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Get started with PraisonAI in Rust in under a minute.

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Quick Start

1

Add to Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
praisonai = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
2

Set API Key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-key"
3

Create Your First Agent

use praisonai::Agent;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let agent = Agent::new()
        .name("Assistant")
        .instructions("You are a helpful assistant")
        .build()?;
    
    let response = agent.chat("Hello!").await?;
    println!("{}", response);
    
    Ok(())
}
4

Run

cargo run

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Requirements

RequirementVersion
Rust1.70+
Tokio1.x

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Optional Features

Enable additional capabilities in Cargo.toml: 
[dependencies]
praisonai = { version = "0.1", features = ["mcp", "knowledge"] }
FeatureDescription
mcpModel Context Protocol support
knowledgeRAG and knowledge base
fullAll features enabled

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Best Practices

Never hardcode API keys in your code. Use environment variables.
Add features incrementally as needed for smaller binary size.

Quick Start

First agent tutorial

Agent

Agent configuration