AI_Agent_Go

• Building a code editing agent in Go with Anthropic API.

This project is a local AI agent powered by Anthropic Claude, written entirely in Go. The agent supports conversational chat, file reading, file listing, and file editing through Anthropic’s Tool Use API.

✨ Features

• Reads and edits files on your local file system
• Supports Claude Tool Use protocol via custom tools
• all state is maintained in memory

Setup

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/johnwroge/AI_Agent_Go.git
cd AI_Agent_Go

Create your .env file

Create a .env file in the root directory:

touch .env

Inside .env add:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-api-key-goes-here

You need a valid Anthropic API key. You can obtain one from Anthropic Console.

Install dependencies

Go modules are already managed, but run:

go mod tidy

Run the agent

go run main.go

You should see:

Chat with Claude (use 'ctrl-c' to quit)
You:

You can now chat with Claude interactively.

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🔨 Available Tools

Tool	Description
read_file	Reads and returns contents of a file
list_files	Lists files and folders in a given directory
edit_file	Creates or edits files by replacing strings or writing new content entirely

The agent automatically calls these tools when appropriate based on conversation context.

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Example Interaction

You: create a fizzbuzz function in js that prints 1 - 15
Claude: I've created a file named `fizzbuzz.js`...

The agent will generate files locally based on instructions.

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