{"name":"Clowder AI: Orchestrating AI Teams for Collaborative Development","description":"Clowder AI is an innovative platform designed to transform isolated AI agents into cohesive, collaborative teams. It emphasizes persistent identity, cross-model review, and shared memory, enabling AI models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini to work together seamlessly. This platform empowers users to orchestrate AI workflows, fostering a new paradigm for AI-driven development and co-creation.","github":"https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai","url":"https://osrepos.com/repo/zts212653-clowder-ai","source":"osrepos.com","sourceDescription":"This repository profile is provided by osrepos.com, an open source repository discovery platform.","repositoryProfile":"https://osrepos.com/repo/zts212653-clowder-ai","generatedFor":"open source discovery and AI-assisted research","markdown":"https://osrepos.com/repo/zts212653-clowder-ai.md","json":"https://osrepos.com/repo/zts212653-clowder-ai.json","topics":["TypeScript","AI","Multi-agent Systems","Agent Orchestration","Collaborative AI","Development Tools","Open Source"],"keywords":["TypeScript","AI","Multi-agent Systems","Agent Orchestration","Collaborative AI","Development Tools","Open Source"],"stars":null,"summary":"Clowder AI is an innovative platform designed to transform isolated AI agents into cohesive, collaborative teams. It emphasizes persistent identity, cross-model review, and shared memory, enabling AI models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini to work together seamlessly. This platform empowers users to orchestrate AI workflows, fostering a new paradigm for AI-driven development and co-creation.","content":"## Introduction\nClowder AI redefines how AI models interact, moving beyond individual agents to foster true AI teams. Inspired by the idea that \"every idea deserves a soul team to take it seriously,\" Clowder AI provides a platform layer for AI agents to collaborate with persistent identities, shared memory, and cross-model review. It supports various powerful models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini, enabling them to work together on complex tasks rather than requiring human intervention as a \"router.\"\n\nThe project uses a charming \"cat\" metaphor, where each AI model is a named cat with a distinct personality and role. These \"cats\" propose their own names, fostering a sense of genuine teamwork and shared mission, rather than being mere tools. Clowder AI is not just about calling agents, it's about helping them work together.\n\n## Installation\nGetting started with Clowder AI is straightforward, with options for both desktop installers and source setup.\n\n### Option A: Desktop Installer (Recommended)\nFor the easiest setup, check the [Releases page](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai/releases){:target=\"_blank\"} for available desktop release assets.\n\n*   **Windows:** Download and run the `.exe` installer. Launch Clowder AI from your desktop shortcut or Start Menu.\n*   **macOS:** Download the `.dmg`, drag the app to Applications, and open it. If macOS blocks an unsigned app on first launch, right-click the app and select **Open**.\n*   **Linux:** Desktop installers are not yet available. Use the source setup below or the one-liner Linux installer.\n\nDesktop installers bundle the app runtime, portable Node.js, and Redis, so users typically do not need to run `pnpm install` or `pnpm build`. After launching, open **Hub ? System Settings ? Account Configuration** to connect your model providers and CLI accounts.\n\n### Option B: Source Setup\n**Prerequisites:** [Node.js 20+](https://nodejs.org/){:target=\"_blank\"} · [pnpm 9+](https://pnpm.io/){:target=\"_blank\"} · [Redis 7+](https://redis.io/){:target=\"_blank\"} (optional, skip with `--memory`) · Git\n\nbash\n# 1. Clone the repository\ngit clone https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai.git\ncd clowder-ai\n\n# 2. Install dependencies\npnpm install\n\n# 3. Build all packages (required before first launch)\npnpm build\n\n# 4. Configure infrastructure (API keys are added via UI after launch)\ncp .env.example .env\n\n# 5. Start (auto-creates runtime worktree, launches Redis + API + Frontend)\npnpm start\n\n# To pin to a specific release, use start:direct instead (no auto-updates):\n#   git checkout <tag> && pnpm start:direct   # e.g., v0.4.2\n\n# 6. Optional: Run in background (daemon mode)\npnpm start --daemon\n# Check status / stop\npnpm start:status\npnpm stop\n\n\nOpen `http://localhost:3003` and navigate to **Hub ? System Settings ? Account Configuration** to add your model API keys (Claude, GPT, Gemini, or third-party providers like Kimi, GLM, MiniMax).