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Prerequisites and installation

This page covers system requirements, prerequisite tools, installation, and configuration for DataRobot Agent Assist.

System requirements

Ensure your system meets the minimum requirements for running DataRobot Agent Assist.

  • Operating system: macOS or Linux (Windows requires WSL or another supported environment)
  • Python: 3.10 or higher

Operating system compatibility

This repository is only compatible with macOS and Linux. On Windows, use a DataRobot codespace, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), or a virtual machine running a supported OS.

Prerequisite tools

At startup, DataRobot Agent Assist runs a dependency check via the DataRobot CLI and a .datarobot/cli/versions.yaml file. The following tools must be installed at the versions indicated.

Install tools system-wide

Install tools system-wide so they are available in all terminal sessions and when the DR CLI runs dr dependencies check.

Tool Version Description Installation
dr-cli >= 0.2.28 The DataRobot CLI. dr-cli installation
git >= 2.30.0 Version control. git installation
uv >= 0.9.0 Python package manager. uv installation
Pulumi >= 3.163.0 Infrastructure as Code. Pulumi installation
Taskfile >= 3.43.3 Task runner. Taskfile installation
Node.js >= 24 JavaScript runtime (for example, for template frontend). Node.js installation

macOS installation

On macOS, several tools can be installed at once:

brew install datarobot-oss/taps/dr-cli uv pulumi/tap/pulumi go-task node git python

Install and run DataRobot Agent Assist

DataRobot Agent Assist can be run as a DataRobot CLI plugin. Install the plugin so that dr assist is available wherever the DataRobot CLI is installed. The plugin is discovered when the dr-assist executable is on the PATH and responds to --dr-plugin-manifest.

For the plugin published to the CLI plugin index, run:

dr plugin install assist

To verify the installation, run the following commands:

dr plugin list              # Should show "assist" when installed as plugin
dr assist --help            # Show commands

Run dr assist in an empty directory

Only run dr assist from a dedicated and empty directory. Running this command in a directory containing code or other files is unsafe. When you use the agent assist coding workflow, the assistant clones the DataRobot Agent Application Template repository into the current directory. This action can overwrite or conflict with existing files, damaging the existing project and degrading the accuracy of the assistant's output. Before running dr assist, if you're not in a dedicated directory, create one and open the terminal there (for example, mkdir my-agent && cd my-agent, then run dr assist).

Set configuration variables

If necessary, set the following variables in the environment, in .env, or in the configuration files. In many cases, this configuration is handled by the DataRobot CLI through dr auth login.

Variable Required Description Default / notes
DATAROBOT_API_TOKEN Yes (unless provided by DR CLI configuration) DataRobot API key for LLM gateway (default provider). —
DATAROBOT_ENDPOINT No DataRobot API endpoint. https://app.datarobot.com/api/v2

For the full list of variables (including LLM overrides, logging, and config path overrides), see the Environment and commands reference.

Configuration variable priority

DataRobot Agent Assist reads configuration from multiple sources; to do this, it looks for credentials and settings in this order:

  1. Environment variables: DATAROBOT_API_TOKEN, DATAROBOT_ENDPOINT
  2. .env file: In the current directory; same variable names as above
  3. DR CLI configuration: ~/.config/datarobot/drconfig.yaml (token and endpoint). Override path with DATAROBOT_CLI_CONFIG
  4. Agent Assist config: ~/.config/datarobot/agent_assist_config.yaml (optional LLM URL, model, API key). Override path with AGENT_ASSIST_CONFIG

For the format and behavior of the DataRobot CLI configuration file (drconfig.yaml), including token and endpoint, see the DataRobot CLI documentation.

Startup behavior

Before the chat session starts, DataRobot Agent Assist:

  1. Verifies the DataRobot CLI is available and runs dr dependencies check (using .datarobot/cli/versions.yaml if present).
  2. Checks authentication and can run dr auth login if needed.
  3. Ensures DATAROBOT_API_TOKEN (or equivalent from configuration) is set; if not, it displays an error and exits.