SuperAGI Tutorial: Your Ultimate Guide to Building Autonomous Agents

Getting Started with SuperAGI: Your Guide to Building Autonomous Agents

In the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, chatbots have become an indispensable tool for organizations and individuals alike. If you've experimented with chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Bing's Bing AI, or Google's Bard, you may have noticed that they often excel in handling single query tasks. However, what if you needed a chatbot to perform more complex functions, like conducting in-depth research and summarizing the findings? Enter the concept of autonomous agents.

Understanding Autonomous Agents

Autonomous agents take chatbot technology to the next level by efficiently executing multiple-step operations to reach a specified goal. Popular examples include AutoGPT, BabyAGI, and the focus of our tutorial, SuperAGI. Unlike conventional chatbots, SuperAGI is a comprehensive framework that lets you build, manage, and run various autonomous agents, enhancing their capabilities as needed.

What Makes SuperAGI Stand Out?

Open Source: With SuperAGI, anyone can access the source code and contribute to its development.
Adaptive Learning: Its agents continuously improve their performance with every execution.
Tool Integration: You can expand an agent’s functionality with various tools tailored for specific tasks.

Prerequisites for Building Your First Agent

Before diving into the world of SuperAGI, ensure you have the following ready:

GitHub Account: Sign up for a free account to access SuperAGI's source code.
OpenAI API Key: This key is essential for utilizing OpenAI's text generation capabilities.
Google App Password: This is necessary for enabling SuperAGI Cloud to send and read emails for you.

All prerequisites prepared? Let’s get started!

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Autonomous Agent

Step 1: Sign Up for SuperAGI Cloud

Navigate to SuperAGI Cloud and click on the "Try SuperAGI Cloud" option. Log in using your GitHub credentials.

Step 2: Configure Your Settings

Once logged in, go to Settings and enter your OpenAI API Key. Then, configure the Email Toolkit by entering:

Email SMTP Port: 587
Email Signature: (Your sign-off message)
Email IMAP Server: imap.gmail.com
Email Address: YOUR GMAIL ADDRESS
Email SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
Email Draft Folder: Drafts
Email Password: YOUR GOOGLE APP PASSWORD

Step 3: Creating Your First Agent

Now it's time to create your first autonomous agent!

Click on the Agents icon and select "Create Agent".
From the available options, choose "Build From Scratch".
Fill out the agent creation form with the following details:

Name: GoodNewsAgent
Description: Search the internet for one good news, summarize it, and send it to me.
Goals: Search for one good news from reputable news site and send the headlines to your email.
Model: leave as gpt-3.5-turbo
Tools: SearxSearch, Send Email (remove any irrelevant tools)

Step 4: Running Your Agent

With your agent configured, it's time to run it.

Click "Create and Run".
Monitor the Activity Feed to observe real-time operations.

In due time, you should find an email in your inbox containing a summary of good news. If any issues arise, the Activity Feed will provide insights into what went down.

Conclusion

Congratulations on successfully creating your own autonomous agent using SuperAGI! This tutorial provided a stepping stone into the world of autonomous agents and showcased their potential in simplifying complex tasks.

Hope you find this tutorial useful. If you have any questions, reach out on Twitter or join us on the LabLab AI Discord Server. Your feedback is always welcome.