Auto Runtime

Describe how you want the work done. Auto builds a working playbook you can test, change and run again. You decide when it runs and what it is allowed to do.

A playbook contains one brain, its reusable function collection, and workflows that coordinate those functions. Functions can also run directly. Each function or workflow call produces a run with its result and the versions used. Connections provide authorized access to external services.

Your agent builds and directs the work. Auto Runtime stores and executes it; Auto Studio lets you inspect and manage it.

Start Auto Runtime on your computer with npx @on.auto/runtime. It needs Node.js 26.10 or later on macOS or Linux, and listens on http://localhost:5555 in local mode, where every request on your computer acts as you, with no sign-in; PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:5555 signs you in through the Auto identity service instead. Every release is also the image docker.on.auto/onauto/runtime, from Docker Hub; see Run with Docker and the self-hosting guides. Auto sends an anonymous usage ping when it starts, which DO_NOT_TRACK=1 turns off; Usage ping lists exactly what it sends.

Follow the local setup guide or browse the Auto documentation. See function availability for implemented capabilities.

!Auto Studio showing the Accounts Payable playbook, its Brain, workflows, pending decisions and sample runs

_Local runtime with synthetic Accounts Payable data._

Contribute and get help

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and checks, and documentation contributions to preview a guide. Open an issue for bugs and questions; report vulnerabilities through SECURITY.md.

License

Auto Runtime is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0. LICENSING.md explains the terms. Contributions follow the CLA and Code of Conduct.