Ally

Key Features

Default Chat Interface

A general-purpose agent that can:

• Read, write, modify, and delete files and directories.

• Access the internet.

• Execute commands and code.

Note: Tools always ask for your permission before executing.

Full Coding Project Generation Workflow

• Use the --create-project flag or the /project command in the default chat interface.

Complete workflow:

• Asks for your project idea.
• Runs the Brainstormer Agent to create the context space and full project specification for the Codegen Agent (in .md format).
• Optionally lets you provide more context by chatting interactively with the Brainstormer Agent.
• Runs the Codegen Agent using the generated .md files.
• Opens an interactive chat with the Codegen Agent to refine or extend the project.

Tutorial

Prerequesites: simply Python

1. Clone the Repo

In your chosen installation folder, open a terminal window and run:

git clone https://github.com/YassWorks/Ally.git

2. Configure ally_config.json

This file (located at Ally/) controls Ally's main settings and integrations. Example configuration:

{
    "provider": "openai",
    "provider_per_model": {
        "general": "ollama",
        "code_gen": "anthropic",
        "brainstormer": null,  // autofilled with 'openai'
        "web_searcher": null   // autofilled with 'openai'
    },

    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "models": {
        "general": "gpt-oss:20b",
        "code_gen": "claude-sonnet-3.5",
        "brainstormer": null,  // autofilled with 'gpt-4o'
        "web_searcher": null   // autofilled with 'gpt-4o'
    },
    
    "temperatures": {
        "general": 0.7,
        "code_gen": 0,
        "brainstormer": 1,
        "web_searcher": 0
    },
    "system_prompts": {  // leave as-is to use Ally's defaults
        "general": null,
        "code_gen": null,
        "brainstormer": null,
        "web_searcher": null
    }
}

3. Configure .env

This file stores your API keys.

# Inference providers (only include those you need)
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here
GOOGLE_GEN_AI_API_KEY=your_google_gen_ai_api_key_here
CEREBRAS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Google Search API (if omitted, search tools will be limited)
GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
SEARCH_ENGINE_ID=your_search_engine_id_here

Steps:

1. Set up a Google Programmable Search Engine
2. Copy the contents above (or from .env.example) into .env.
3. Fill in your API keys and IDs.

4. Run setup

Depending on your OS choose either setup.cmd (Windows) or setup.sh (Linux/Mac)

Note: Ally creates its own virtual environment to keep dependencies isolated and automatically adds itself to your PATH.

Now you’re ready to run Ally from anywhere in the terminal using ally.