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Gru — AI skill for Claude Code

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Self-hosted AI agent orchestration service controlled via Telegram, Discord, or Slack.

How to install Gru

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open zscole/gru and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Gru does

Self-hosted AI agent orchestration service controlled via Telegram, Discord, or Slack.

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README

Gru

[![CI](https://github.com/zscole/gru/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/zscole/gru/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Python 3.10+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

Your personal army. Spin up autonomous agents that complete tasks, learn your patterns, and remember everything.

You: Research the top 3 competitors and build me a comparison landing page
Gru: Spinning up research agent... Found 3 competitors. Analyzing features.
     Spinning up dev agent... Building landing page.
     Done. Deployed to vercel: https://compare.yoursite.com

You: What did I discuss with Sarah last week?
Gru: 3 interactions found:
     - API redesign planning (Tuesday)
     - Q1 budget review (Wednesday)
     - Deployment timeline sync (Friday)

You: Book Nobu for Saturday 7pm, venmo @mike for the concert, and remind me Friday
Gru: Done:
     - Reserved Nobu for Saturday 7:00 PM (party of 2)
     - Sent $50 to @mike via Venmo
     - Reminder set for Friday

Quick Start

**1. Get your keys** (5 min)

Key Where
Anthropic API Key console.anthropic.com
Telegram Bot Token Message @BotFather > /newbot
Your Telegram ID Message @userinfobot

**2. Deploy** (1 min)

[![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.com/button.svg)](https://railway.com/deploy/PGw7ud?referralCode=O4yxwb)

Set these env vars:

  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  • GRU_TELEGRAM_TOKEN
  • GRU_ADMIN_IDS

**3. Chat**

Open Telegram, message your bot:

Build me a landing page for a coffee shop

That's it.

What Gru Can Do

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Gru spins up specialized agents that work in parallel to complete complex tasks.

Say this Gru does this
"Research AI developments