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Shinbo — AI agent workspace

A free, open-source meta-harness for your coding agents.

Free & open source · Mac & Windows.Start your first task
Shinbo workspace running a release thread: tool steps, two subagents, a Codex CLI run, and the plan graph in the context bar
Example data · development build.Workspace guide

Models, subscriptions and local runtimes

  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Gemini
  • xAI
  • Meta
  • DeepSeek
  • Qwen
  • Mistral
  • Kimi
  • Z.ai / GLM
  • Thinking Machines
  • NVIDIA
  • Cohere
  • MiniMax
  • ByteDance Seed
  • Poolside
  • Liquid AI
  • ERNIE
  • Hunyuan
  • Xiaomi
  • HyperCLOVA
  • Sakana AI
  • OpenRouter
  • OOllama
  • LLM Studio
  • Claude subscription
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Windsurf
  • Antigravity

How it works

Interactive examples, not live runs or benchmarks.

Council

Seats draft alone, then talk in turn until the chair writes up the answer.

Drafting alone4 seats · 0 turns

Stream or buffer the parser input?

Each seat answers alone, no tools, before anyone hears the others.

Every seat bills itself; 4 seats make 13 model calls. Only the answer lands in the thread.

Plans

Steps run in parallel or in sequence; each waits only on what it depends on.

Wave 1 of 4
Ship a parser · 0 of 70/14
readywaiting

1Read the project

  1. Read the README and package manifest
  2. List the entry points

Implement, test and document together; review, then return the result.

Context

Full end-to-end context observability, including where your tokens are being used.

Before compaction
76kof 100k tokens (example)
24k available
0100k
Instructions + tools
12k
Recent messages
16k
Older history + results
48k
Handoff summary
0k
Older context

Summarize 48k of earlier messages and results into an 8k handoff.

Summaries lose detail. Saved notes remain separate.

Timeline

Select a span to inspect it.

7 spans00 / 24 s
0 s8 s16 s24 s
Subagent · implement820s · 12s duration

Implements while another subagent reviews.

Spans overlap; durations don’t add up. Long traces may be shortened.

Permissions

Ask

Every write, command and click asks first. The default.

Accept edits

File writes and searches go through. Commands, the browser and the pointer still ask.

Auto

Everything runs on its own except ten prohibited actions, like deleting outside what you named or sending your data elsewhere. Anything that matches stops and asks you. The screening prompt and the model that runs it are both yours to change.

Full access

Every tool runs on its own except computer use, which always asks. Other apps still ask. During computer use, global Escape stops computer access while the agent continues.

Permission guide
The same request under each mode. Auto blocks ten prohibited actions; other apps and the pointer always ask.

Self learning

Learn from a failed run.

Inspect the evidence, ask Shinbo for a scoped change, and compare it on a replay before deciding to keep it.

How learning works

Workflows

Every Monday 09:00 UTC: an agent writes the brief, a script ships it if nothing errored.
Workflow guide

Features

Agent CLIs

Run Claude Code, Codex and other CLIs in one thread.

Subagents

Delegate work; inspect progress and results.

Plans

Steps run in parallel or in sequence; each waits only on the steps it depends on.

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Models

APIs, subscriptions, Ollama, LM Studio and llama.cpp.

Permissions

Control edits, commands and app access.

Workspace

Threads, goals, terminal, browser and artifacts. Quick Ask and voice on Mac.

Memory

Keep Markdown notes in a folder or Obsidian vault.

Workflows

Schedule agents, scripts and conditions.

Self learning

Inspect failures, compare a repair, and decide what to keep.

Extensions

Add MCP servers, skills, plugins and generated UI.

Download

Choose your download

Select your operating system below.

Choose a download

Published installers are available for Apple silicon Macs and Windows x64.

Choose your system to see the right installer.

Shinbo v0.9.2. Release notes & checksums

Setup requires an OpenRouter key (a free key works), even with a subscription. Sign into your agent CLIs; providers bill separately. Setup guide

No Intel Mac or Linux installer. Mobile unreleased. Mac-only features may differ on Windows.

Questions

Do I need a paid subscription?

No. Setup requires an OpenRouter key; a free key works. Paid models and optional subscriptions bill separately.

Can I use my existing agents?

Yes. Install and sign into supported agent CLIs, then use them from Shinbo. Provider access and usage limits still apply.

Does it work offline?

Local models are supported, but setup, secondary models, web tools and integrations may still need the internet.

Where does my data go?

Threads, plans, traces and notes stay on your computer. Prompts, relevant history and tool results are sent to your selected model service; integrations use their configured services.

Free, open source,
and yours to inspect.