Nerve
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The Simple Agent Development Kit.
Key Features
- Declarative agent definition using clean YAML format with system prompt, task, tools, and variables
- First framework to support MCP servers defined in YAML with both client and server capabilities
- Built-in evaluation mode for benchmarking agents with YAML, Parquet, or folder-based test cases
- LLM-agnostic via LiteLLM supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and dozens more providers
- Workflow composition for building multi-step automations with shared context between agents
- Extensible tool system using shell commands, Python functions, or remote tools
Use Cases
💡 Building reproducible and auditable LLM-based automation pipelines
💡 Creating agent evaluation and regression testing suites with structured test cases
💡 Orchestrating agent teams through native MCP protocol integration
💡 Rapidly prototyping AI agents using declarative YAML without writing code
💡 Running benchmarked agent workflows that can switch between LLM providers in one line
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Quick Start
1. Install with `pip install nerve-adk`. 2. Create an agent interactively with `nerve create new-agent`. 3. Or install from a repo: `nerve install evilsocket/changelog`. 4. Run with `nerve run new-agent`. Define agents in YAML with system prompt, task, and tools.