Development Environment Setup

1# macOS (using Homebrew)
2brew install python@3.12
3
4# Ubuntu/Debian
5sudo apt update
6sudo apt install python3.12 python3.12-venv python3-pip
7
8# Windows (using winget)
9winget install Python.Python.3.12
10
11# Verify installation
12python3 --version  # Should show 3.11+ or 3.12+

1# Create a project directory
2mkdir agentic-ai-projects
3cd agentic-ai-projects
4
5# Create a virtual environment
6python3 -m venv venv
7
8# Activate it
9# macOS/Linux:
10source venv/bin/activate
11
12# Windows:
13.\venv\Scripts\activate
14
15# Your prompt should now show (venv)
16# Install base packages
17pip install --upgrade pip

1# LLM APIs
2anthropic>=0.40.0
3openai>=1.50.0
4
5# Agent Frameworks
6langchain>=0.3.0
7langgraph>=0.2.0
8crewai>=0.80.0
9
10# Tools and Utilities
11httpx>=0.27.0
12pydantic>=2.0.0
13python-dotenv>=1.0.0
14
15# Vector Databases (for memory)
16chromadb>=0.5.0
17
18# Development
19pytest>=8.0.0
20black>=24.0.0
21mypy>=1.0.0
22
23# Optional: for web scraping
24beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
25playwright>=1.40.0

1# Install all dependencies
2pip install -r requirements.txt
3
4# Install Playwright browsers (for web automation)
5playwright install chromium

1# macOS (using Homebrew)
2brew install node@20
3
4# Ubuntu/Debian (using NodeSource)
5curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
6sudo apt install -y nodejs
7
8# Windows (using winget)
9winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS
10
11# Alternative: Use nvm (Node Version Manager) - Recommended
12# Install nvm first:
13curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash
14
15# Then install Node:
16nvm install 20
17nvm use 20
18
19# Verify installation
20node --version  # Should show v20.x.x
21npm --version

1# TypeScript (for typed JavaScript)
2npm install -g typescript ts-node
3
4# MCP CLI tools (when available)
5npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
6
7# Development utilities
8npm install -g prettier eslint

1# Install VS Code extensions from command line
2code --install-extension ms-python.python
3code --install-extension ms-python.vscode-pylance
4code --install-extension bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss
5code --install-extension dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
6code --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode
7code --install-extension ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-next

1{
2  "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "./venv/bin/python",
3  "python.formatting.provider": "black",
4  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
5  "python.linting.enabled": true,
6  "python.linting.mypyEnabled": true,
7  "[python]": {
8    "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
9  },
10  "[typescript]": {
11    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
12  },
13  "editor.rulers": [88, 120],
14  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
15}

1# macOS
2brew install --cask docker
3
4# Ubuntu
5sudo apt install docker.io docker-compose
6sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
7
8# Windows
9winget install Docker.DockerDesktop
10
11# Verify installation
12docker --version
13docker run hello-world

1#!/usr/bin/env python3
2"""Verify your development environment is ready."""
3
4import sys
5import subprocess
6
7def check_python():
8    version = sys.version_info
9    if version.major >= 3 and version.minor >= 11:
10        print(f"✅ Python {version.major}.{version.minor}.{version.micro}")
11        return True
12    print(f"❌ Python {version.major}.{version.minor} (need 3.11+)")
13    return False
14
15def check_package(name: str) -> bool:
16    try:
17        __import__(name)
18        print(f"✅ {name}")
19        return True
20    except ImportError:
21        print(f"❌ {name} not installed")
22        return False
23
24def check_node():
25    try:
26        result = subprocess.run(
27            ["node", "--version"],
28            capture_output=True, text=True
29        )
30        version = result.stdout.strip()
31        print(f"✅ Node.js {version}")
32        return True
33    except FileNotFoundError:
34        print("❌ Node.js not found")
35        return False
36
37def main():
38    print("\n🔍 Checking Development Environment...\n")
39
40    all_good = True
41
42    # Check Python
43    print("Python Environment:")
44    all_good &= check_python()
45
46    # Check core packages
47    print("\nCore Packages:")
48    packages = ["anthropic", "openai", "langchain", "pydantic", "httpx"]
49    for pkg in packages:
50        all_good &= check_package(pkg)
51
52    # Check Node
53    print("\nNode.js:")
54    all_good &= check_node()
55
56    # Summary
57    print("\n" + "="*50)
58    if all_good:
59        print("🎉 All checks passed! You're ready to build agents.")
60    else:
61        print("⚠️  Some checks failed. Please install missing components.")
62
63    return 0 if all_good else 1
64
65if __name__ == "__main__":
66    sys.exit(main())

1# Save the script and run it
2python verify_setup.py