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AgentCompany
-
- Run an AI company from your desktop.
- Give it a mission. Watch agents hire, delegate, and deliver.
-
+Run an AI company from your desktop.
@@ -17,119 +14,109 @@
- Download | Website | What it does | Quick Start
+ Download | Website
---
-
+
-## What is AgentCompany?
+## What it does
-You type a company name, a mission, and a first goal. AgentCompany boots a CEO agent who hires specialists, forms departments, and runs the business — writing code, drafting plans, producing research, shipping deliverables. You watch, approve, and steer through a desktop command center.
+Type a company name and a goal. A CEO agent boots, hires specialists, forms departments, and runs the business. You approve or steer from the desktop.
-Local-first. No external services. Your data stays on your machine.
-
-Inspired by **[Paperclip](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip)**.
+Local, SQLite-backed, no external services. Inspired by [Paperclip](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip).
---
-## What's in the box
+## 26 providers, no CLI
-### 26 AI providers, one install
+The runtime links [pi-mono](https://github.com/mariozechner/pi) directly. No `claude` / `codex` / `gemini` binaries on your PATH.
-No CLIs to install on your PATH. No `claude` / `codex` / `gemini` binaries. The agent runtime is linked directly via [pi-mono](https://github.com/mariozechner/pi).
+**OAuth (5):** Claude Pro/Max · ChatGPT Plus/Pro (Codex) · GitHub Copilot · Gemini CLI · Antigravity
-**5 OAuth subscriptions** — sign in with the accounts you already pay for:
-Claude Pro / Max · ChatGPT Plus / Pro (Codex) · GitHub Copilot · Google Gemini CLI · Google Antigravity
+**API key (18):** Anthropic · OpenAI · Google · Mistral · Groq · Cerebras · xAI · OpenRouter · Vercel AI Gateway · ZAI · OpenCode · OpenCode Go · Hugging Face · Kimi · MiniMax · MiniMax CN · Fireworks · Fireworks Firepass
-**18 API-key providers:**
-Anthropic · OpenAI · Google Gemini · Mistral · Groq · Cerebras · xAI · OpenRouter · Vercel AI Gateway · ZAI · OpenCode · OpenCode Go · Hugging Face · Kimi For Coding · MiniMax · MiniMax CN · Fireworks · Fireworks Firepass
+**Cloud (3):** Azure OpenAI · AWS Bedrock · Google Vertex AI
-**3 Cloud providers:**
-Azure OpenAI (Responses API) · AWS Bedrock · Google Vertex AI
+Credentials are SecretVault-encrypted in SQLite.
-Credentials are stored encrypted at rest in a SecretVault-backed SQLite table. No plaintext, no `~/.pi/agent/auth.json`, no scattered env files.
+---
-### Two execution modes, per company
+## Two execution modes
-- **AI CEO** — fully autonomous. Hiring, task assignment, and deliverable publishing run without you.
-- **AI Co-Founder** — human-reviewed. Hiring and deliverables pause for your decision at `hire_agent` / `document_review` / `plan_review` / `strategy_review` approval gates.
+- **AI CEO** — autonomous. Hiring, tasks, deliverables run without you.
+- **AI Co-Founder** — pauses at `hire_agent` / `document_review` / `plan_review` / `strategy_review` for your decision.
-Switch any time in Settings → Execution mode.
+Switch at Settings → Execution mode.
---
## Features
### Self-organizing teams
-Your AI CEO draws the org chart — recruiting specialists, creating departments, and establishing reporting lines from a single goal.
+CEO builds the org chart from one goal.
-
+
-### Real agent-to-agent messaging
-Agents coordinate through channel and direct threads — not scripted status updates. Inter-agent messages feed into each recipient's conversation transcript as first-class turns, so context travels with the work instead of being re-rendered from scratch every run.
+### Agent messaging
+Threads and DMs between agents. Messages land in each recipient's transcript as pi `AgentMessage` turns.
-
+
-### Autonomous task management
-Goals break into tasks. Agents pick them up, report progress, and escalate blockers on their own.
+### Tasks
+Goals break into tasks. Agents pick them up, report progress, escalate blockers.
-
+
-### Human-in-the-loop approvals
-Material decisions surface to the board: hiring, document delivery, plan and scope reviews, strategy reviews, budget overrides, production deploys. Approve, reject, or ask for a revision — the company respects the chain of command.
+### Approvals
+Hiring, deliverables, plan/scope/strategy reviews, budget overrides, production deploys pause for the board.
-
+
-### AI document generation
-Agents draft business plans, marketing strategies, and technical specs — kept in a shared document center linked to the tasks that produced them.
+### Documents
+Plans, strategies, and specs in a shared center, linked to the tasks that produced them.
-
+
-### One-minute company creation
-Name it, write the mission, pick a provider, choose the mode, launch. Agents are at work before your coffee.
+### Launch in a minute
+Name, mission, goal, provider, mode.
-
+
---
## Quick Start
-### Download
-
-**[Download AgentCompany](https://github.com/ZacharyZhang-NY/AgentCompany/releases)**
-
-macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows, Linux.
+[Download the latest release](https://github.com/ZacharyZhang-NY/AgentCompany/releases) — macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows, Linux.
### Build from source
```sh
-# Prerequisites: Node.js 22+, pnpm 10+
+# Node.js 22+, pnpm 10+
pnpm install
pnpm dev
```
### First run
-1. **Launch.** Onboarding probes your shell PATH for `node` — agents invoke the local HTTP API through `node -e`, so a shell Node is required. Platform-specific install commands are shown if it's missing.
