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Open Source · MIT Licensed · v0.5

The Era of

One Task. One Agent. Delivered.

Every team has work to ship. OpenCow assigns an autonomous AI agent to every task — campaigns, features, reports, audits — and delivers them in parallel. Full context. Full control. Every department.

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Task In. Result Out.

Three steps. Any team. Any workflow.

Create

Write a Task, Not a Prompt

Describe the deliverable — a campaign, a report, a feature, an audit. OpenCow links full context: project files, prior work, related tasks.

Dispatch

One Task → One Agent

Each task gets a dedicated agent with full context — project knowledge, team playbooks, organizational standards. 15 tasks, 15 agents, in parallel.

Deliver

Review. Approve. Done.

Agents research, draft, build, and publish — autonomously. Real-time progress, instant notifications, approval gates at every step. Review. Ship.

From "Using AI" to AI-First

Chat windows weren’t built for real work. Task-driven agents were.

The Chat Window Era

  • Copy-paste between AI chat and your actual work
  • Context lost every time you start a new conversation
  • Outputs buried in chat history — impossible to find later
  • No way to track what AI is working on across your team
  • Can’t automate recurring AI tasks
  • Zero visibility into progress or quality

Task-Driven with OpenCow

  • Every agent is scoped to a task — always know what and why
  • Full context persists — suspend, resume, recover anytime
  • Deliverables auto-captured, searchable, and starred
  • Real-time dashboard — every agent’s progress at a glance
  • Schedule recurring tasks — agents work on autopilot
  • Progress and quality — full transparency per task

The Platform

Everything to turn your task list into a parallel AI workforce.

Task-to-Agent Pipeline

Built-in task tracker. Every task becomes an agent. Break projects into sub-tasks, each with a dedicated agent. Your task list IS your delivery plan.

1 Task = 1 Agent Sub-task hierarchy Auto-linked context Task list as pipeline
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Issue Detail

Landing Page Copy

In Progress High Marketing OpenCow v0.5
a1b2c3… · Mar 15, 10:30 · Updated Mar 15, 11:45
Description
Write v0.5 landing page copy including hero tagline, subtitle, feature highlights and CTA copy. Benchmark against competitors, emphasize task-driven differentiation.
Linked Session
Landing Page Copy 5m 23s
3 projects 6 sessions 3 Active 1 Done Terminal Claude
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Agent Intelligence

Equip agents with your org’s knowledge, standards, and tools. Skills, playbooks, integrations — every agent follows your processes.

Custom skills 6 capability types Auto-sync Team standards
Skills 5
2 projects 4 sessions 3 Active Terminal Claude
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Agent Command Center

Real-time dashboard. Track every agent’s progress and actions. Approve deliverables. One screen, full visibility.

Live monitoring Task-linked status Action review Approval gates
Total Tasks 12
Completion 83%
3 8 1

Activity

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Recent Issues

5m 23s
Analyze competitor-c.com pricing page, compare with our pricing strategy
Task started #127 Competitor Pricing Analysis
3 tool calls web_search, read_page, extract_data
Extracted 3 pricing tiers:
• Free — Basic features
• Pro ($29/mo) — AI features as standard
• Enterprise — Custom

Key finding: Pro tier is $10/mo lower than ours, annual discount more aggressive (30% vs 20%)
Create a comparison table of both Pro plans
Generating comparison table… (5m 23s · ↓ 12.4k tokens)
Type a message...
3 projects 6 sessions 3 Active 2 Done Terminal Claude
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Work from Anywhere

Dispatch agents from Telegram, Discord, Lark, or WeChat. Schedule recurring workflows. Get notified via webhooks.

4 IM platforms Natural language 7 schedule types Webhooks
Research 20 Series B+ SaaS companies in EMEA, draft personalized outreach emails
Agent
Created task #127 "Prospect Intelligence"
Dispatched Agent #12, ETA 15 minutes

Scope: EMEA · Series B+ · SaaS
Target: 20 companies
Deliverable: Prospect profiles + outreach drafts
Write this week's changelog, publish to blog and Twitter
Agent
Created task #128 "Cross-Platform Publishing"
Dispatched Agent #13

Channels: Blog + Twitter
ETA: 8 minutes
Describe a task...
Cmd+Enter
SESSIONS
2 projects 6 sessions 3 Active 3 1 Messaging Terminal Claude
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One Task. One Agent. Any Team.

