# virattt/dexter

An autonomous agent for deep financial research

Repository: https://github.com/virattt/dexter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dexter
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-04T15:20:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 96, longevity 23
- inputs: {"age_days": 323, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 4.0, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 27546, forks 3412 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:47.811128+00:00)

## What it is
Dexter is an autonomous AI agent built in TypeScript that performs deep financial research by planning tasks, executing them with real-time market data, and self-validating its results. It is positioned as a Claude Code-like tool specialized for financial analysis, with safety features like loop detection and step limits.

## Use cases
- research a company's financials automatically
- analyze income statements and balance sheets with AI
- answer complex financial questions with live market data
- run an autonomous agent for equity research
- decompose a financial query into a research plan
- get AI-generated financial analysis on WhatsApp

## When to choose
- you want an autonomous agent specialized in financial research
- you need task planning and self-validation over live market data
- you want a Claude Code-style agent adapted to finance
- you want to learn how to build financial research agents in TypeScript

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade investment advice or trading decisions
- you require a license or compliance guarantees for financial outputs
- you cannot provide OpenAI and Financial Datasets API keys
- you need a project with a formal open-source license

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, llm-inference, rag, prompt-engineering, chatbot
- domain: artificial-intelligence, fintech, large-language-models
- platform: bun, cli, cross-platform
- tags: financial-research, autonomous-agent, market-data, self-reflection, task-planning, openai, whatsapp-integration, ai-agents, nodejs

## Member repositories
- virattt/dexter (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.811128+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:54:31.290783+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/virattt/dexter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.811128+00:00, sha f5537a79ef83)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.