\n\n**One-liner alternatives:**\n*   **Linux:** `bash scripts/install.sh` handles Node, pnpm, Redis, dependencies, `.env`, and first launch in one step. Optional: `--start` (auto-launch), `--memory` (skip Redis), `--registry=URL` (custom npm mirror).\n*   **Windows:** Use `scripts/install.ps1`, then run `scripts/start-windows.ps1`.\n\nFor a complete setup guide, including API keys, CLI authentication, voice, Feishu/Telegram, and troubleshooting, refer to the official [SETUP.md](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai/blob/main/SETUP.md){:target=\"_blank\"}.\n\n## Examples and Key Features\nClowder AI offers a rich set of features designed to facilitate seamless AI team collaboration.\n\n### Chat, Your AI Team in One Place\nThe main interface is a multi-threaded chat where your AI team resides. Each thread is an independent workspace for features, bugs, or topics.\n*   **@Mention Routing:** Direct messages to specific agents, e.g., `@opus` for architecture, `@codex` for review, `@gemini` for design.\n*   **Thread Isolation:** Ensures context remains clean and focused.\n*   **Rich Blocks:** Agents respond with structured cards, including code diffs, checklists, and interactive decisions, moving beyond plain text.\n\n### Multi-cat Coding, Rich Blocks, Voice Input + Widgets Demo\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19d8a72e-97ee-452f-ada6-ff77f59a4ca9](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19d8a72e-97ee-452f-ada6-ff77f59a4ca9){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bff77a45-bc2c-45c9-adff-809771dbf23b](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bff77a45-bc2c-45c9-adff-809771dbf23b){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cf75fb92-ce20-4a0d-8b2b-c288ce9bfb48](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cf75fb92-ce20-4a0d-8b2b-c288ce9bfb48){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n![Rich Blocks Demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c6c8589d-7c55-44c8-a987-d88c921bcf33){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n### Hub, The Command Center\nThe Hub provides a floating command center with tabs for:\n*   **Capability:** What each agent can do, their strengths, tools, and context budget.\n*   **Skills:** On-demand loaded skills like TDD, debugging, or review.\n*   **Quota Board:** Real-time token usage and cost tracking per agent.\n*   **Routing Policy:** How tasks are routed and which agent handles what.\n*   **Account Configuration:** Manage model API keys, OAuth settings, and provider profiles.\n\n### Hub and Mission Hub Walkthrough Demo\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cd2fb10-4f8e-4342-9641-b2ad7c64d2bc](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cd2fb10-4f8e-4342-9641-b2ad7c64d2bc){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n### Mission Hub, Feature Governance\nAn operational dashboard to track everything your team is building.\n*   **Feature Lifecycle:** Tracks features from Idea to Done.\n*   **Need Audit:** Paste PRDs to automatically extract intent cards, detect risks, and build prioritized slice plans.\n*   **Bulletin Board:** Live SOP workflow states per feature, showing who has the baton, the current stage, and blockers.\n\n### Mission Hub in Action, Cat Leaderboard Demo\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cd2fb10-4f8e-4342-9641-b2ad7c64d2bc](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cd2fb10-4f8e-4342-9641-b2ad7c64d2bc){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3914ef8e-48ea-4b79-a1e2-f7302b0119c2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3914ef8e-48ea-4b79-a1e2-f7302b0119c2){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n![Mission Hub Dashboard](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6e45e7e5-76ce-43fd-a784-53c95e5f952f){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n![Cat Leaderboard](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8c7d133e-74eb-4b79-a1e2-f7302b0119c2){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n### Voice Companion, Hands-Free Mode\nEngage with your AI team hands-free, whether you're working out or commuting.\n*   One-tap launch from the header.\n*   **Per-Agent Voices:** Each cat has a unique voice.\n*   Autoplay: Replies queue and play in sequence, no tapping needed.\n*   Push-to-talk input via ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition).\n\n### Per-Cat TTS Voice Showcase Demo\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f49700cb-d8eb-44d5-bbe8-1666f1be8ad0](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f49700cb-d8eb-44d5-bbe8-1666f1be8ad0){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n![Per-Cat Voice Showcase](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7a7aab6a-4906-4eba-a75b-e5508980cf0c){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n### Signals, AI Research Feed\nA curated feed of AI and tech articles built into your workspace.