Installation¶

Prerequisites¶

Python 3.11 or higher
Poetry (Python package manager)
Redis server
Node.js 18+ and npm (for frontend)

Installing AgentConnect¶

Currently, AgentConnect is available from source only. Direct installation via pip will be available soon.

Development Installation¶

For development, you can install AgentConnect from source:

git clone https://github.com/AKKI0511/AgentConnect.git
cd AgentConnect

Using Poetry (Recommended)¶

AgentConnect uses Poetry for dependency management:

# Install Poetry (if not already installed)
# Visit https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation for instructions

# Install all dependencies (recommended)
poetry install --with demo,dev

# For production only
poetry install --without dev

Environment Setup¶

# Copy environment template
copy example.env .env  # Windows
cp example.env .env    # Linux/Mac

Configure API keys in the .env file:

DEFAULT_PROVIDER=groq
GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key

For monitoring and additional features, you can configure optional settings:

# LangSmith for monitoring (recommended)
LANGSMITH_TRACING=true
LANGSMITH_API_KEY=your_langsmith_api_key
LANGSMITH_PROJECT=AgentConnect

# Additional providers
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key

Dependencies¶

AgentConnect requires Python 3.11 or later and depends on the following packages:

langchain
openai
anthropic
google-generativeai
groq
cryptography
fastapi (for API)
redis (for distributed communication)

These dependencies will be automatically installed when you install AgentConnect using pip or Poetry.