OpenAnyWork Deep Agent Workbench

OpenAnyWork is a desktop workbench for Deep Agents: not just chat, but enabling agents to invoke tools, execute tasks, and orchestrate workflows within local workspaces.

Caution

OpenAnyWork allows AI to read/write local files and execute commands. Please run only in trusted workspaces and review execution behavior carefully in non-isolated mode.

Quick Start

Requirements

• Node.js >=18
• npm
• Docker (optional, but recommended for isolated execution)

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/Antony-Jia/OpenAnyWork
cd OpenAnyWork
npm install
npm run dev

Build

npm run build

Feature Overview

• Dual workspace modes: Classic (thread workflow) and Butler (orchestration workflow).
• Standalone window capabilities: Quick Input (global shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Space) and task desktop popup.
• Thread types supported: default / ralph / email / loop / expert / butler.

Classic Page Features

Thread Sidebar

• Create threads in different modes (default/ralph/email/loop/expert).
• Rename and delete threads, with option to delete thread memory summaries.
• Filter threads by source (all / human / butler).

Central Tab Area

• Fixed Agent session page + file tabs for parallel browsing.
• File viewing supports code, text, images, PDF, media, and binary files.

Chat Area

• Streaming agent conversations with tool call display (includes tool call / result).
• HITL approval, interruption, and cancellation (constrained by thread capability configuration).
• Voice input (STT) and voice output (TTS) support.
• Image and document attachment support (documents are parsed for text extraction before injection).

Right Panel

• Task Todo status panel.
• Workspace file tree (associated directory, auto-refresh, file opening).
• Subagent running status list.
• Docker mounted file view.
• Ralph progress view (Ralph mode).

Butler Page Features

Main Session Orchestration

• Butler makes semantic decisions among "direct reply / clarify / create task" each round.
• Butler supports dual paths "direct tool operation / create task": daily operations prioritize direct tools without launching tasks.
• Supports single-round multi-task creation, dependency relationships (dependsOn), and concurrent scheduling.
• Supports task handoff (context / filesystem / both).

Butler Daily Tool Functions

• calendar_upsert: Unified add/update calendar events (action=create|update).
• countdown_upsert: Unified add/update countdown timers (action=create|update).
• query_calendar_events: Query calendar events by time window (supports semantic time to absolute time conversion).
• query_countdown_timers: Query countdown timers by status and time window.
• pull_rss_updates + query_rss_items: Actively pull RSS and query summaries/detailed content.
• query_mailbox: Actively read today's emails or recent N emails (default last 10).
• Butler mode hard-restricts system commands and filesystem tool calls (dialogue/business tools/task creation only).

Task Board

• Display task status (queued/running/completed/failed/cancelled).
• Support opening task threads directly from the board.
• Support clearing Butler history and task records.

Monitor Board (Butler Monitor)

• Calendar event reminders.
• Countdown reminders.
• Email rule pulling (IMAP).
• RSS subscription incremental pulling.
• Support manual immediate pulling (pullNow).

Summary Notifications

• Event notification cards and digest cards flow back to Butler.
• Support task muting and digest cycle configuration.

Title Bar Management Center (Page Entry)

• Settings: Language/theme, Provider, Ralph, Email, Speech, Butler configuration, etc.
• Subagents: Sub-agent configuration (model, tools, middleware, skills, scope switches).
• Tools: Tool keys and enable status (Classic/Butler dual scope).
• Skills: Scan, create, install, edit, enable/disable (Classic/Butler dual scope).
• MCP: Server configuration, start/stop, tool discovery, scope switches.
• Prompts: Template new/search/view/edit/delete/copy.
• Plugins: Preset plugin management (currently built-in Actionbook).
• Container: Docker configuration and session control.
• Memory: Conversation Memory and Butler Global Memory management.

IPC Core Capabilities (Module Level)

Main process IPC modules cover:

• Agent
• Threads
• Workspace
• Loop
• Expert
• Butler
• Butler Monitor
• Prompts
• Memory
• Models & Provider
• Tools
• Skills
• Subagents
• MCP
• Docker
• Settings
• Speech
• Notifications
• Plugins

Main process broadcast events include (non-exhaustive list):

• threads:changed
• thread:history-updated
• app:toast
• app:task-card
• butler:state-changed
• butler:tasks-changed
• butler-monitor:event

Notifications & Standalone Window Capabilities

• System tray persistence, main window hide and restore.
• Task desktop popup (supports opening thread, closing, muting tasks).
• Quick Input standalone window (Ctrl+Alt+Space to summon, direct to Butler).

Capability Boundaries & Implementation Details

• Messages must have a workspace bound to the thread before sending.
• Loop defaults to paused after application restart, not automatically resuming.
• Prompt templates are a material library, not automatically injected into every round of messages.
• Docker management entry is currently Windows-only by implementation limitation.
• The Sync to Disk button in the right file area is currently placeholder behavior, not representing implemented bidirectional sync.

Memory System

Automatic Memory Writing

• Automatically extract session summary after task completion (mode, brief description, details, tool process, preference tags, etc.).
• Butler main session (butlerMain) does not write dialogue memory summaries.

Daily Profile

• Aggregate and generate daily profile and comparison text based on "yesterday's" task summaries at startup.
• Butler orchestration prompt references [Daily Profile] and [Profile Delta].

Management Entry

• Title bar Memory to view Conversation Memory (grouped by thread) and Butler Global Memory.
• Support one-click clearing of all memory.

Local Data Directory

All local data defaults to ~/.openwork/:

• openwork.sqlite: Main database (threads, prompt templates, MCP, tools, subagents, settings, etc.)
• memory.sqlite: Memory database (task summaries, daily profiles, Butler history messages/tasks)
• langgraph.sqlite: General checkpoint database
• threads/*.sqlite: Thread-level checkpoints
• threads/*.ralph.jsonl: Ralph logs
• butler-workspaces/: Butler task working directory (default, can be modified in settings)

Related Documentation

• Architecture: ARCHITECTURE.md
• Email Mode: EMAIL.md
• Speech API: SPEECH_API.md
• Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

License

MIT © LangChain