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AgentDB Learning Plugins

spencermarx/agentdb learning plugins

Create and train AI learning plugins with AgentDB's 9 reinforcement learning algorithms. Includes Decision Transformer, Q-Learning, SARSA, Actor-Critic, and more. Use when building self-learning agents, implementing RL, or optimizing agent behavior through experience.

This is a copy. The original lives at microck/agentdb learning plugins.

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Install

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npx skills add https://github.com/spencermarx/open-code-review --skill AgentDB Learning Plugins

The instruction itself

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AgentDB Learning Plugins

What This Skill Does

Provides access to 9 reinforcement learning algorithms via AgentDB's plugin system. Create, train, and deploy learning plugins for autonomous agents that improve through experience. Includes offline RL (Decision Transformer), value-based learning (Q-Learning), policy gradients (Actor-Critic), and advanced techniques.

Performance: Train models 10-100x faster with WASM-accelerated neural inference.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+
  • AgentDB v1.0.7+ (via agentic-flow)
  • Basic understanding of reinforcement learning (recommended)

Quick Start with CLI

Create Learning Plugin

# Interactive wizard
npx agentdb@latest create-plugin

# Use specific template
npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t decision-transformer -n my-agent

# Preview without creating
npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t q-learning --dry-run

# Custom output directory
npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t actor-critic -o ./plugins

List Available Templates

# Show all plugin templates
npx agentdb@latest list-templates

# Available templates:
# - decision-transformer (sequence modeling RL - recommended)
# - q-learning (value-based learning)
# - sarsa (on-policy TD learning)
# - actor-critic (policy gradient with baseline)
# - curiosity-driven (exploration-based)

Manage Plugins

# List installed plugins
npx agentdb@latest list-plugins

# Get plugin information
npx agentdb@latest plugin-info my-agent

# Shows: algorithm, configuration, training status

Quick Start with API

import { createAgentDBAdapter } from 'agentic-flow/reasoningbank';

// Initialize with learning enabled
const adapter = await createAgentDBAdapter({
  dbPath: '.agentdb/learning.db',
  enableLearning: true,       // Enable learning plugins
  enableReasoning: true,
  cacheSize: 1000,
});

// Store training experience
await adapter.insertPattern({
  id: '',
  type: 'experience',
  domain: 'game-playing',
  pattern_data: JSON.stringify({
    embedding: await computeEmbedding('state-action-reward'),
    pattern: {
      state: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
      action: 2,
      reward: 1.0,
      next_state: [0.15, 0.25, 0.35],
      done: false
    }
  }),
  confidence: 0.9,
  usage_count: 1,
  success_count: 1,
  created_at: Date.now(),
  last_used: Date.now(),
});

// Train learning model
const metrics = await adapter.train({
  epochs: 50,
  batchSize: 32,
});

console.log('Training Loss:', metrics.loss);
console.log('Duration:', metrics.duration, 'ms');

Available Learning Algorithms (9 Total)

Type: Offline Reinforcement Learning

Best For: Learning from logged experiences, imitation learning

Strengths: No online interaction needed, stable training

npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t decision-transformer -n dt-agent

Use Cases:

  • Learn from historical data
  • Imitation learning from expert demonstrations
  • Safe learning without environment interaction
  • Sequence modeling tasks

Configuration:

{
  "algorithm": "decision-transformer",
  "model_size": "base",
  "context_length": 20,
  "embed_dim": 128,
  "n_heads": 8,
  "n_layers": 6
}

2. Q-Learning

Type: Value-Based RL (Off-Policy)

Best For: Discrete action spaces, sample efficiency

Strengths: Proven, simple, works well for small/medium problems

npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t q-learning -n q-agent

Use Cases:

  • Grid worlds, board games
  • Navigation tasks
  • Resource allocation
  • Discrete decision-making

Configuration:

