Process Manager for Autonomous AI Agents (botctl.dev)

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[−] martypitt 36d ago
I can see you're A/B testing some different hero text.

I got:

> Write a config, not a conversation

Which I found let me wondering - "What is this thing?" I refreshed a few times to the variations, and while some were better, I feel like your hero could do with being less pithy, and more plain explanation of what it is.

[−] anonfunction 36d ago
So I'm the creator of botctl which I created to satisfy my personal need for running many agents on a cron style loop. The whole premise is you don't need to be there to chat with the agent for it to do it's job.

I'm definitely not A/B testing anything, it just cycles through a couple titles I thought conveyed the project well. The sub-title directly under it explains it pretty clearly, would you agree with that?

> Manage persistent AI bots with a terminal dashboard, web UI, and declarative configuration.

There's also an interactive emulation of the TUI directly next to both titles in the hero.

[−] obilgic 36d ago
In case anyone is interested, agentic platform I have been working on for awhile.

https://kern-ai.com/

[−] anonfunction 36d ago
Thanks for sharing, I think it's kind of a different type of system although a lot of similarities for sure.

I made botctl explicitly to not have to talk to my agents, I wanted them running autonomously based on their BOT.md file's prompt / goals / skills.

[−] hrimfaxi 36d ago
Can you give any more details about this, why we might be compelled to try it out?
[−] obilgic 36d ago
https://kern-ai.com/blog/why-your-agent-needs-one-session

This was my main motivation to create this

[−] RamblingCTO 36d ago
looks pretty cool, but as all AI landing pages do, it suffers from not enough contrast. you might want to lighten the darker text shades ;)
[−] farrukh23buttt 36d ago
Looks handy for anyone wanting fully autonomous agents without babysitting them—declarative config over constant chat seems like a smart move.
[−] oliver236 36d ago
why are there so many autonomous ai agent orchestration systems? too much! I don't understand! Please explain
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