The latest articles on DEV Community by Rina (@rinarig). https://dev.to/rinarig https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2591159%2F98718166-100d-44fe-83cb-4cf5a9a4445f.png https://dev.to/rinarig en Rina Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:01:53 +0000 https://dev.to/rinarig/building-an-ai-agent-with-rig-and-rust-in-10-minutes-48fg https://dev.to/rinarig/building-an-ai-agent-with-rig-and-rust-in-10-minutes-48fg <h1> Rina: A Simple, Fast, and Lightweight AI Agent Framework </h1> <p><a href="https://github.com/cornip/Rina" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rina</a> is an open-source, lightweight AI agent framework built with <a href="https://github.com/0xPlaygrounds/rig" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rig</a>. It's designed for developers who want to create flexible and scalable AI agents.</p> <p>In this post, we'll guide you through the installation process and demonstrate how to get started with Rina.</p> <h2> Features </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Twitter Integration</strong> <ul> <li>Cookie-based login (no API costs)</li> <li>AI-generated tweet images (Heuris API)</li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>Telegram Integration</strong> <ul> <li>Telegram bot integration</li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>Heuris Image Generator</strong> <ul> <li>AI-powered image generation for tweets</li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>Discord Integration</strong> <ul> <li>Discord bot integration</li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>Character</strong> <ul> <li>Pre-defined message examples</li> <li>Customizable topics</li> <li>Configurable communication styles</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Rust programming language</li> <li>Cargo package manager</li> <li>Git</li> </ul> <h2> Installation Guide </h2> <h3> Prerequisites </h3> <p>Before installing Rina, ensure you have the following installed on your system:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Rust and Cargo</strong>: If you haven't installed Rust yet, follow the <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rust installation guide</a> </li> <li> <strong>Git</strong>: Required to clone the repository</li> </ul> <h3> Steps to Install Rina </h3> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>git clone https://github.com/cornip/Rina.git <span class="nb">cd </span>Rina cargo build </code></pre> </div> <p>To get the TWITTER_COOKIE_STRING:</p> <ol> <li>Open Chrome DevTools (F12)</li> <li>Go to the Network tab</li> <li>Select Fetch/XHR</li> <li>Choose any request that starts with <a href="https://x.com/i/api/graphql/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/i/api/graphql/</a> </li> <li>Refresh page (F5)</li> <li>In Request Headers, copy the cookie value</li> </ol> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F44nrnndob55icyth4kyv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F44nrnndob55icyth4kyv.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="546"></a></p> <p>This will make the AI Agent run only on Discord and Twitter.</p> <p>Edit and customize your character at <a href="https://github.com/cornip/Rina/blob/main/rina/src/characters/rina.toml" rel="noopener noreferrer">rina/src/characters/rina.toml</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fs1utd4k8vngxxkv4exu6.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fs1utd4k8vngxxkv4exu6.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="428"></a></p> <h1> Configure your environment variables: </h1> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code># Get TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: https://core.telegram.org/bots/tutorial # Get DISCORD_API_TOKEN: https://discord.com/developers/applications # Twitter Configuration TWITTER_USERNAME=your_username TWITTER_PASSWORD=your_password TWITTER_EMAIL=your_email TWITTER_2FA_SECRET=your_2fa_secret TWITTER_COOKIE_STRING=your_cookie_string # Bot Tokens TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_token DISCORD_API_TOKEN=your_discord_token # API Keys OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key HEURIST_API_KEY=your_heurist_key </code></pre> </div> <h2> Usage </h2> <p>Start the service:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>cargo run </code></pre> </div> <h2> Contributing </h2> <p>Rina is open to contributions! If you have ideas or improvements, feel free to:</p> <ul> <li>Submit issues</li> <li>Create pull requests</li> </ul>