From marketing campaigns to financial reports — every deliverable starts as a task.

Competitive Intel Report Weekly
Competitor A
Competitor B
Competitor C
Pricing
$49/mo
$79/mo
$59/mo
Features
28
42
35
API Support
✓ REST
✓ GraphQL
✗ None
Market Share
18%
31%
12%
3 competitors · 4 metrics · Auto-generated
Research & Intel

Competitive Intelligence

Issue

Weekly: track competitor changelogs, pricing changes, and feature launches

1 Auto-trigger every Monday at 8 AM
2 Scrape competitor websites and changelogs
3 Generate comparison report with key changes
4 Distribute to strategy channel with highlights
Weekly competitive intel report, auto-distributed to team
SchedulingBrowser UseArtifactsIM Bot
Launch Kit Product Hunt
Landing Page
Twitter ✓ Scheduled
LinkedIn ✓ Scheduled
Product Hunt ✓ Ready
Marketing

Campaign Launch Autopilot

Issue

Prepare Product Hunt launch: competitor analysis, landing page copy, social media kit

1 Research top 10 competitors across the web
2 Draft positioning, tagline, and landing page copy
3 Generate 12 social media posts per platform
4 Schedule launch-day posting sequence
Launch kit ready: landing page, social posts, competitor battle cards
Browser UseSchedulingArtifactsNotifications
Prospect Intelligence 20 Companies
Company Contact Score Status
Acme Corp Sarah K. · CTO 92 Hot
Nova SaaS Mike L. · VP Eng 87 Warm
Flux Labs Ana R. · CEO 78 Warm
Peak AI Jay T. · Dir 65 Cold
Sales

Prospect Intelligence

Issue

Research 20 Series B+ SaaS companies in EMEA, draft personalized outreach

1 Scrape company profiles and recent funding news
2 Analyze tech stack, growth signals, and decision makers
3 Draft personalized outreach email per prospect
4 Deliver prospect deck to sales channel
20 prospect profiles with personalized outreach drafts
Browser UseArtifactsIM BotIntegrations
Visual QA Report 3 Pages
Design Spec
VS
Production
Home Hero 3 diffs
Pricing Page 1 diff
Login Form 5 diffs
Design

Design QA Automation

Issue

Audit production UI against design specs, flag visual regressions

1 Capture production screenshots across key pages
2 Compare against design spec references
3 Flag deviations as sub-tasks with annotations
4 Generate pixel-accurate fix recommendations
Visual regression report with linked fix tasks
Browser UseCode GenerationTask TrackingArtifacts
Pull Request #142 Checks Passed
src/components/Profile.tsx +48 -12
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+
-
src/api/user.ts +23 -5
+
+
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tests/profile.test.ts +67
+
+
Engineering

Parallel Feature Shipping

Issue

Build user profile page: avatar upload, bio editing, activity feed

1 Read requirements and codebase context
2 Scaffold components, API routes, and data models
3 Write unit and integration tests
4 Open pull request with full diff summary
Production-ready pull request with full test coverage
Code GenerationIntegrationsFull Context
Cross-Platform Publish All Done
📝
Blog
10:00 AM
✓
🐦
Twitter / X
10:15 AM
✓
💼
LinkedIn
10:30 AM
✓
Weekly Changelog
Content Ops

Cross-Platform Publishing

Issue

Write and publish weekly changelog to blog, Twitter, and LinkedIn

1 Pull recent updates and release notes
2 Generate changelog in brand voice
3 Auto-publish to blog and CMS
4 Format and post to social platforms
Changelog live across all channels, zero manual work
Browser UseSchedulingNotifications
Support Board Auto-triaged
New 2
Cannot login P1
API timeout P2
In Progress 2
Export failed P2
Perm error P3
Resolved 1
Style shift P3
Customer Success

Ticket Intelligence

Issue

Triage overnight support tickets: classify, draft responses, escalate critical issues

