Setting Up Your Environment

Before you can run your first agent, follow these steps to set up your development environment

1.1 Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• Node.js: Version 18 or higher is recommended.

• npm: Comes bundled with Node.js.

• API Key: Sign up for an Assisfy account at Assisfy.ai to obtain your API key.

1.2 Project Initialization

Initialize your Node.js project if you haven't already:

mkdir my-assisfy-agent
cd my-assisfy-agent
npm init -y

Install additional packages as needed (e.g., dotenv for managing environment variables):

npm install dotenv

1.4 Setting Up Environment Variables

Store your API key securely using a .env file:

ASSISFY_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Load the environment variables in your project:

require('dotenv').config();
const apiKey = process.env.ASSISFY_API_KEY;