Huginn – Event-Driven Automation

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Event-driven automation with Huginn agents

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Huginn skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bidewio/better-openclaw in skills/huginn-automate/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Huginn creates agents that monitor the web and take automated actions — like IFTTT/Zapier but fully self-hosted.

  • GitHub: github.com/huginn/huginn (45 000+ ⭐)
  • License: MIT
  • Security: Mature project (10+ years). Ruby codebase. No malware.

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
{{HUGINN_URL}}Base URL of the Huginn instance
{{HUGINN_API_TOKEN}}User API token

Usage Examples

List agents

curl -s "{{HUGINN_URL}}/api/agents" \
  -H "Authorization: Token {{HUGINN_API_TOKEN}}"

Trigger an agent run

curl -s -X POST "{{HUGINN_URL}}/api/agents/<agent_id>/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Token {{HUGINN_API_TOKEN}}"

AI Agent Tips

  • Agents can watch websites, parse emails, send notifications, and trigger webhooks.
  • Chain agents together to build complex automation pipelines.
  • Supports scheduling via cron-like intervals.
  • Self-hosted — all data stays on your server.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Aug 2026
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Item type
skill
Key
huginn-automate
Source
github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw