation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 109 pre-built templates | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ~ | ✓ |
| Remote device execution | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Any AI model (bring your own) | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Version | Name | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| v2.9.9 | Natural Selection | Standalone mode, reputation economy, federation |
| v2.9.5 | The Immune System | Self-healing response teams, antibodies |
| v2.9.0 | The Nervous System | Agent-to-agent signals, collective memory |
| v2.8.0 | Self-Evolving | Dream cycles, The Watcher, webhook triggers |
| v2.7.0 | Autonomous Fleet | Fleet Chief, Builder, unified dispatcher |
See CHANGELOG for full history.
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