Hugging Face Tutorial: Build Open-Source Dots-Style Agents with Pi and Telegram
Hugging Face · youtube · 2026-10-02
Hugging Face published a hands-on tutorial for building Dots-style, always-on open-source AI assistants using Pi and pi-gateway on a VPS or any always-on machine.
Key points
- Set up agent workspaces and skills in Pi, with Google Workspace access via the Google Workspace CLI
- pi-gateway creates a Telegram bot via BotFather and uses local SQLite for persistent session routing to the right agent
- Two live demos: a personal assistant and a research agent running Kimi K3 through OpenRouter
- The gateway architecture is explained in detail; more platform integrations and automations are framed as future extensions, not built-in
Open-source projects covered: pi-gateway, Hugging Face's Tau, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Firecrawl, and more, all with repo links; models are freely selectable via OpenRouter.
Related event: OpenAI Launches Dots; Devs Share Open-Source Pi Tutorial to Build Your Own(2 posts)→
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