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zhayujie/CowAgent

CowAgent is a 24/7 AI assistant and agent harness that supports task planning, long-term memory, multi-channel messaging, and multi-model routing. It is suitable for developers and general users who need a persistent, extensible agent connected to messaging platforms and local tools.

Project overview

Project type: MCP · AI Agent · Workflow
Use cases: Documents & Office · Knowledge Q&A · Automation
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: MIT

Best for

Developers who need a multi-model, extensible agent harness with local tool execution capabilities.
General users seeking a persistent personal assistant connected to various messaging channels.

Key capabilities

Decomposes complex tasks and executes them step by step, looping over tools until the goal is reached.
Context, daily, and core memory tiers with Deep Dream distillation.
Auto-curates structured knowledge into a Markdown wiki and builds an evolving knowledge graph.
Automatically reviews conversations to improve skills, follow up on unfinished tasks, and consolidate memory.
One-click install of skills from Skill Hub, GitHub, and others, plus conversational authoring of custom skills.
File I/O, terminal, browser, scheduler, memory retrieval, web search, and more.
Serves multiple channels in parallel including Web, WeChat, Telegram, Slack, DingTalk, and more.
First-class support for text, images, voice, and files for recognition, generation, and delivery.

Limitations and risks

Agent mode has access to the local operating system, restricting safe deployment to trusted environments.
Agent mode consumes substantially more tokens than regular chat operations.
The Agent has access to your local operating system, so only deploy it in trusted environments.

Getting started

Run the one-line installer for Linux/macOS and Windows or use Docker compose, then open http://localhost:9899 to access the Web console.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge.
README: 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…
README: 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; *…
README: 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.
README: 2026.02.03: v2.0.0 — Major upgrade to a super Agent assistant with multi-step task planning, long-term memory, and the Skills framework.

Reviewed at: 2026-07-17T07:44:27Z