By DevOption

Katra is an Agentic Workflow Management System that allows you to automate ANY tasks by embedding AI agents into CI/CD-style pipelines. Named after the Vulcan concept of transferring one's consciousness, Katra enables experts to transfer their knowledge and decision-making patterns into autonomous agents.

• AI Agent Management - Create specialized AI agents with custom roles, prompts, and tools
• Workflow Orchestration - Build complex workflows with series, parallel, or DAG execution modes
• Multi-Provider Support - Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, and more
• Flexible Execution - Run workflows in Laravel queues, Docker containers, or Kubernetes
• Context Sharing - Agents can share knowledge and data across workflow steps
• MCP Integration - Extensible tool system with marketplace support
• Human-in-the-Loop - Add approval gates and manual interventions when needed
• Beautiful UI - Nord-themed interface with light/dark mode support

• Laravel 12
• Livewire 3 + Alpine.js
• Tailwind CSS v4 (Nord color palette)
• Pest v4 for testing
• SQLite (dev) / PostgreSQL (production)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://git.devoption.io/katra/katra.git
cd katra

# Install dependencies
composer install
npm install

# Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

# Run migrations and seed test users
php artisan migrate --seed

# Build assets
npm run build

# Start the development server
php artisan serve

After seeding, you can login with:

• Admin: admin@katra.test / password
• User: user@katra.test / password

# Run tests
php artisan test

# Format code
vendor/bin/pint

# Watch assets
npm run dev

Katra aims to make expert knowledge scalable by allowing anyone to:

• Transfer expertise into AI agents via system prompts
• Automate complex workflows with minimal HITL steps
• Scale operations from small teams to enterprises
• Empower non-profits to serve more people

Contributions are welcome! Please see our contributing guidelines (coming soon).

If you discover a security vulnerability, please email security@devoption.io.

Katra is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

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