-2. **Configure a provider.** Settings → Providers. OAuth providers open your default browser; API-key providers take a key; Azure/Bedrock/Vertex take their respective endpoint + credential config.
-3. **Create a company.** Name, mission, first goal, execution mode, workspace path.
-4. **Go.** The CEO starts within seconds.
+1. Onboarding probes your shell PATH for `node` (agents call the local HTTP API via `node -e`).
+2. Settings → Providers. Sign in or drop a key.
+3. Create a company: name, mission, goal, mode, workspace.
---
@@ -147,17 +134,13 @@ pnpm build:verify
## Packaging
```sh
-pnpm build # Compile + package for current platform → /build/release
-pnpm build:dir # Compile + unpackaged directory
-pnpm build:current # Build for current host platform
-pnpm release:local # Signed / upload release pipeline (see docs/release/local-r2.md)
+pnpm build # Package for current platform → /build/release
+pnpm build:dir # Unpackaged directory
+pnpm build:current # Current host platform
+pnpm release:local # Signed release pipeline — see docs/release/local-r2.md
```
-- **Targets:** macOS (`.dmg`), Windows (`.exe` / NSIS), Linux (`.AppImage`)
-- Packaging via `electron-builder`
-- Local builds use ad-hoc signing (`CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY=false`)
-- Defaults to `--publish never`; override with `AGENTCOMPANY_ELECTRON_PUBLISH`
-- Cloudflare R2 release hosting + auto-update: `docs/release/local-r2.md`
+Targets: macOS `.dmg`, Windows `.exe` (NSIS), Linux `.AppImage`. Built with `electron-builder`. Local builds use ad-hoc signing (`CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY=false`). Defaults to `--publish never`.
---
@@ -165,40 +148,37 @@ pnpm release:local # Signed / upload release pipeline (see docs/release/local-r2
```
src/
- main/ # Electron main process
- agent-runtime/ # RuntimeBridge, SqliteSessionStore, CostWriter
- credentials/ # CredentialStore, CredentialResolver, OAuthLoginService
- api-server/ # Agent-facing HTTP API (tasks, messages, approvals, ...)
- orchestration/ # Scheduler, run dispatch, turn context
- prompt-builder/ # System prompt assembly + API docs injection
- thread-integration/ # Thread runtime event routing
- worker/ # utilityProcess worker — direct `new Agent(...)` via pi-mono
- database/ # SQLite schema + migrations
- preload/ # Context-isolated bridge — typed DesktopApi via contextBridge
- renderer/ # React 19 UI — components, hooks, i18n, state
- shared/ # Contracts, types, Zod schemas shared across processes
+ main/
+ agent-runtime/ RuntimeBridge, SqliteSessionStore, CostWriter
+ credentials/ CredentialStore, Resolver, OAuthLoginService
+ api-server/ Agent HTTP API
+ orchestration/ Scheduler, run dispatch
+ prompt-builder/ System prompt assembly
+ thread-integration/ Thread runtime event routing
+ worker/ utilityProcess worker — direct new Agent(...)
+ database/ SQLite schema + migrations
+ preload/ Typed DesktopApi via contextBridge
+ renderer/ React 19 UI
+ shared/ Zod schemas shared across processes
```
-### Key design decisions
-
-- **Local-first.** SQLite on your machine. SecretVault-encrypted credentials. No external services required for core operation.
-- **Process isolation.** `contextIsolation: true`, `nodeIntegration: false`, Zod-validated IPC. Renderer never imports `@mariozechner/pi-*`; all agent traffic is proxied through main → utilityProcess worker.
-- **Runtime direct.** `@mariozechner/pi-agent-core` is a first-class dependency. The worker calls `new Agent({...})` directly — no adapter shim, no CLI shell-out.
-- **Session as transcript.** Each agent's conversation persists as `session_entries` rows of pi `AgentMessage[]`. Long sessions auto-compact via `shouldCompact` + `compact` from pi-coding-agent; state survives app restarts.
-- **Thread runtime.** `conversation_threads` + `conversation_events` + `thread_wait_states` sit above pi's `AgentMessage` stream so the inbox / approval / review UX is a first-class runtime concern, not UI-only veneer.
+- SQLite local; no external services.
+- `contextIsolation: true`, `nodeIntegration: false`, Zod-validated IPC.
+- Worker constructs `new Agent({...})` from `@mariozechner/pi-agent-core` directly.
+- Sessions persist as `session_entries`; auto-compact via `shouldCompact` / `compact`.
+- Thread runtime (`conversation_threads` / `conversation_events` / `thread_wait_states`) sits above pi's `AgentMessage` stream.
---
## Tech Stack
-| Layer | Technology |
-|-------|-----------|
+| Layer | Tech |
+|-------|------|
| Framework | Electron 39.8.0 |
-| Runtime | Node.js 22+ (bundled in Electron; shell `node` required for agent HTTP callbacks) |
-| Language | TypeScript 5.9 (strict) |
+| Language | TypeScript 5.9 |
| UI | React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Framer Motion, Zustand |
| Build | electron-vite, Vite 7, electron-builder |
-| Database | SQLite via `node:sqlite` (WAL mode) |
+| Database | SQLite via `node:sqlite` (WAL) |
| Validation | Zod 4 |
| Agent runtime | `@mariozechner/pi-ai`, `@mariozechner/pi-agent-core`, `@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent` |
| Testing | Vitest, Playwright |
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## License
[MIT](LICENSE)
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- Built with quiet authority. Ship your AI company.
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