Implementing Agents in JavaScript

TL;DR

This paper introduces agent-oriented programming in JavaScript, demonstrating how to implement reasoning loop agents and multi-agent systems, and explores integration with generative AI technologies like large language models.

Contribution

It provides a practical guide for implementing agents in JavaScript, including advanced multi-agent systems and AI integration, using the JS-son library.

Findings

Implementation of reasoning loop agents in JavaScript

Integration of agents with large language models

Application scenarios across technology ecosystems

Abstract

This chapter gives an introduction to agent-oriented programming in JavaScript. It provides an example-based walk-through of how to implement abstractions for reasoning loop agents in vanilla JavaScript. The initial example is used as a stepping stone for explaining how to implement slightly more advanced agents and multi-agent systems using JS-son, a JavaScript library for agent-oriented programming. In this context, the chapter also explains how to integrate reasoning loop agents with generative AI technologies--specifically, large language models. Finally, application scenarios in several technology ecosystems and future research directions are sketched.