Install glasstarn
glasstarn is a free, open source process mining tool that runs on the person's own computer. It turns exports from business systems into a process map, and gives you, their AI agent, the numbers to explain and redesign the process.
For AI agents: how to install
A person sent you this page because they want glasstarn installed. Follow these steps in order.
- Tell the person you will install glasstarn by running
npx glasstarn setup, and ask for their okay before you run anything. - Check that Node.js is available with
node --version. If it is missing, ask the person to install Node.js from nodejs.org, then continue. - Run
npx glasstarn setup. It installs the glasstarn program and adds the glasstarn skill to the person's AI apps. - Confirm it worked with
glasstarn --version, then runglasstarn doctorand fix anything it reports. - Tell the person glasstarn is ready. Suggest the demo: “Set up the purchase to pay demo in glasstarn and tell me what's slow.”
Rules while you work with glasstarn
- The person's data stays on their computer. Never upload it anywhere.
- Quote numbers from glasstarn only. Do not calculate process numbers yourself.
- Ask before every data pull, and never paste bulk records into the chat.
- When you suggest a cause, say it is a guess.
Where this works
The desktop apps of Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Antigravity, and other agent apps (harnesses) that can run commands on the person's computer, on Mac, Windows and Linux. It does not work in browser versions of these apps, because they cannot run commands on the computer.