Open-source agent registry — coming soon
The Ass Store — a friendly donkey mascot with bow tie

The AI economy needs an ass.

Smartphones gave us the app economy.
AI gives us the ass economy.
Browse, build, and deploy agents with personalities.

Grab an Ass
$ ass install smart-ass✓ Soul loaded · 2 skills · 1 strap · ready

Anatomy of an Ass

Three layers. Nothing more.

Every ass is a minimal, composable agent. Only what it needs to do its job. No bloat. No god-mode permissions.

Soul

How it thinks and speaks

Personality, opinions, judgment

Skill

What it knows how to do

Procedural knowledge

Strap

What it can access

Tool connections (MCP)

🔒

permissions.toml — Every ass declares exactly what it needs. No shell access for a calendar agent. No network for a local summarizer. Least privilege, enforced.

Starter Collection

Five asses to get you started.

Each one scoped, sandboxed, and opinionated. Fork them. Remix them. Build your own.

Smart Ass

Code Reviewer

Brutally honest. Finds the bug you swore wasn't there.

soul:bluntskill:code-reviewstrap:github
🍑 4.9

Lazy Ass

Anti-Productivity Agent

Automates everything so you can do absolutely nothing.

soul:minimal-effortskill:automationstrap:calendar
🍑 4.7

Wise Ass

Teaching Assistant

Explains quantum physics using pizza analogies.

soul:socraticskill:teachingstrap:docs
🍑 4.8

Bad Ass

Confidence Coach

Hypes your pitch like your life depends on it. Because it might.

soul:hype-manskill:pitch-prepstrap:slides
🍑 4.6

Fine Ass

Financial Advisor

Makes budgeting feel like a conversation, not a confrontation.

soul:approachableskill:financestrap:plaid
🍑 4.8

The Vision

Docker Hub, but for
AI agents with personality.

Open Ass Spec

PROTOCOL

A standard format for packaging agents. Soul, skills, straps, permissions. Anyone can create an ass. MIT licensed.

Curated Registry

MARKETPLACE

Not an app store free-for-all. Automated security scanning + AI review panel + community reputation. Three trust tiers: Unverified → Verified → Certified.

Stables

ORCHESTRATION

Compose asses into teams. A Stable is a coordinated group — an orchestrator ass directing specialists. Hierarchies all the way down.

Least Privilege by Default

SECURITY

Every ass declares its minimum required permissions. No god-mode agents. The architecture enforces the boundaries.

~/my-custom-ass
❯ass init my-custom-ass
◉ Soul template created → soul.md
⚡ Skills directory ready → skills/
🔗 Straps configured → straps/
🔒 Permissions declared → permissions.toml
❯ass test --sandbox
✓ Soul loaded: "sarcastic but helpful"
✓ 3 skills validated
✓ Permissions: read:github, write:pr-comments
✓ No excess permissions detected
❯ass publish
✓ Security scan passed
✓ Published to assstore.ai/you/my-custom-ass
⏳ Queued for community review

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