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Each agent works in its own space, a Linux computer on minai’s servers. There it runs commands, writes and runs programs, and can install new tools when it needs them. You don’t need to know how to code: just ask in your own words.

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What it comes with

It comes ready with the most common things: Node.js, Python, git, PDF tools, SQLite databases, file compression, ssh connections and its browser.

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What it can install

It can add more programs to its space, without admin permissions:
  • Languages and their tools: .NET, Java, Go, Rust.
  • Node.js and Python packages.
  • Programs that come ready to download.
  • A PostgreSQL database.
If something is big (hundreds of MB), it tells you first and roughly how much space it takes.

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What it can’t install

  • Anything that needs system admin permissions (sudo, apt).
  • Docker, or system services.
  • Packages that have to be compiled on the machine: it has no C compiler, so those installs fail.
If what you ask for falls on this list, it tells you clearly and suggests another way.

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Shared among your agents

What one agent installs, your other agents can use too: they share programs. If Bruno installed .NET, Clara doesn’t have to install it again.

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Space and your plan

What your agents install and save takes up space, and space counts toward your plan. In Settings → Plan and usage → Space you see how much each agent uses and how much the Shared one uses (“The programs your agents use”). How much space each plan includes: see Plans.
At 80% of your space you get a notice. If you go over the limit, your agents stop until you free up room. Ask your agent to delete what it no longer uses.

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Long jobs

  • It can hand a long task to a helper and keep answering you in the meantime.
  • It can run programs for up to two hours and tell you when they finish.
  • It can leave a program that runs on its own every so often and wakes it up only if something happens. See Schedules.

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Things to ask it

  • “Install .NET and build this project for me.”
  • “Run the tests in my repo.”
  • “Make me a script that gets the official dollar rate every day at 10.”
  • “I have this Excel file with sales: make me a summary by month and a chart.”
  • “How much space are you using? Delete whatever isn’t needed.”

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Good to know

  • What it saves outside its workspace isn’t kept.
  • If its computer restarts, the programs it left running (for example, a database) don’t start up on their own: ask it to start them again.

Plans

How much space each plan includes.

What it doesn't do

All the limits, in one place.