# Intro
URL: /docs/framework/intro
Source: /app/src/content/docs/framework/intro.mdx

![Intro](/intro.webp)

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**Open-source AI agent framework for building autonomous systems that solve real-world tasks effectively.**

Astreus is the developer-friendly AI agent framework that lets you build powerful, production-ready agents in minutes. Rapidly develop sophisticated AI systems with full control over capabilities while maintaining clean, maintainable code.

## Installation

```bash
npm install @astreus-ai/astreus
```

## Basic Usage

```typescript
import { Agent } from '@astreus-ai/astreus';

const agent = await Agent.create({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-4o',
  memory: true
});

const response = await agent.ask('How can you help me?');
```

## Core Features

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  <Card icon={<Users className="text-emerald-300" />} title="Sub-Agents">
    Intelligent task delegation with specialized agent coordination, hierarchical workflows, and LLM-powered assignment.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<Brain className="text-blue-300" />} title="Advanced Memory System">
    Per-agent persistent memory with automatic context integration and vector search capabilities.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<GitBranch className="text-green-300" />} title="Task Orchestration">
    Structured task execution with status tracking, dependency management, and streaming support.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<Layers className="text-purple-300" />} title="Graph Workflows">
    Complex workflow orchestration with conditional execution, parallel processing, and sub-agent integration.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<Network className="text-orange-300" />} title="MCP Integration">
    Model Context Protocol support for seamless external tool and service connections.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<Puzzle className="text-red-300" />} title="Plugin System">
    Extensible tool integration with JSON schema validation and automatic LLM function calling.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<Eye className="text-cyan-300" />} title="Vision Processing">
    Built-in image analysis and document processing capabilities for multimodal interactions.
  </Card>

  <Card icon={<MessageSquare className="text-yellow-300" />} title="Knowledge Base">
    RAG integration with document chunking, vector embeddings, and similarity search.
  </Card>
</Cards>