{
  "algorithm": "q-learning",
  "learning_rate": 0.001,
  "gamma": 0.99,
  "epsilon": 0.1,
  "epsilon_decay": 0.995
}

3. SARSA

Type: Value-Based RL (On-Policy)

Best For: Safe exploration, risk-sensitive tasks

Strengths: More conservative than Q-Learning, better for safety

npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t sarsa -n sarsa-agent

Use Cases:

  • Safety-critical applications
  • Risk-sensitive decision-making
  • Online learning with exploration

Configuration:

{
  "algorithm": "sarsa",
  "learning_rate": 0.001,
  "gamma": 0.99,
  "epsilon": 0.1
}

4. Actor-Critic

Type: Policy Gradient with Value Baseline

Best For: Continuous actions, variance reduction

Strengths: Stable, works for continuous/discrete actions

npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t actor-critic -n ac-agent

Use Cases:

  • Continuous control (robotics, simulations)
  • Complex action spaces
  • Multi-agent coordination

Configuration:

{
  "algorithm": "actor-critic",
  "actor_lr": 0.001,
  "critic_lr": 0.002,
  "gamma": 0.99,
  "entropy_coef": 0.01
}

5. Active Learning

Type: Query-Based Learning

Best For: Label-efficient learning, human-in-the-loop

Strengths: Minimizes labeling cost, focuses on uncertain samples

Use Cases:

  • Human feedback incorporation
  • Label-efficient training
  • Uncertainty sampling
  • Annotation cost reduction

6. Adversarial Training

Type: Robustness Enhancement

Best For: Safety, robustness to perturbations

Strengths: Improves model robustness, adversarial defense

Use Cases:

  • Security applications
  • Robust decision-making
  • Adversarial defense
  • Safety testing

7. Curriculum Learning

Type: Progressive Difficulty Training

Best For: Complex tasks, faster convergence

Strengths: Stable learning, faster convergence on hard tasks

Use Cases:

  • Complex multi-stage tasks
  • Hard exploration problems
  • Skill composition
  • Transfer learning

8. Federated Learning

Type: Distributed Learning

Best For: Privacy, distributed data

Strengths: Privacy-preserving, scalable

Use Cases:

  • Multi-agent systems
  • Privacy-sensitive data
  • Distributed training
  • Collaborative learning

9. Multi-Task Learning

Type: Transfer Learning

Best For: Related tasks, knowledge sharing

Strengths: Faster learning on new tasks, better generalization

Use Cases:

  • Task families
  • Transfer learning
  • Domain adaptation
  • Meta-learning

Training Workflow

1. Collect Experiences

// Store experiences during agent execution
for (let i = 0; i < numEpisodes; i++) {
  const episode = runEpisode();

  for (const step of episode.steps) {
    await adapter.insertPattern({
      id: '',
      type: 'experience',
      domain: 'task-domain',
      pattern_data: JSON.stringify({
        embedding: await computeEmbedding(JSON.stringify(step)),
        pattern: {
          state: step.state,
          action: step.action,
          reward: step.reward,
          next_state: step.next_state,
          done: step.done
        }
      }),
      confidence: step.reward > 0 ? 0.9 : 0.5,
      usage_count: 1,
      success_count: step.reward > 0 ? 1 : 0,
      created_at: Date.now(),
      last_used: Date.now(),
    });
  }
}

2. Train Model

// Train on collected experiences
const trainingMetrics = await adapter.train({
  epochs: 100,
  batchSize: 64,
  learningRate: 0.001,
  validationSplit: 0.2,
});

console.log('Training Metrics:', trainingMetrics);
// {
//   loss: 0.023,
//   valLoss: 0.028,
//   duration: 1523,
//   epochs: 100
// }

3. Evaluate Performance

// Retrieve similar successful experiences
const testQuery = await computeEmbedding(JSON.stringify(testState));
const result = await adapter.retrieveWithReasoning(testQuery, {
  domain: 'task-domain',
  k: 10,
  synthesizeContext: true,
});

