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Botcircuits Argus
Argus helps your AI agent run tasks predictably, traceably, and cost-efficiently
Overview
Argus is an agent skill that enforces structured workflows and stateful memory to reduce token usage and improve reliability.
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Argus
Enforce structure where it must hold. Reason only where it's needed.
An agent skill (Claude, Hermes, etc.) that runs your repetitive workflows predictably, traceably, and cost-efficiently — cutting ~80% of tokens usage while keeping full accuracy.
Tokens Saved ↗ Consistency ↗ Decision Accuracy ↗ Run Latency ↗
measured across 4 use cases · see Benchmark
Structured flow control
Replace guesswork with deterministic workflows. Argus controls navigation, ensuring AI agents follow approved, and repeatable execution paths instead of reasoning through every step.
Stateful memory context
Provide only the context that matters. Argus tracks state changes and supplies the agent with the exact memory needed for the current step, improving reliability while reducing token usage.
How it works
Argus ships two skills your agent loads:
| Skill | The user says… | The agent does… |
|---|---|---|
| botcircuits-workflow-authoring | "create an order fulfillment workflow with …" | Writes the workflow JSON and builds it into a runnable state machine. |
| botcircuits-workflow-running | "run order fulfillment" | Runs the workflow — the deterministic engine drives navigation in the background and dispatches each action to the AI agent. |
Installation
Argus runs inside a host agent. Install the agent you want, then instal
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<h1 align="center">Argus</h1> <p align="center"> <strong>Enforce structure where it must hold. Reason only where it's needed.</strong> </p> --- An agent skill (Claude, Hermes, etc.) that runs your repetitive workflows **predictably**, **traceably**, and **cost-efficiently** — cutting **~80%** of tokens usage while keeping full accuracy.  <p align="center"> <img alt="Tokens Saved" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Tokens_Saved-80%25-brightgreen?style=for-the-badge"> <img alt="Consistency" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Consistency-1.00-brightgreen?style=for-the-badge"> <img alt="Decision Accuracy" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Decision_Accuracy-100%25-brightgreen?style=for-the-badge"> <img alt="Run Latency" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Run_Latency-1.4x_faster-blue?style=for-the-badge"> </p> <p align="center"><sub>measured across 4 use cases · see <a href="#benchmark">Benchmark</a></sub></p> ## Structured flow control **Replace guesswork with deterministic workflows**. Argus controls navigation, ensuring AI agents follow approved, and repeatable execution paths instead of reasoning through every step. ## Stateful memory context **Provide only the context that matters**. Argus tracks state changes and supplies the agent with the exact memory needed for the current step, improving reliability while reducing token usage. --- ## How it works Argus ships **two skills** your agent loads: | Skill | The user says… | The agent does… | |---|---|---| | **botcircuits-workflow-authoring** | _"create an order fulfillment workflow with …"_ | Writes the workflow JSON and **builds** it into a runnable state machine. | | **botcircuits-workflow-running** | _"run order fulfillment"_ | Runs the workflow — the **deterministic engine** drives navigation in the background and dispatches each action to the AI agent. | --- ## Installation Argus runs inside a host agent. Install the agent you want, then instal
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License: Apache-2.0
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- GitHub adoption: 13 GitHub stars
- Stars/forks activity: 13 stars, 3 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata
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- Source repository
- botcircuits-ai/botcircuits-argus
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last GitHub push
- Jul 16, 2026
- Registry updated
- Sep 1, 2026
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Quality
62/100
Promising
Trust
66/100
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Audit
76/100
Needs review
- Low GitHub adoption signal
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- GitHub adoption: 13 GitHub stars
- Stars/forks activity: 13 stars, 3 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata
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