Ajna + Genesis
Describe a startup. Watch AI employees build it. Ship in minutes, not months.
Ajen is an open-source engine that spins up an entire AI-powered company from a single prompt. You describe the idea — Ajen creates a CEO, CTO, developers, designers, and content writers that plan, build, and deploy your product autonomously.
You sit on the board. The AI team does the rest.
Ajen = Ajna (the third-eye chakra — vision, intuition, insight) + Genesis (origin, creation). See the idea. Bring it to life.
Idea → CEO Plan → Board Approval → Team Execution → Product
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Describe your startup idea Tell Ajen what you want to build.
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The AI CEO creates a plan A structured roadmap with milestones, architecture, and tasks.
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You approve as the board Nothing starts until you approve the plan.
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AI employees execute Developers, designers, marketers, and operators begin working.
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Watch it happen live Every decision, tool call, and update streams to the dashboard in real time.
# Clone & setup
git clone https://github.com/ajenhq/ajen.git && cd ajen
cp .env.example .env
# Configure your API keys in .env
# Run
cargo run --releaseThe CLI auto-installs cloudflared if needed, opens a tunnel, and prints everything you need:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Ajen CLI v0.1.0 │
│ │
│ Secret: ak_7f3a...b2c1 │
│ Local: http://localhost:3000 │
│ Tunnel: https://abc123.trycloudflare.com │
│ │
│ Connect: https://www.ajen.dev/cli_auth?url=... │
│ │
│ Ready. Waiting for commands. │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Open your browser and connect using the link. The ajen.dev dashboard connects to your local CLI through the tunnel — no port forwarding, no configuration.
| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--port |
3000 |
Local server port |
--no-tunnel |
off | Disable Cloudflare tunnel |
--no-open |
off | Don't auto-open browser |
--workspace-dir |
./workspaces |
Directory for generated projects |
--manifests-dir |
built-in | Custom employee manifests directory |
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Board (you) → CEO → CTO / CMO / COO → Developers, designers, writers. The Director orchestrates the entire flow from idea to deployment. |
Each employee is a YAML manifest + persona file. Swap roles, add custom employees, share them with the community. |
Claude, GPT, Gemini, or Ollama. Each employee can run on a different model — Sonnet for strategy, Haiku for execution. |
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The CEO generates a plan. You approve it before any work begins. You stay in control of what gets built. |
Watch your company being built live at ajen.dev. Every tool call, LLM response, and cost is streamed over WebSocket. |
Per-employee and per-company cost tracking. Every LLM call records token usage and cost in cents. |
Single binary — Director, engine, API server, tunnel, and WebSocket all run in one Rust process on Tokio. The ajen.dev dashboard connects to your local CLI via a Cloudflare tunnel — your code and API keys never leave your machine.
Every employee is defined by a manifest.yaml and a PERSONA.md:
# employee-manifests/ceo/manifest.yaml
apiVersion: ajen.dev/v1
kind: EmployeeManifest
metadata:
id: "ceo"
name: "Chief Executive Officer"
version: "1.0.0"
spec:
role: "ceo"
tier: "executive"
model:
provider: "anthropic"
model: "claude-sonnet-4-6"
persona: "./PERSONA.md"
tools:
builtin:
- "filesystem.read_file"
- "filesystem.write_file"
- "filesystem.list_directory"
capabilities:
canDelegateWork: true
maxConcurrentTasks: 3built-in roles: ceo, cto, cmo, coo, fullstack_dev, frontend_dev, backend_dev, content_writer, designer, seo_specialist, devops, qa_engineer, social_media, data_analyst. Roles are open strings — create any role you want.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Rust |
| Async Runtime | Tokio |
| HTTP Server | Axum |
| LLM Providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama |
| Dashboard | ajen.dev |
| Tunnel | Cloudflare Quick Tunnel (auto-installed) |
| Serialization | serde + serde_json + serde_yaml |
| IDs | UUID v4 |
ajen/
crates/
ajen-core/ # Domain types, traits (EventBus, CompanyStore, LLMProvider, Tool)
ajen-provider/ # LLM clients — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama
ajen-tools/ # Tool registry + filesystem tools (read, write, list)
ajen-engine/ # Director, employee runtime, infra stores, manifests
ajen-server/ # Axum HTTP + WebSocket + tunnel (the CLI binary)
employee-manifests/ # 14 built-in employee definitions
ceo/ # manifest.yaml + PERSONA.md per role
cto/
fullstack-dev/
...
- Core Engine — ReAct loop, file tools, event bus
- Multi-Provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama
- CLI with tunnel — secret auth, auto-install cloudflared, browser connect
- Director — CEO planning, plan approval, team spawn, milestone execution
- Persistent Storage — SQLite-backed stores, data survives restarts
- Parallel Execution — concurrent tasks within milestones
- Container Isolation — sandboxed employee environments
- Plugin System — community employee manifests + custom tools
Ajen is in active development and contributions are welcome — bug fixes, new employee manifests, feature ideas.
- Fork the repo
- Create your branch (
git checkout -b feat/my-feature) - Commit your changes
- Open a pull request
See open issues for things to work on.
Please do not report security vulnerabilities through GitHub Issues.
If you discover a vulnerability, report it privately to security@ajen.dev.
Our security team will review the report and respond as soon as possible.
MIT — see LICENSE for details.
Built with Rust, caffeine, and a company of AI employees.
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