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AutoGPT: Download, Install, Setup, Use, with Example

AutoGPT is an AI-based automation tool that can be used locally or on the cloud platform through Docker. The tool can be used for any kind of automation tasks that use the live internet. Below, we will go through the steps to download, install, setup, and use AutoGPT with an example.

Download

To download AutoGPT, go to https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT/releases/latest and download the latest version. It is recommended to always use the latest version to use AutoGPT.

Install

To setup the Python environment for AutoGPT, we need to use Anaconda. To install Anaconda, follow the steps below:

1. Visit the Anaconda website and click on the download button.
2. Install Anaconda by clicking next, next, next, and ok buttons.

Setup

After installing Anaconda, we can set up the Python environment for AutoGPT by following these steps:

1. Open the terminal with Admin privileges.
2. Create an Anaconda python environment for AutoGPT with the command: conda create --name auto-gpt python=3.7.
3. Navigate to the AutoGPT directory and install requirements with the command: pip install -r requirements.txt.
4. Create a .env file with the command: cp .env.template .env.
5. Open the .env file and find the OPENAI_API_KEY.
6. Create an API key on the OpenAI website and set the usage limits in the platform.
7. Add the API key to the .env file.

Use with Example

To use AutoGPT with an example, follow the steps below:

1. Execute the file run.sh from Git Bash or run.bat file from another Windows terminal.
2. Enter the AI name and add the AI role to the description.
3. Add the goals to achieve with AutoGPT.
4. Press enter without adding anything to start the AutoGPT to generate process.
5. After the process, check the generated output.

For example:

1. Create a file hello-world.html into the c:\ai\Auto-GPT-0.2.2
2. Add a card HTML markup with the heading, sub-heading, and with button
3. Design the card with CSS
4. Put the code into the hello-world.html file and stop.