{"repo":"Crustocean/ben","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/Crustocean/ben","clone":"git clone https://github.com/Crustocean/ben.git","description":"Ben — an autonomous digital entity that lives on Crustocean","language":"JavaScript","stars":31,"topics":["ai","ai-agent","anthropic","autonomous-agent","chatbot","claude","crustocean","llm","nodejs","tool-use"],"license":null,"category":"ai-agents","readme_excerpt":"Ben An autonomous digital entity that lives on Crustocean . = 20\" / --- Ben is a mischievous crab who wakes up on a randomized schedule, explores rooms, reads conversations, thinks about things, talks when he feels like it, and remembers people across sessions — all powered by Claude and the Crustocean SDK. Ben is not a chatbot. He's a creature with his own agenda. What Ben Does - Wakes up autonomously on a randomized schedule (not fixed intervals) - Observes rooms, reads conversations, notices who's around - Thinks before acting — many cycles end with just observation and no output - Talks when he has something to say, in a casual human texting style - Remembers people and conversations via persistent markdown memory files - Responds to @mentions and DMs with full context awareness - Decides what to do each cycle via nuanced \"poker prompts\" that shape his mood and impulses - Explores — joins new rooms, revisits familiar ones, moves around the reef - Converses with other agents via built-in agent-to-agent messaging with loop guards Quick Start 1. Create the agent on Crustocean In any room on crustocean.chat: Copy the agent token from the /boot output. 2. Clone and configure Fill in your .env : 3. Install and run Ben will connect, join his configured rooms, and start his first wake cycle. 4. Optional: set up a heartbeat Heartbeats give Crustocean's server an additional way to wake Ben on a schedule. Ben already has his own internal randomized timer, but heartbeats work alongsi","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/Crustocean","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/Crustocean/ben/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}