Your first agent

How to use the godfather agent

After EDDI has started point your browser to this URL:

Default URL: http://localhost:7070/

You should be seeing this on the page

EDDI start screen without agents deployed

Click on "Deploy Example Agent". This will deploy the Agent Father agent, to help you create your own agents utilizing ChatGPT.

EDDI start screen with Agent Father agent deployed

This agent walks you through the process of creating a new agent that talks to ChatGPT. In order to create that agent, you will need to get an API key from ChatGPT. This key can be obtained here:

Get an OpenAI API key at platform.openai.com/account/api-keys

Note: In v6, Agent Father supports any of the 12 LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, etc.). API keys are stored securely in the Secrets Vault.

As soon as you have your key, click on Open and the first conversation with the Agent Father will start.

Agent Father conversation start

Click on "Let's get started!" to start the process.

Provide a name for the agent

First you need to type the name of your agent.

Define the purpose of the agent

Next, you need to define the purpose of the agent.

Introduction prompt

Every agent needs an introduction to set the tone and the context of the agent for ChatGPT. This is the first prompt. This defines how ChatGPT is going to reply.

Enter ChatGPT API Key

Now, the Agent Father needs the ChatGPT API key. Please enter the key here without any leading or trailing blanks.

Agent creation screen

Everything is now set up. When clicking on "Create the agent!" the Agent Father will create a new agent and you can start talking to it.

EDDI Dashboard with deployed first agent

The new agent is deployed and by clicking on open, you can instantly talk to the agent.