openwork/AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md

OpenWork is a free, open-source desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) for doing work with AI agents on your own files — an open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex, built on OpenCode, running any model from 50+ providers. Desktop mode keeps files local; cloud is optional. Three surfaces live in this repo:

• Desktop app (apps/, packages/) — local-first agent workspace: chat on files, skills, browser automation, scheduled automations, Anthropic-compatible plugins.
• OpenWork MCP gateway (ee/apps/den-api) — one URL (api.openworklabs.com/mcp/agent) that brings org-assigned skills, plugins, and connections (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, MCPs) into Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client via search_capabilities / execute_capability.
• OpenWork Den (ee/apps/den-*) — the org control plane: provision inference, manage teams and access, set desktop policies, publish skills and plugins through marketplaces.

The app consumes OpenWork server surfaces (self-hosted or hosted) rather than inventing parallel behavior. Anything OpenCode can do is available in OpenWork, even before a dedicated UI exists.

Verification (every change)

• The only proof path is evals/specs/**/*.test.ts with test from @openwork/testkit; app-driving E2E tests use .e2e.test.ts. Prose, screenshots, and recordings never decide pass/fail — test evidence does.
• Skills own the mechanics: prove-a-pr → write-a-spec → run-tests → diagnose-a-red-run when red → publish-evidence. Evidence is ambient; never create or pass test-evidence recorder handles.
• Verdicts: Passed only when every claim has an observable assertion in the test run; otherwise Incomplete or Failed with repro steps. Skips are never passed.
• Prefer Daytona when credentials are available; local fallback is an expected OSS path, not a failure. Report which lane ran.
• Docs/comments, types-only, and inert agent config may skip runtime proof — say so.

Pull requests

• Do not default to draft PRs. A request to create or make a PR means a ready-for-review PR once the required proof is published. Use a draft only when the requester explicitly asks for one or the current verdict is Incomplete or Failed, and state exactly what proof is missing.
• Run tests and report commands + results. A runtime-observable change is not done until its test evidence is visible on the PR. If validation cannot run, say why and give exact repro steps.

Local headless web (agents)

• pnpm world up dev-headless --detach launches an isolated browser UI + local openwork-server without Electron as a detached script world. pnpm dev:headless-web remains a compatibility alias with its prior foreground default (--detach still works). Read tmp/dev-headless-web.json for the owner-only runtime manifest. It does not use ~/.config/openwork/server.json. Stop a running script with pnpm world down dev-headless; pass script options after --, for example pnpm world up dev-headless --detach -- --replace --keep-tokens. Cloud sign-in is copy/paste handoff (Den cannot redirect grants to localhost): Account → Sign in → copy OpenWork link on Den → Paste sign-in code in Settings.

Coding

• pnpm only, never npm/yarn. TypeScript: never any, typecasts, or as unless 100% necessary or instructed.
• Prefer Tailwind, React, shadcn/ui (Base UI), TanStack Query, Zustand, Zod, Drizzle, Better-Auth. Reuse @/components; end users are non-technical.
• Smallest possible diff, then make it smaller. Propose the simpler solution. No fallback expressions when types or control flow already guarantee a value.
• If asked to do too much at once, stop and say so.