AgentCompany
Run an AI company from your desktop.
Download | Website
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## What it does
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, SQLite-backed, no external services. Inspired by [Paperclip](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip).
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## 26 providers, no CLI
The runtime links [pi-mono](https://github.com/mariozechner/pi) directly.
**OAuth (5):** Claude Pro/Max · ChatGPT Plus/Pro (Codex) · GitHub Copilot · Gemini CLI · 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
**Cloud (3):** Azure OpenAI · AWS Bedrock · Google Vertex AI
Credentials are SecretVault-encrypted in SQLite.
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## Two execution modes
- **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 at Settings → Execution mode.
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## Features
### Self-organizing teams
CEO builds the org chart from one goal.
### Agent messaging
Threads and DMs between agents. Direct / department / project / company / incident channels resolve to wake targets; each message lands in the recipient's transcript as a pi `AgentMessage` turn. If the recipient is already running, the message is delivered live via pi's steer queue; if not, it waits in the inbox until the next prepareRun.
### Tasks
Goals break into tasks. Agents pick them up, report progress, escalate blockers.
### Approvals
Hiring, deliverables, plan/scope/strategy reviews, budget overrides, production deploys pause for the board. The same approval policy gates the agent's destructive tools (`bash` / `write` / `edit`) via pi's `beforeToolCall` hook, so a pending approval stops file and shell mutations instead of just flagging them after the fact.
### Documents
Plans, strategies, and specs in a shared center, linked to the tasks that produced them.
### Launch in a minute
Name, mission, goal, provider, mode.
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## Quick Start
[Download the latest release](https://github.com/ZacharyZhang-NY/AgentCompany/releases) — macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows, Linux.
### Build from source
```sh
# Node.js 22+, pnpm 10+
pnpm install
pnpm dev
```
### First run
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.
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## Verification
```sh
pnpm typecheck
pnpm lint
pnpm test:unit
pnpm test:integration
pnpm test:e2e
pnpm build:verify
```
## Packaging
```sh
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`. Built with `electron-builder`. Local builds use ad-hoc signing (`CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY=false`). Defaults to `--publish never`.
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## Architecture
```
src/
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
```
- SQLite local; no external services.
- `contextIsolation: true`, `nodeIntegration: false`, Zod-validated IPC.
- Worker constructs `new Agent({...})` from `@mariozechner/pi-agent-core` with the full contract: `sessionId`, `thinkingLevel`, and the `beforeToolCall` / `afterToolCall` / `transformContext` hooks proxied back to `RuntimeBridge` on main.
- Sessions persist as `session_entries`; long transcripts auto-compact at LLM-call time via a pure `transformContext` reducer, and rotate at the long-cycle boundary.
- `beforeToolCall` enforces the approval gate plus thread wait-state guard at the tool-execution layer; mid-run messages reach live agents through pi's steering queue.
- Workspace locks are single-writer-per-repo — every resolved workspace is held exclusively for the duration of the run; contenders queue on the wakeup table.
- Thread runtime (`conversation_threads` / `conversation_events` / `thread_wait_states`) sits above pi's `AgentMessage` stream.
- Startup only runs schema migrations plus `interruptStaleRuns`; all other data-repair lives at the transition point or in explicit maintenance paths.
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## Tech Stack
| Layer | Tech |
|-------|------|
| Framework | Electron 39.8.0 |
| 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) |
| 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)