// Evaluate action quality
const suggestedAction = result.memories[0].pattern.action;
const confidence = result.memories[0].similarity;

console.log('Suggested Action:', suggestedAction);
console.log('Confidence:', confidence);

Advanced Training Techniques

Experience Replay

// Store experiences in buffer
const replayBuffer = [];

// Sample random batch for training
const batch = sampleRandomBatch(replayBuffer, batchSize: 32);

// Train on batch
await adapter.train({
  data: batch,
  epochs: 1,
  batchSize: 32,
});

Prioritized Experience Replay

// Store experiences with priority (TD error)
await adapter.insertPattern({
  // ... standard fields
  confidence: tdError,  // Use TD error as confidence/priority
  // ...
});

// Retrieve high-priority experiences
const highPriority = await adapter.retrieveWithReasoning(queryEmbedding, {
  domain: 'task-domain',
  k: 32,
  minConfidence: 0.7,  // Only high TD-error experiences
});

Multi-Agent Training

// Collect experiences from multiple agents
for (const agent of agents) {
  const experience = await agent.step();

  await adapter.insertPattern({
    // ... store experience with agent ID
    domain: `multi-agent/${agent.id}`,
  });
}

// Train shared model
await adapter.train({
  epochs: 50,
  batchSize: 64,
});

Performance Optimization

Batch Training

// Collect batch of experiences
const experiences = collectBatch(size: 1000);

// Batch insert (500x faster)
for (const exp of experiences) {
  await adapter.insertPattern({ /* ... */ });
}

// Train on batch
await adapter.train({
  epochs: 10,
  batchSize: 128,  // Larger batch for efficiency
});

Incremental Learning

// Train incrementally as new data arrives
setInterval(async () => {
  const newExperiences = getNewExperiences();

  if (newExperiences.length > 100) {
    await adapter.train({
      epochs: 5,
      batchSize: 32,
    });
  }
}, 60000);  // Every minute

Integration with Reasoning Agents

Combine learning with reasoning for better performance:

// Train learning model
await adapter.train({ epochs: 50, batchSize: 32 });

// Use reasoning agents for inference
const result = await adapter.retrieveWithReasoning(queryEmbedding, {
  domain: 'decision-making',
  k: 10,
  useMMR: true,              // Diverse experiences
  synthesizeContext: true,    // Rich context
  optimizeMemory: true,       // Consolidate patterns
});

// Make decision based on learned experiences + reasoning
const decision = result.context.suggestedAction;
const confidence = result.memories[0].similarity;

CLI Operations

# Create plugin
npx agentdb@latest create-plugin -t decision-transformer -n my-plugin

# List plugins
npx agentdb@latest list-plugins

# Get plugin info
npx agentdb@latest plugin-info my-plugin

# List templates
npx agentdb@latest list-templates

Troubleshooting

Issue: Training not converging

// Reduce learning rate
await adapter.train({
  epochs: 100,
  batchSize: 32,
  learningRate: 0.0001,  // Lower learning rate
});

Issue: Overfitting

// Use validation split
await adapter.train({
  epochs: 50,
  batchSize: 64,
  validationSplit: 0.2,  // 20% validation
});

// Enable memory optimization
await adapter.retrieveWithReasoning(queryEmbedding, {
  optimizeMemory: true,  // Consolidate, reduce overfitting
});

Issue: Slow training

# Enable quantization for faster inference
# Use binary quantization (32x faster)

Learn More

  • Algorithm Papers: See docs/algorithms/ for detailed papers
  • GitHub: https://github.com/ruvnet/agentic-flow/tree/main/packages/agentdb
  • MCP Integration: npx agentdb@latest mcp
  • Website: https://agentdb.ruv.io

Category: Machine Learning / Reinforcement Learning

Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced

Estimated Time: 30-60 minutes

How to use it

Copy the folder

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