v1.0.1530 May 2026MAJOR

AskCodi Desktop is here

An AI engineering team that runs on your machine. A CTO agent plans the work, specialists build in isolated git worktrees, and nothing leaves your laptop unless you ship it.

NEW7

A CTO agent reads the task, plans the work, and briefs specialist sub-agents before any file changes happen.
Each sub-agent runs in its own git worktree so they can't step on each other's edits — review the diffs, then merge.
Plan mode lets you scope a task in chat first and approve the plan before code is written.
Local-first by default. Conversations, plans, and run history live in a SQLite database on your machine.
Bring your own provider keys: Anthropic, OpenAI, Fireworks, Google, xAI, OpenRouter. The desktop app talks to them directly.
MCP server config per project — GitHub, Slack, web search, anything else you've got wired up.
Built on the Claude Code SDK, so the agent loop matches what our gateway runs in the cloud.

IMPROVED3

Signed arm64 macOS build with auto-update via GitHub Releases.
tRPC over IPC for fast, type-safe round-trips between the main process and the renderer.
Drizzle ORM on better-sqlite3 for the local store.

RELEASE NOTES

We've been saying for a while that the next thing in AI coding isn't a better autocomplete, it's a team. AskCodi Desktop is that team, running on your machine.

What's in the box

Open the app and you start a project. You write a task. A CTO agent reads it, decides what needs doing, and delegates to specialist sub-agents — one for the backend change, one for the frontend, one for tests. Each gets its own git worktree, so they can work in parallel without colliding.

The CTO reviews their work before it lands. You see the diff, approve or send it back, then merge.

Why local

Because your code shouldn't leave your laptop unless you ship it. Conversations, plans, and run history all live in a local SQLite database. The desktop app talks to model providers directly using your own keys — no proxy, no middleman, no telemetry on the work itself.

What's next

Windows and Linux builds are next. We're also opening up the agent marketplace inside the app so the same agent collections we ship on the gateway show up as installable skills.

Grab the build from the Get App page. The first 1,000 downloads get the launch offer: $5 in Anthropic credits, granted on sign-in.

Keep up

Most of this shipped itself.

AskCodi maintains AskCodi, so these notes describe work we had to review too.

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