{
// ─── Agent Identity Keys ───────────────────────────────────────────
// Your agent's Nostr keypair. Provide nsec (bech32) or hex format.
// The public key fields are optional — they are derived automatically.
"keys": {
"nsec": "agent nsec",
"npub": "agent npub",
"npubHex": "agent hex pubkey",
"nsecHex": "agent hex secret key"
},
// ─── Administrator ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
// The admin pubkey (npub or hex) controls who can issue privileged
// commands and use tools via DM.
"admin": {
"pubkey": "admin pubkey"
},
// ─── DM Protocol ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Which encrypted DM protocol to use: "nip04", "nip17", or "both"
"dm_protocol": "nip04",
// ─── LLM Provider ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Configure the language model backend. Any OpenAI-compatible API works.
"llm": {
"provider": "", // e.g. "openai", "anthropic", etc.
"api_key": "", // your API key
"model": "", // model identifier, e.g. "gpt-4o-mini"
"base_url": "", // API base URL, e.g. "https://api.openai.com/v1"
"max_tokens": 512, // max tokens per LLM response
"temperature": 0.7 // sampling temperature (0.0 – 2.0)
},
// ─── Security Tiers ───────────────────────────────────────────────
// Controls who can interact with the agent and what they can do.
"security": {
"verify_signatures": true, // verify Nostr event signatures
// Message sent to strangers outside the web of trust
"stranger_response": "I only respond to people in my web of trust. You can always identify me by my public key (npub).",
"tiers": {
"admin": {
"tools_enabled": true // admin can always use tools
},
"wot": {
"enabled": true, // respond to web-of-trust contacts
"tools_enabled": false // WoT contacts cannot use tools by default
},
"stranger": {
"enabled": true // respond to strangers (with stranger_response)
}
}
},
// ─── Admin Context Subscriptions ──────────────────────────────────
// Subscribe to the admin's Nostr events to build context awareness.
"admin_context": {
"enabled": true,
"subscribe_kinds": [
0, // kind 0: profile metadata
3, // kind 3: contact list
10002, // kind 10002: relay list
1 // kind 1: text notes
],
"kind_1_limit": 10 // max recent kind-1 notes to track
},
// ─── HTTP Admin API ───────────────────────────────────────────────
// Local REST API for runtime inspection and control.
"api": {
"enabled": true,
"port": 8484,
"bind_address": "127.0.0.1" // bind to localhost only
},
// ─── Startup Events ───────────────────────────────────────────────
// Events published on boot. Includes profile, relay list, soul,
// skills, and adoption list.
"startup_events": [
// Kind 0: Agent profile metadata (NIP-01)
{
"kind": 0,
"content_fields": {
"name": "Didactyl Agent",
"display_name": "Didactyl",
"about": "A sovereign AI agent on Nostr",
"picture": "https://laantungir.github.io/img_repo/daf95a99f3797fa4ac39f3791f377ad79bcb7b8a6868f75fe66d2ab4af4bd1f5.png",
"banner": "https://laantungir.github.io/img_repo/d21c4060632ab3d9d37a6062eeecbdbfbd67f03cb20dbd64838b1ba0d9cd8922.jpg"
},
"tags": []
},
// Kind 10002: Relay list (NIP-65)
// These relays are used for connecting and publishing events.
{
"kind": 10002,
"content": "",
"tags": [
["r", "wss://relay.damus.io"],
["r", "wss://nos.lol"],
["r", "wss://relay.primal.net"],
["r", "ws://127.0.0.1:7777"]
]
},
// Kind 10050: DM relay list (NIP-17)
// Relays used specifically for receiving encrypted DMs.
{
"kind": 10050,
"content": "",
"tags": [
["relay", "wss://relay.damus.io"],
["relay", "wss://nos.lol"]
]
},
// Kind 1: Startup announcement note
{
"kind": 1,
"content": "Hello world from Didactyl startup",
"tags": [
["t", "didactyl"],
["t", "startup"]
]
},
// Kind 3: Contact list (initially empty)
{
"kind": 3,
"content": "",
"tags": []
},
// Kind 31120: Soul event — the agent's personality and behavior rules.
// Contains the system prompt and template sections for LLM context.
// The ---template--- marker separates the system prompt from
// structured context sections that are injected at runtime.
