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How to study the agent kernel and run its test suite with Poirot

Install the dev dependencies, run the tests, and trace the middleware layers.

Short answer: Clone the repo from https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot and change into the project folder; then create a virtual environment with python -m venv .venv; Activate it with source .venv/bin/activate on Linux or macOS, or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows. All steps.

  • Research
  • Intermediate
  • 30 minutes
  • From the README
  • Any agent

Who it is forAn engineer or AI agent evaluating how a research agent is architected before adopting or forking its design.

The problemArchitecture claims are hard to judge without reading the code and checking that the tests pass.

The outcomeA checked-out copy of Poirot with its test suite run and a short map of the middleware and memory layers.

What you need first

  • Python 3.12 or newer
  • A DeepSeek API key (the README says to set DEEPSEEK_API_KEY in .env)
  • Git and a terminal
  • Docker only if you want the container sandbox

Steps

  1. Clone the repo from https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot and change into the project folder. (inferred, check the README)
  2. Create a virtual environment with python -m venv .venv.
  3. Activate it with source .venv/bin/activate on Linux or macOS, or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows.
  4. Install the dev extras with pip install -e ".[dev]".
  5. Run the test suite with pytest. (inferred, check the README)
  6. Read the Core Modules and Architecture sections of the README, then list the middleware in the agents package.

Prompt for your agent

In the Poirot repo at <path to poirot checkout>, install the dev extras, run the test suite, and report the pass and fail counts. Expected output: a short summary of the test result and a list of the middleware named in the README. Verify that the README's claimed test count of 2400+ roughly matches the number of tests collected.

Caveat. The README gives no test command, so the pytest step is inferred and may need adjusting to the project's test setup.

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