What this artifact is for
The quick orientation layer before you go deeper upstream.
Summary
Desktop application for pi agent with native UI
Seed description: Desktop application for pi agent with native UI
Category: Tools & Utilities
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README excerpt
More of the actual upstream surface so you can skim here before deciding to open the repo.
A desktop client for every LLM, built for agents. Claude by default — any model via a custom base URL. Plan mode approvals, MCP servers, a real git panel, a scheduler with variables, voice, Jupyter — wired straight to yo…
Full documentation lives on the Agent Desktop Wiki — features, headless server, architecture, changelog, and guides.
I build this project primarily for my own use — the features I add are the ones I need day to day. Feature requests are welcome on Discord.
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Quick topics
Skim bullets
- Chat — streaming, markdown, syntax highlighting, message queue, conversation fork, /compact, /clear
- Auth — OAuth via Claude subscription or your own Anthropic API key
- Backends — Claude Agent SDK (default) or PI Coding Agent (experimental)
- Files — built-in explorer, Monaco code viewer, Mermaid, OpenSCAD 3D, Jupyter notebooks
- Knowledge base — attach files/folders as conversation context
- Quick Chat — global overlay with text + voice (local whisper.cpp)
- TTS — Piper, edge-tts, or spd-say with summary modes
- Scheduled tasks — recurring agent runs with prompt variables
Sources and provenance
Everything on this page should be traceable back to the list seed or an upstream surface.
Discovery reason: Listed in the awesome-pi-agent README
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Surface capture kind: repo-readme