Adds support for ACP, the Agent Client Protocol

CodeWork: Make Code Work for You

CodeWork is an open source AI coding agent for your terminal, editor or server.Extend it with plugins like tools, prompts, skills & more, shared via npm or git.

alpha

$ curl -fsSL https://codework.sh/install | sh

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An agent harness that: supports hundreds of models; steers rather than terminates; is minimal, yet extensible; runs in any sandbox; works with ChatGPT Plus/Pro; works with GitHub Copilot; is not bloated.

CodeWork is open source, the way devtools should be. A harness malleable enough to fit how you work, and how your team ships.

CodeWork handles the loop, the sandbox and the models. Everything else is yours to shape: tools, skills, prompts and more, bundled as plugins and shared with your team over npm or git.

Start with the defaults and change them as you go. The docs cover how it's built, and how to make it yours.

See it in action

devs love it. share yours, it might end up here.

Use it where you work

One agent and one set of sessions, wherever you are.

Read the CLI docs

TUI

Coming soon

A full-screen terminal app for long, hands-on sessions.

Desktop

Coming soon

Run, watch and review many sessions side by side.

Any model, including the plan you pay for

Sign in with a ChatGPT or Copilot subscription, set an API key, or point it at a model on your own machine. Switch per run, per project, or mid-conversation.

Browse the model catalog

ChatGPT
GitHub Copilot
OpenRouter
Anthropic
OpenAI
Gemini
xAI
Ollama
LM Studio
vLLM
Your gateway
and more

.codework/settings.jsonc

{
  "plugins": [
    // Turn on a built-in search tool
    { "plugin": "codework.tool.grep", "enabled": true },
    // Add your own from npm, git, or a local file
    "@acme/codework-tool-proc@1.2.0",
    "github:acme/codework-prompt-style#v1.0.0",
    "./plugins/house-style.ts"
  ]
}

Everything is a plugin

The built-in tools are plugins too. Switch any of them off, or add your own tools and prompt sections from npm, git, or a file in your repo.

Tool plugins add or rewrite what the agent can do.
Prompt plugins shape the system prompt, like your AGENTS.md.
Local TypeScript files load with no build step.

Write a plugin

One sandbox, wherever it runs

The agent only sees a filesystem and a shell. The sandbox decides where they live, so the same tools work on your machine, in memory, or in the cloud.

$ codework run --sandbox-driver memory "summarize data.csv"