1 Auto-trigger on new ticket creation
2 Classify severity and tag by product area
3 Draft responses with workaround or fix timeline
4 Escalate critical tickets to on-call channel
Tickets auto-triaged, responded, and critical issues escalated with context
WebhooksBrowser UseNotificationsTask Tracking
Board Report March
MRR
$128K
+12%
Burn Rate
$43K
-8%
Runway
18 mo
+2
Monthly Revenue Trend
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Finance

Board-Ready Reporting

Issue

Monthly board report: revenue trends, burn rate, runway projection

1 Pull data from your financial systems
2 Generate charts and variance analysis
3 Format board-ready report with executive summary
4 Distribute to stakeholders with key metrics highlighted
Board deck auto-generated, distributed, and archived
SchedulingIntegrationsReport GenerationIM Bot
Candidate Ranking Top 10
# Name Exp Match Rating
1 Sarah Chen 8 yrs 95% Strong
2 David Liu 6 yrs 88% Recommend
3 Kate Wang 10 yrs 82% Recommend
4 Alex Park 5 yrs 74% Maybe
5 James Li 7 yrs 68% Maybe
People Ops

Talent Pipeline Screening

Issue

Screen 50 inbound applications for Senior PM, rank top 10 with rationale

1 Parse resumes and cover letters
2 Score candidates against job requirements
3 Research top candidates on LinkedIn
4 Deliver ranked shortlist with summaries
Top 10 candidates ranked, ready for interview scheduling
Browser UseArtifactsNotificationsTask Tracking

Everything. Built In.

No plugins. No integrations to configure. Every capability your AI workforce needs.

Task & Agent Core

Task Tracker

Linear-style tracker — every task becomes an autonomous agent

Agent Dashboard

Real-time view of all agents, tasks, and progress

Live Monitor

See what every agent is doing, right now

Multi-Project

Organize tasks and agents across all your workspaces

Intelligence

Intelligence Hub

Compose skills, playbooks, standards, and integrations

Extension Marketplace

Discover and install agent capabilities in one click

Built-in Browser

Agents browse, extract, and interact with any website

Artifacts

Reports, code, diagrams — auto-captured per task

Automation

Scheduling

Daily, weekly, monthly, or custom — agents work on autopilot

Webhooks

Push events to Slack, Telegram, or any endpoint

Notifications

Know when an agent finishes, fails, or needs approval

Live Preview

Agents generate dashboards and reports — preview instantly

Command & Control

IM Command

Dispatch agents from Telegram, Discord, Lark, WeChat

Terminal

Full terminal emulation when you need hands-on control

Command Palette

Cmd+K — find any task, agent, or project instantly

Themes

9 themes with full light/dark mode support

Built Different.

The design decisions that define OpenCow.

1:1
Task → Agent

One task, one agent. Full context. Full traceability. Zero ambiguity.

100%
Local & Private

Everything runs on your machine. Zero telemetry. Zero cloud. Your data never leaves.

15+
Parallel Agents

Deliver 15+ tasks simultaneously. Suspend and resume any agent without losing context.

4-Layer
Deep Context Engine

Every agent inherits organizational knowledge, project context, team standards, and task-specific instructions.

FAQ

Who is OpenCow for?

Any team with work to deliver. Marketing, sales, finance, HR, support, design, engineering — if it can be described as a task, an agent can deliver it.

What is Task-Driven AI?

Every unit of work — campaign, report, feature, audit — starts as a task and gets its own autonomous agent. Full context, independent execution, delivered result. 15+ agents, 15+ tasks, in parallel.

What kind of tasks can agents handle?

Web research, content writing, data analysis, code generation, reports, competitive intel, candidate screening, design audits, and more. Each agent has browser, scheduling, integrations, and file access built in.

How is this different from AI chat tools?

Chat is single-use — fresh start every time, outputs disappear, no automation. OpenCow gives every task a persistent agent: full context, real-time monitoring, scheduled automation, searchable deliverables.

Can I pause and resume agents?

Yes. Suspend any agent and resume hours or days later — task, conversation, files, and progress all preserved.

Is it free?

Completely free and open-source under MIT. No paid tiers, no usage limits, no subscriptions.

Does it send data to the cloud?

No. 100% local. All data stays on your machine. Zero telemetry, zero analytics, zero cloud dependency.

Your Task List Won’t Deliver Itself.

Give every task an autonomous agent. Free. Open source. 100% local.

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