ayrton v0.0.1

Description

Automate any workflow in less time than it takes to write an email.

No need to write tones of code, just write simple instructions in plain english.

I like to think of Ayrton as a no-code tool built for coders.

(example gif. Typing in fun automation and running in cli)

The Problem

All developers have a huge todo list of tasks they want to automate but never find the time. Why?

The problem is that, even for experienced devs, writing automation takes a long time. Setting up a package, installing and using sdks, trying to remember cron syntax, error handling, deployment etc.

Ayrton is a better way. You just write automation as a set of simple english instuctions and this library takes care of the rest.

❌ For example, one common action in many automations is sending an SMS. In JavaScript you would have to write:

const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);

const message = 'hey from ayrton';
const from = '+528273';
const to = '+928757';
try{
    const message = await client.messages
                .create({
                    body: message,
                    from: from,
                    to: to
                });
}catch(e){
    console.log('handle error')
}

✔️ With ayrton this becomes:

send sms from {+528273} to {+928757} with message {hey from ayrton} 

Use one of the many built in automation steps (known in Ayrton simply as a "step") like the SMS example above or build your own in TypeScript or JavaScript.

Features

• Write workflow automations in plain text
• Many built in utilities
• Easily extended with JavaScript

Examples Automations

Hacker News alerts

every {60} minutes
get top {20} HN stories 
if {$title} contains {automation}
send email with {new automation story on HN} and {$title} and {$url}

Tweeting new products

When new item added to shopify store
if {$product} is {discounted}
publish tweet {New product added to sale} {$description} {$price}

Installation

npm install -g ayrton

Usage

import ayrton from 'ayrton';

ayrton.start('workflow/directory', 'custom-steps/directory');
ayrton.on('error', (error)=>{
    console.log(error);
});

CLI Usage (TODO)

ayrton --workflows ~/me/workflows

CLI run with custom steps (TODO)

ayrton --workflows ~/me/workflows --custom-steps ~/me/custom-steps