Active Agent

YouTube video by Active Agent - Build AI in Rails Active Agent (AI Rails Framework) Demo / Pairing ✨ Let's Build Your First Agent in Ruby on Rails!

If you’re curious about Active Agent and building AI in Rails but haven’t had that 'aha' moment yet…

This might do it 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOC...

I keep hearing: “I’ve seen @activeagents.ai on Twitter, but I still don’t know what it does.” 😪

Including from @adrianthedev.com.

So we got on a call & built an AI invoicing agent together.

By the end: “Okay... now I REALLY get it!”

Here's what finally clicked... 👇

Building a multi agent system in rails with active agents

A workflow for the multi agent system

Active agent setup

File structure of an agent

Now at the @artificialruby.bsky.social meetup, Amanda from @ombulabs.ai presenting a multi-agent system built with #Rails and @activeagents.ai to improve our Jira stories at @fastruby.bsky.social

#AI #LLM #ActiveAgents

Open source is more fun with friends! 🙌

I appreciate all the new contributors to @activeagents.ai, especially since my #RailsConf Hack Space.

Shout out to Chris Hasinski (met at Kaigi!), @apperception.dev, @yatishmehta.com, @andyw8.bsky.social, hannaengel, lHydra, otrub, & andycandrea.

Had a great time building with new Ruby friends at the #RailsConf Hack Space for @activeagents.ai!

This is the open source way! 🙌

activeagents/activeagent ActiveAgent Rails framework for Agent Apps. Contribute to activeagents/activeagent development by creating an account on GitHub.

Had a great consulting call with @kaspth.com this morning, diving into the Active Agent code!

Got expert feedback that inspired some new issues. 🙌
@rhiannon.io helped document them -- if anyone is looking for ways to contribute! 👇 github.com/activeagents...

Ruby AI News - June 24th, 2025 RailsConf is coming to Philly soon, so you know, Go Birds!

Active Agent featured in the latest Ruby AI newsletter: rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-ne...

Talked about Active Agent, building AI in Rails, and future product plans on the IndieRails podcast with @jeremysmith.co and @bjessbrown.com! 🎧

Was also great to be joined by my wife @rhiannon.io to discuss developer marketing and working together as a couple. 👇

IndieRails | Rhiannon Payne & Justin Bowen - Agents of Change Rhiannon Payne and Justin Bowen are one of the very few couples working together in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem. Justin is a long-time Rails developer, consultant, and AI and computer vision speci...

Episode 60 has made the drop! 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️ We chat with Rhiannon Payne (@rhiannon.io) and Justin Bowen (@tonsoffun.bsky.social) about their work (individual and collaborative) in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem, and their latest project: Active Agents, an AI framework for Rails.
www.indierails.com/60

Take a peek behind the scenes at this exciting duo as they start a new company and new AI framework.

www.activeagents.ai

The Best Way to Structure AI in Rails: MVC with Agents, Prompts, and Views (From SF Ruby) What does AI development in Rails look like when you treat Agents like Controllers and Prompts like Views? Justin Bowen, creator of Active Agent, explores this question at SF Ruby.

I also have a blog post where you can learn more about this Rails-native approach for building AI features: www.activeagents.ai/blog/best-wa...

YouTube video by Active Agent - Build AI in Rails Agents are Controllers in Rails, you define an Agent class, your public methods become Actions...

My talk at the last #SFRuby explained how with @activeagents.ai, Agents work inside Rails apps using MVC structure.

Agents are Controllers, with public methods becoming callable actions, great for building chatbots and autonomous operations.

And there's cats... 😺
youtube.com/shorts/KSi15...

Can't wait to dive into the @activeagents.ai code during Hack Spaces at #RailsConf!

Might even have some small prizes for contributors... come by my station on the afternoon of July 9th!

Cooking with Herb 👨‍🍳

@marcoroth.dev @activeagents.ai

The Best Way to Structure AI in Rails: MVC with Agents, Prompts, and Views (From SF Ruby) What does AI development in Rails look like when you treat Agents like Controllers and Prompts like Views? Justin Bowen, creator of Active Agent, explores this question at SF Ruby.

What does AI development in Rails look like when you treat Agents like Controllers and Prompts like Views? 👀 www.activeagents.ai/blog/best-wa...

Stoked to see this come together after the MONTHS AND MONTHS of hard work Justin has been devoting to this.

It’s hard working on something that’s never been done before with no blueprint & you’re just one guy building.

Hoping we’ll have more contributors to Active Agent after this next release! ❤️

YouTube video by Active Agent - AI in Rails Active Agent - Rails-Native AI With Agents as Controllers - Short Demo/Teaser

Sharing a quick teaser of the Active Agent framework & what to expect from my upcoming release...

FINALLY with complete docs and example apps 😅 so you can get started building truly Rails-native AI apps with Agents as Controllers.

LMK what you think! youtu.be/9Ts9TB4z_cY

YouTube video by Evil Martians SF Ruby Meetup @ Chime June 4, 2025

Check out my latest talk at #SFRuby!

I discuss Agent-Oriented Programming and share a demo of the framework (with cats!) 👇

Kieran Klaassen (Cora.Computer) also gives a great talk on LLM evaluation before mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_mz...

SF Ruby Meetup at Chime, June 4, 2025 YouTube video by Evil Martians

Speaking live tonight at #SFRuby about Agent-Oriented Programming and building AI in Rails with Active Agent! (thanks @inazarova.bsky.social)

Watch the livestream here. 👇

@headius.bsky.social‬ is currently live discussing optimizing your Ruby World with JRuby! www.youtube.com/live/eWC-Id5...

Shipped Active Agent 0.3.2 on the train to #RubyKaigi! 🚉

For the past month, I’ve been building a client project with Active Agent and refining the codebase as I go. This release is the result...

Active Agent 0.2.6: Better Streaming, Less Config, More Power in Your Rails AI App Build AI agent apps in Rails with Active Agent. New release includes improvements to streaming, less config, and bug fixes.

Official release and updated docs are coming later this week, but don't hesitate to get started now! ✨ www.activeagents.ai/blog/active-...

👀 Coming soon: Better docs, an example app, and new generation providers (Anthropic, Gemini, OLlama).

🤝 Community contribution: Thanks to contributor Sean Winner, you no longer need to manually require "active_agent" in your Gemfile.

⚙️ Simplified configuration: No more initializer file! Active Agent now automatically loads its configuration, reducing setup and keeping your Rails app cleaner.

🪲 Bug fixes: Resolved template rendering issues when passing parameters in controllers vs. the console (as seen in the Thoughtbot stream).

🌀 Fully integrated streaming: Streaming responses now integrate directly with action_prompt and the generation provider’s response class. This makes it easier to configure and use within your agent class.

Active Agent 0.2.6: Better Streaming, Less Config, More Power in Your Rails AI App Build AI agent apps in Rails with Active Agent. New release includes improvements to streaming, less config, and bug fixes.

Active Agent 0.2.6 release candidate – Better streaming, less config, and more power in your Rails AI app! Check it out... 👇🧵

Active Agent | The AI Framework For Ruby on Rails The framework for building AI agents with Ruby on Rails in under 10 lines of code, because less code is more fun. Easy to use based on familiar Rails conventions.

Thanks for the interest in @activeagents.ai, my AI framework for Rails! 🤩

If you want to follow along, I'll be sharing updates on new releases & use cases (with live demos and examples) with my email list.

Please sign up on my website, activeagents.ai 😎

Gotta say it. The Bay is a magical place.

Big thanks to @inazarova.bsky.social from @evilmartians.com for hosting the Ruby&AI event! Loved hearing what @activeagents.ai and @kamil.fyi are building.

Love the SF #rubyonrails community 😁. Be sure to check out @rubyvideo.dev for other #ruby events