Connect tools and data
Use MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and local stdio-based processes as agent sources. Sources can provide access to services such as GitHub, Linear, Craft, local repositories, and Obsidian vaults.
Craft Agents
Craft Agents is an open-source desktop workspace for AI agents using MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and browser services to manage connected workflows.
AI agent workspace for connected digital work
Craft Agents is an open-source desktop interface for using AI agents across coding and general digital workflows. It provides an inbox-style workspace for persistent conversations, task statuses, planning, execution, and background work rather than limiting agent use to a terminal.
Agents can work with MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and browser-based services. Users can connect sources conversationally, review plans in read-only Explore mode, and then allow edits or autonomous execution. Sessions preserve the reasoning and implementation details that can be shared or attached to related work items.
Features
Built-in browser automation
A built-in Chromium browser lets agents navigate pages, fill forms, click controls, extract structured information, and take screenshots. Users can authenticate in a service before handing the browser workflow to the agent.
Persistent multitasking
Organize persistent conversations in an inbox-style interface with statuses and full history. Pause one task, start another, and return to the previous session while long-running work continues in the background.
Review and execution modes
Use Explore for read-only research and planning, Ask to Edit for approval before changes, or Execute for autonomous work after the approach is agreed.
Sessions as documentation
Attach sessions to Linear issues, GitHub pull requests, or Confluence pages, and share the conversation so decisions, trade-offs, and implementation details remain available alongside the result.
Model and skill flexibility
Use Claude, ChatGPT Plus, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, local Ollama or LM Studio endpoints, and other listed compatible providers. The application also supports importing Claude Code skills and creating skills through natural-language instructions.
Use cases
Engineering and project coordination
Combine issue data, repository context, conversations, and documents in one persistent session, then share the reasoning or attach it to the related issue or pull request.
Web research and operational tasks
Let an agent research websites, complete form-based tasks, extract tables or listings, and capture screenshots when a service lacks a suitable API.
Internal data workflows
Connect private endpoints, internal databases, local files, or company tools and use permission rules to control what an agent can read, write, or execute.
Parallel work across projects
Run long-running coding, analysis, or content tasks in the background while switching among conversations, with each session retaining its history and status.
Custom agent workflows
Create reusable skills, import Claude Code skills, and configure workspace-specific themes, statuses, and permissions for recurring workflows.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Connects agents to MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and browser workflows in one interface.
- Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop use, plus documented remote workspace access through browser and CLI clients.
- Provides explicit Explore, Ask to Edit, and Execute modes for controlling how much autonomy an agent has.
- Persistent sessions, statuses, background tasks, and shareable transcripts support longer workflows and review.
- Open-source Apache 2.0 codebase with configurable skills, themes, permissions, and workspace behavior.
Cons
- The available source material does not establish pricing, plan limits, or service-level terms.
- Advanced workflows may require configuring model providers, sources, permissions, or local services, even though the product supports conversational setup.
- Browser-based work depends on the target service's authentication and web interface; the sources do not define coverage or operational limits for every site.
FAQ
What is Craft Agents?
Craft Agents is an open-source desktop application for working with AI agents across coding and broader digital workflows. It connects agents to MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and browser-based services.
How do I connect tools and data sources?
You can connect an MCP server, REST API, local file source, or compatible model provider. The product describes conversational setup for sources, support for pasted MCP configuration, and local stdio-based MCP servers run as subprocesses.
Can I review an agent's plan before it makes changes?
Yes. Craft Agents includes Explore mode for read-only research and planning, Ask to Edit for approval before changes, and Execute mode for uninterrupted agent work.
Which platforms and access methods are supported?
The documentation lists desktop support for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It also describes remote workspaces accessible through desktop, browser, or CLI clients, with a standalone server installation for Linux or macOS.
Can Craft Agents be customized or self-hosted?
Craft Agents is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The site describes themes, skills, statuses, permissions, and workspace settings as configurable through files and agent-assisted changes.
Quick Facts
- Category
- AI agent workspace
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop
- Source model
- Open source under Apache 2.0
- Agent connections
- MCP servers, REST APIs, local files, and browser workflows
- Control modes
- Explore, Ask to Edit, and Execute
- Remote access
- Remote workspaces can be accessed through desktop, browser, or CLI clients
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