CowAgent

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**CowAgent** is an open-source super AI assistant that proactively plans tasks, controls your computer and external services, creates and runs Skills, builds a personal knowledge base and long-term memory, forms multi-agent teams, and grows alongside you through self-evolution — a reference implementation of Agent Harness engineering.

CowAgent is lightweight, easy to deploy, and built to extend. Plug in any major LLM provider and run it 24/7 on a personal computer or server, across the web and all major IM platforms.

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## 🎬 Demo

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## 🌟 Highlights

| Capability | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| [Planning](https://docs.cowagent.ai/intro/architecture) | Decomposes complex tasks and executes them step by step, looping over tools until the goal is reached |
| [Multi-Agent](https://docs.cowagent.ai/multi-agent/team) | Build a team of Agents, each with its own role, model, skills, and knowledge, collaborating within a shared conversation |
| [Memory](https://docs.cowagent.ai/memory/index) | Three-tier architecture (context → daily → core), automatic Deep Dream distillation, hybrid keyword + vector retrieval |
| [Knowledge](https://docs.cowagent.ai/knowledge/index) | Auto-curates structured knowledge into a Markdown wiki, builds an evolving knowledge graph with visual browsing |
| [Evolution](https://docs.cowagent.ai/memory/self-evolution) | Self-Evolution reviews conversations automatically to improve skills, follow up on unfinished tasks, and consolidate memory and knowledge, growing through everyday use |
| [Skills](https://docs.cowagent.ai/skills/index) | One-click install from [Skill Hub](https://skills.cowagent.ai/), GitHub, ClawHub; or create custom skills via natural-language conversation |
| [Tools](https://docs.cowagent.ai/tools/index) | Built-in file I/O, terminal, browser, scheduler, memory retrieval, web search, and 10+ more tools — with native MCP integration |
| [Channels](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/index) | Integrates with Web, WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, WeCom, QQ, Official Accounts, Telegram, and Slack |
| Multimodal | First-class support for text, images, voice, and files — recognition, generation, and delivery |
| [Models](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/index) | Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, Doubao, and more — swap providers from the Web console with one click |
| [Deploy](https://docs.cowagent.ai/guide/quick-start) | One-line installer, unified Web console, multiple deployment modes (local, Docker, server) |

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## 🏗️ Architecture

<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/zhayujie/cowagent-assets@main/architecture/en/architecture.jpg" alt="CowAgent Architecture" width="750"/>

CowAgent is a complete **Agent Harness**: messages flow in through **Channels**; the **Agent Core** plans and reasons over memory, knowledge, and the available tools and skills; **Models** generate the response, which is sent back through the originating channel. Every layer is decoupled and independently extensible.

Read more in [Architecture](https://docs.cowagent.ai/intro/architecture).

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## 🚀 Quick Start

A one-line installer takes care of dependencies, configuration, and startup:

**Linux / macOS:**

```bash
bash <(curl -fsSL https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/run.sh)
```

**Windows (PowerShell):**

```powershell
irm https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/run.ps1 | iex
```

**Docker:**

```bash
curl -O https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d
```

Once started, open `http://localhost:9899` to access the **Web console** — your one-stop hub to chat with the Agent, configure models, connect channels, and install skills.

> Deploying on a server? Set `web_host` to `0.0.0.0` in `config.json` to make the console reachable from outside, and set `web_password` to protect it. Don't forget to open port `9899` in your firewall or security group.

> 📖 Detailed guides: [Quick Start](https://docs.cowagent.ai/guide/quick-start) · [Install from Source](https://docs.cowagent.ai/guide/manual-install) · [Upgrade](https://docs.cowagent.ai/guide/upgrade)

After installation, manage the service with the [cow CLI](https://docs.cowagent.ai/cli/index):

```bash
cow start | stop | restart        # service control
cow status | logs                  # status and logs
cow update                         # pull latest code and restart
cow skill install <name>           # install a skill
cow install-browser                # install browser automation
```

> 💻 Desktop client: download the **[CowAgent Desktop client](https://cowagent.ai/download/)** (macOS / Windows) — the backend is bundled, ready to use out of the box.

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## 👥 Multi-Agent Team

Create a team of Agents, each with its own memory, capabilities, knowledge, and workspace. Each can focus on its own domain, or collaborate within a shared conversation to tackle complex tasks together. Multi-Agent teams are available on the Web, the desktop client, and IM channel integrations.

<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/zhayujie/cowagent-assets@main/screenshots/en/agent-team-overview.png" alt="CowAgent Multi-Agent Team" width="800"/>

> See [Agent Team](https://docs.cowagent.ai/multi-agent/team) for details.

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## 🤖 Models

CowAgent supports all mainstream LLM providers. **Chat, vision, image generation, ASR/TTS, and embeddings** can each be routed to a different vendor. Providers are configured directly in the Web console — no manual file editing required.

| Provider | Featured Models | Chat | Vision | Image Gen | ASR | TTS | Embedding |
| --- | --- | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| [DeepSeek](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/deepseek) | deepseek-flash (V4.1) / pro | ✅ | ✅ | | | | |
| [Claude](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/claude) | claude-opus-5 / fable-5.1 | ✅ | ✅ | | | | |
| [OpenAI](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/openai) | gpt-6-astra / gpt-5.6 series | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Gemini](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/gemini) | gemini-3.8-flash | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | | |
| [MiniMax](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/minimax) | MiniMax-M3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | |
| [GLM](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/glm) | glm-5.3-flash, glm-5v-turbo | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | | ✅ |
| [Qwen](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/qwen) | qwen3.8-flash | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Kimi](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/kimi) | kimi-k3 | ✅ | ✅ | | | | |
| [Doubao](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/doubao) | doubao-seed-2.1 series | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | | ✅ |
| [ERNIE](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/qianfan) | ernie-5.1 | ✅ | ✅ | | | | |
| [MiMo](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/mimo) | mimo-v2.5 / pro | ✅ | ✅ | | | ✅ | |
| [LinkAI](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/linkai) | One key for 100+ models | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Custom](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/custom) | Local models / third-party proxy | ✅ | | | | | |

> For details on each provider, see the [Models overview](https://docs.cowagent.ai/models/index).

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## 💬 Channels

A single Agent instance can serve multiple channels in parallel. Most channels can be onboarded right from the Web console.

| Channel | Text | Image | File | Voice | Group |
| --- | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| [Web Console](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/web) (default) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| [Telegram](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/telegram) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Slack](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/slack) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ |
| [Discord](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/discord) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ |
| [WeChat](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/weixin) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| [Feishu / Lark](https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/feishu) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| [DingTalk](https://docs.cowa