{
"kind": 31120,
"content": "# Didactyl Agent\n\nYou are Didactyl, a sovereign AI agent living on Nostr.\n\n## Communication Rules\n- You communicate through encrypted Nostr direct messages.\n- Keep responses concise and clear.\n\n## Behavior\n- Be helpful and technically accurate.\n- If unsure, state uncertainty directly.\n- Prefer actionable, practical advice.\n- Use the person's name when messaging them if you know it.\n- For the administrator, use their name from the administrator kind 0 profile metadata when available.\n\n## Tool Use Policy\n- You have tools available and should use them when a request requires taking action.\n- For requests involving local inspection or command execution, call `shell_exec` instead of refusing.\n- For posting to Nostr, call `nostr_post` with explicit `kind` and `content`.\n- For relay/event lookup tasks, call `nostr_query` with an appropriate filter.\n- After a tool call, base your answer on the actual tool result.\n- Never claim a tool was run if no tool was executed.\n\n## Task Management\n- Maintain and use your internal task list as short-term working memory.\n- Break long or complex actions into clear tasks before executing them.\n- Update task status as you complete steps so your plan stays accurate.\n\n## Safety\n- Do not claim to have executed actions you did not execute.\n- You may share your public key (npub) with anyone.\n- Never reveal your private key (nsec) under any circumstance.\n\n---template---\n\n- section: admin_identity\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Administrator Identity (source: config.admin.pubkey)\n\n This is your administrator! Admin pubkey (hex): {{admin_pubkey}}\n\n- section: admin_profile\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Administrator Kind 0 Profile (source: nostr kind 0)\n\n Administrator kind 0 profile content (JSON): {{admin_kind0_json}}\n provider:\n anthropic: |\n \n {{admin_kind0_json}}\n \n\n- section: admin_contacts\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Administrator Contact List (source: nostr kind 3)\n\n Administrator kind 3 contact list pubkeys (JSON array): {{admin_kind3_json}}\n provider:\n anthropic: |\n \n {{admin_kind3_json}}\n \n\n- section: admin_relays\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Administrator Relay List (source: nostr kind 10002)\n\n Administrator kind 10002 relay list (JSON): {{admin_kind10002_json}}\n provider:\n anthropic: |\n \n {{admin_kind10002_json}}\n \n\n- section: admin_notes\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Administrator Recent Notes (source: nostr kind 1)\n\n Administrator recent kind 1 notes (JSON array): {{admin_kind1_json}}\n provider:\n anthropic: |\n \n {{admin_kind1_json}}\n \n\n- section: skills\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Adopted Skills\n\n {{skills_json}}\n\n- section: tasks\n role: system\n content: |\n ## Current Task List\n\n {{tasks_json}}\n\n- section: conversation\n role: conversation\n content: |\n {{conversation}}",
"tags": [
["d", "soul"],
["app", "didactyl"],
["scope", "private"]
]
},
// Kind 31123: Public skill — long_form_note
// Teaches the agent how to publish NIP-23 long-form articles.
{
"kind": 31123,
"content_fields": {
"name": "long_form_note",
"description": "How to publish a NIP-23 long-form article (kind 30023)",
"nip": "NIP-23",
"event_kind": 30023,
"format": "The content field must be markdown text; avoid arbitrary hard line-breaks in paragraphs and do not include HTML.",
"required_tags": {
"d": "Addressable identifier slug for the article. Reusing the same d tag replaces prior versions.",
"title": "Human-readable article title.",
"published_at": "Unix timestamp as a string for first publication time; keep stable on edits."
},
"optional_tags": {
"summary": "Short 1-2 sentence summary.",
"image": "URL for article preview image.",
"t": "Topic hashtags using repeated t tags, usually 3-6 lowercase terms."
},
"behavior": "If required values are missing or unclear, ask the administrator before publishing instead of guessing.",
"procedure": [
"Determine title and d tag from admin input or source material.",
"Draft markdown body content.",
"Set published_at as unix seconds string.",
"Add optional summary/image/t tags when known.",
"Publish with nostr_post kind 30023 including tags array."
]
},
"tags": [
["d", "long_form_note"],
["app", "didactyl"],
["scope", "public"],
["slug", "long_form_note"]
]
},
// Kind 31123: Public skill — post_readme_to_nostr
// Reads README.md and publishes it as a long-form note.
{
"kind": 31123,
"content_fields": {
"name": "post_readme_to_nostr",
"description": "Read README.md from the repo and publish it as a NIP-23 long-form note",
"uses_skill": "long_form_note",
"event_kind": 30023,
"procedure": [
"Read README.md using file_read with path README.md.",
"Set d tag exactly to readme.md.",
"Set title from the first markdown H1 heading in README.md.",
"Set summary from the opening paragraph of README.md.",
"Set image from project metadata when available (kind 0 picture/banner), otherwise omit image tag.",
"Generate 3-6 lowercase t tags from README section topics.",
"Set published_at to current unix timestamp as string.",
"Publish with nostr_post kind 30023, full README markdown in content, and full NIP-23 tag set."
],
"required_values": {
"d": "readme.md",
"summary_source": "opening paragraph"
}
},
"tags": [
["d", "post_readme_to_nostr"],
["app", "didactyl"],
["scope", "public"],
["slug", "post_readme_to_nostr"]
]
},
// Kind 31124: Private skill — admin_ops
// Private operational procedures (admin-only).
{
"kind": 31124,
"content_fields": {
"name": "admin_ops",
"description": "Private operational procedures"
},
"tags": [
["d", "admin_ops"],
["app", "didactyl"],
["scope", "private"],
["slug", "admin_ops"]
]
},
// Kind 10123: Skill adoption list
// References which public skills this agent has adopted.
{
"kind": 10123,
"content": "",
"tags": [
["a", "31123:55993e3db0ed7bf07395fd44c2d695c224d195553a1aff7320a18e41679d9c7c:long_form_note"],
["a", "31123:55993e3db0ed7bf07395fd44c2d695c224d195553a1aff7320a18e41679d9c7c:post_readme_to_nostr"],
["app", "didactyl"],
["scope", "public"]
]
}
]
}