create-agent 🤖

A command-line tool to generate Agent keypairs with various encodings.

Installation 📦

npm install -g create-agent

Or simply run:

npm create agent

Usage 🚀

Simply run:

create-agent

The tool will generate a new Agent keypair and display it in various formats.

Output Fields 🔑

The tool generates a JSON object containing:

Private Key Formats

privkey

• 32-byte private key in hexadecimal format
• The private key of the Agent
• Used to sign Nostr events
• Example:

  "7f7168866801e2003bfc6507f881783e23587d35ece7b1f1981891b9c9c26c55"
  

• ⚠️ Keep this secret!

nsec

• Bech32-encoded private key (starts with nsec)
• Human-friendly format
• Example:

  "nsec1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq3vk8rx"
  

• ⚠️ Keep this secret!

Public Key Formats

pubkey

• 32-byte public key in hexadecimal format
• Derived from private key using Schnorr signatures
• Your identity in the Nostr network
• Example:

  "06444f34c6c5f973d74b3c78214fd0bf694f0cf459651b2ffe651fa08ba00bf4"
  

npub

• Bech32-encoded public key (starts with npub)
• Human-friendly format for sharing
• Example:

  "npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m"
  

Example Output 📝

{
  "privkey": "7f7168866801e2003bfc6507f881783e23587d35ece7b1f1981891b9c9c26c55",
  "pubkey": "06444f34c6c5f973d74b3c78214fd0bf694f0cf459651b2ffe651fa08ba00bf4",
  "nsec": "nsec1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq3vk8rx",
  "npub": "npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m"
}

Security Notice 🔒

Never share your private key! Anyone with access to your private key (privkey or nsec) can:

• ✍️ Post messages as you
• 👤 Update your profile
• 👥 Follow/unfollow other users
• 📨 Send encrypted messages in your name

About Nostr 📡

Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays) is a decentralized social networking protocol. Each user is identified by a public key, and all actions are signed using their corresponding private key.

Development 🛠️

git clone https://github.com/melvincarvalho/create-agent.git
cd create-agent
npm install

License 📄

MIT

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