Your First Agent
easy5 minfirst-agent.ts
You want an agent that answers questions with your own data: a tool with a Zod schema, a normal run, a streamed run and the token usage.
What it shows
- Define a tool with
tool()and a Zod schema - Run an agent with
cog.run()and readoutputandtoolCalls - Stream tokens with
stream: trueandonToken
The code
first-agent.ts
import { Agent, Cogitator, tool } from '@cogitator-ai/core';
import { z } from 'zod';
const apiKey = process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY;
if (!apiKey) throw new Error('Set GOOGLE_API_KEY');
const dictionary: Record<string, string> = {
petrichor: 'The pleasant earthy smell after rain.',
sonder: 'The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.',
};
const lookupWord = tool({
name: 'lookup_word',
description: 'Look up the definition of a word in the dictionary',
parameters: z.object({
word: z.string().describe('The word to look up'),
}),
execute: async ({ word }) => {
const definition = dictionary[word.toLowerCase().trim()];
return definition ? { found: true, word, definition } : { found: false, word };
},
});
const cog = new Cogitator({ llm: { providers: { google: { apiKey } } } });
const agent = new Agent({
name: 'lexicon',
model: 'google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite',
instructions: 'You are a helpful language assistant. Use your tools to look up words. Be concise.',
tools: [lookupWord],
temperature: 0.3,
maxIterations: 5,
});
const result = await cog.run(agent, { input: 'What does "petrichor" mean?' });
console.log(result.output);
console.log('Tool calls:', result.toolCalls.map((call) => call.name));
process.stdout.write('Streaming: ');
const streamed = await cog.run(agent, {
input: 'What does "sonder" mean? Explain in one sentence.',
stream: true,
onToken: (token) => process.stdout.write(token),
});
console.log('\nTokens:', streamed.usage.inputTokens, 'in /', streamed.usage.outputTokens, 'out');
await cog.close();Run it
install · bash
pnpm add @cogitator-ai/core zodEnvironment
GOOGLE_API_KEYrun · bash
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your-key npx tsx first-agent.tsOr run the full example from a clone of the repository (keys in .env):
repository · bash
npx tsx examples/core/01-basic-agent.ts