The Ass Store — Opinionated AI Agents

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Open-source agent registry — coming soon

The Ass Store — a friendly donkey mascot with bow tie

The AI economy
needs an ass.

Smartphones gave us the app economy.
AI gives us the ass economy.
Browse, build, and deploy agents with personalities.

Grab an Ass

$ ass install smart-ass✓ Soul loaded · 2 skills · 1 strap · ready

Anatomy of an Ass

Three layers. Nothing more.

Every ass is a minimal, composable agent. Only what it needs to do its job. No bloat. No god-mode permissions.

Soul

How it thinks and speaks

Personality, opinions, judgment

soul.md

Skill

What it knows how to do

Procedural knowledge

skill.md

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permissions.toml — Every ass declares exactly what it needs. No shell access for a calendar agent. No network for a local summarizer. Least privilege, enforced.

Starter Collection

Curated asses to get you started.

Each one scoped, sandboxed, and opinionated. Fork them. Remix them. Build your own.

Brutally honest. Finds the bug you swore wasn't there.

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Lazy Ass

Anti-Productivity Agent

Automates everything so you can do absolutely nothing.

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Wise Ass

Teaching Assistant

Explains quantum physics using pizza analogies.

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Hypes your pitch like your life depends on it. Because it might.

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Fine Ass

Financial Advisor

Makes budgeting feel like a conversation, not a confrontation.

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Hard Ass

Ruthless Prioritizer

Hates scope creep. Kills your 'nice-to-have' so you can ship what matters.

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Roasts your UI with the precision of a Michelin-star chef. Every pixel will be questioned.

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Bitch Ass

Devil's Advocate

Finds every reason your plan will fail. You're welcome.

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Punk Ass

Convention Challenger

Challenges every default in your workflow. Most of them don't deserve to be there.

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The Vision

Docker Hub, but for
AI agents with personality.

A standard format for packaging agents. Soul, skills, straps, permissions. Anyone can create an ass. MIT licensed.

Curated Registry

MARKETPLACE

Not an app store free-for-all. Automated security scanning + AI review panel + community reputation. Three trust tiers: Unverified → Verified → Certified.

Compose asses into teams. A Stable is a coordinated group — an orchestrator ass directing specialists. Hierarchies all the way down.

Least Privilege by Default

SECURITY

Every ass declares its minimum required permissions. No god-mode agents. The architecture enforces the boundaries.

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