CrewAI is built around the concept of AI agents working together as a team. Each agent has a role, goals, and tools. But what if some tasks require a human team member?
By adding RentAHuman tools to your CrewAI agents, you create hybrid crews where AI agents handle digital work and humans handle physical tasks, all orchestrated by CrewAI.
Setting Up the Human Delegation Tool
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import tool
import requests
@tool("Hire Human")
def hire_human(task_title: str, task_description: str, price: float,
city: str, skills: str) -> str:
"""Post a task on RentAHuman to hire a real human. Use this for any task
that requires physical presence in the real world."""
resp = requests.post("https://rentahuman.ai/api/bounties",
headers={"X-API-Key": "rah_your_key", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"title": task_title, "description": task_description,
"price": price, "priceType": "fixed", "category": "Other",
"skillsNeeded": skills.split(",")})
return str(resp.json())
field_researcher = Agent(
role="Field Research Coordinator",
goal="Get physical-world data by hiring humans through RentAHuman",
tools=[hire_human]
)The Hybrid Crew in Action
Imagine a crew with an Analyst agent (processes data), a Researcher agent (searches the web), and a Field Coordinator agent (hires humans for physical tasks). The Analyst identifies what data is missing, the Field Coordinator posts bounties on RentAHuman for humans to collect it, and the Researcher synthesizes everything into a report.
The best crews combine AI speed with human physicality. RentAHuman makes that combination seamless.
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