Open Source Kotlin AI Agent Frameworks

Shire is an AI-driven development ecosystem that empowers developers with AI agents to automate coding tasks, enhance productivity, and elevate code quality. The concept of Shire has its roots in AutoDev, a subproject of UnitMesh. Within AutoDev, we envisioned an AI-driven integrated development environment for developers, which included Shire’s predecessor, DevIns. DevIns was designed to empower users to create custom AI agents tailored to their own IDEs, thus forging a personalized AI-powered development realm.

Koog is a Kotlin‑based framework for building and running AI agents entirely in idiomatic Kotlin, supporting both single‑run agents that process individual inputs and complex workflow agents with custom strategies and configurations. It features pure Kotlin implementation, seamless Model Control Protocol (MCP) integration for enhanced model management, vector embeddings for semantic search, and a flexible system for creating and extending tools that access external systems and APIs. Ready‑to‑use components address common AI engineering challenges, while intelligent history compression optimizes token usage and preserves context. A powerful streaming API enables real‑time response processing and parallel tool calls. Persistent memory allows agents to retain knowledge across sessions and between agents, and comprehensive tracing facilities provide detailed debugging and monitoring.