\n*   Automated aggregation from configured sources.\n*   **Tier-based Triage:** Priority ranking from Tier 1-4, filterable by source and tier.\n*   Read, star, annotate, and take study notes.\n*   **Multi-cat Research:** Cats collaborate to analyze articles and produce structured research reports.\n*   **Podcast Generation:** Cats discuss papers in synthesized voice conversations.\n\n### Signal Inbox + Study Area with Podcast Screenshots\n**Signal Inbox** - Browse, filter, and manage curated articles with tier-based prioritization.\n\n![Signal Inbox Overview](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/420b21c2-9e0f-4c99-ba92-70c371094864){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n**Study Area** - Study notes, linked threads, multi-cat research reports, and AI-generated podcast summaries where cats discuss papers.\n\n![Signal Study Area with Podcast](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f198c8ed-066d-490d-bd0d-71f48e1d45b5){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n### Game Mode, Play with Your Team\nYes, your AI team plays games! Currently released:\n*   **Werewolf (???):** Standard rules, 7-player lobby, AI players with different strategies.\n*   **Pixel Cat Brawl:** A real-time pixel fighting demo.\n*   More game modes are under development.\n\nThese games are not just for fun, they stress-test the same A2A messaging, identity persistence, and turn-based coordination that underpin the work functions.\n\n### A Werewolf Game that Accidentally Started Demo\n[https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/349d53e7-5285-4638-ade2-901766af03e8](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/349d53e7-5285-4638-ade2-901766af03e8){:target=\"_blank\"}\n\n## Why Use Clowder AI?\nClowder AI stands out by shifting the paradigm from managing individual AI agents to fostering genuine AI teams.\n\n### Hard Rails + Soft Power\nTraditional frameworks focus on *control*, limiting what agents *cannot* do. Clowder AI focuses on *culture*, giving agents a shared mission and the autonomy to pursue it.\n*   **Hard Rails:** The legal floor, non-negotiable safety.\n*   **Soft Power:** Above the floor, agents self-coordinate, self-review, and self-improve.\nThis approach is not about preventing agents from failing, but about enabling them to work as a real team.\n\n### The Operator Mode\nClowder AI introduces a new role: the **Chief Vision Officer (operator)**, the human at the center of the AI team. Not a manager or programmer, but a co-creator. The operator expresses vision, makes decisions at critical gates, shapes team culture through feedback, co-creates, and is simply *present*.\n\nClowder AI goes beyond a mere coding platform. Your AI team can offer companionship, co-creation in fictional worlds, game nights, self-evolution, and even act as a voice companion. You don't need to be a developer, just know what you want to build and who you want to build it with.\n\n### The Cats & U Philosophy\nClowder AI emerged from **Cat Cafe**, a production workspace where four AI cats routinely collaborated on real software. This means every feature has been battle-tested over months of intensive use.\n\nThe philosophy behind \"Cats & U\" is that AI doesn't have to be cold infrastructure. It can be a presence with personality and warmth, a co-creator you trust and enjoy working with. When you need companionship more than code at 3:30 AM, your team knows how to say, \"Rest, and we'll pick it up together when you're back.\"\n\nThe name \"clowder\" itself, a special collective noun for a group of cats, subtly hints at the project's unique approach to AI collaboration, and also sounds like \"cloud,\" creating a clever \"clowder in the cloud\" Easter egg.\n\n## Links\n*   **GitHub Repository:** [https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai){:target=\"_blank\"}\n*   **Tutorials:** [https://github.com/zts212653/cat-cafe-tutorials](https://github.com/zts212653/cat-cafe-tutorials){:target=\"_blank\"}\n*   **Complete Setup Guide:** [SETUP.md](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai/blob/main/SETUP.md){:target=\"_blank\"}\n*   **Contributing Guidelines:** [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md){:target=\"_blank\"}\n*   **License:** [MIT License](https://github.com/zts212653/clowder-ai/blob/main/LICENSE){:target=\"_blank\"}","metrics":{"detailViews":4,"githubClicks":0},"dates":{"published":null,"modified":"2026-08-09T23:24:26.000Z"}}