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PanAI - Cowork with AI Agents

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A free, open-source, Cowork app with AI Agents
Built-in Agent | Zero Setup | Any API Key | Multi-Agents | Remote Access | Cross-Platform | 24/7 Automation

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Cowork in Action · Why Choose PanAI? · Quick Start · Community


Cowork — AI Agents That Work Alongside You

PanAI is more than a chat client. It's a Cowork platform where AI agents work alongside you on your computer — reading files, writing code, browsing the web, and automating tasks. You see everything the agent does, and you're always in control.

Traditional AI Chat Clients PanAI (Cowork)
AI can operate on your files Limited or No Yes — built-in agent with full file access
AI can execute multi-step tasks Limited Yes — autonomous with your approval
Remote access from phone Rarely WebUI + Telegram / Lark / DingTalk / WeChat
Scheduled automation No Cron — 24/7 unattended
Multiple AI Agents at once No Claude Code, Codex, Qwen Code, Hermes Agent, Snow CLI, Cursor Agent and 13+ more — auto-detected, unified interface
Price Free / Paid Free & Open Source

PanAI Cowork Platform


Built-in Agent — Install & Go, Zero Configuration

PanAI ships with a complete AI agent engine. Unlike tools that require you to install CLI agents separately, PanAI works the moment you install it.

  • No CLI tools to install — the agent engine is built in
  • No complex setup — paste any API key to get started
  • Full agent capabilities — file read/write, web search, image generation, MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools
  • Ready-to-use assistants — 6 domain assistants (AI开发, 全域中枢, PanAEC, PaNews, Pandolla, 电商运营) ready to use immediately

Built-in Agents

Office assistants — PPT, Word & Excel

These tracks match what the app actually ships: Morph PPT presets and the pptx / docx / xlsx skills (see assistant/ presets and skills/ in the repo). Want document/table output? PanAI’s built-in OfficeCLI helps PPT (Morph), Word (.docx), and Excel (.xlsx/.xlsm/.csv) go from request to deliverable faster and more reliably. The three assistant types map to file workflows, and the final outputs are directly editable and reusable.

PPT assistant

Output: editable Morph PPT (.pptx) Morph-animated slide-to-slide transitions with coherent story pacing; powered by OfficeCLI.

Morph PPT — slide-to-slide transitions (OfficeCLI) PPT assistant — screen recording

Word assistant

Output: editable Word (.docx) Paper/thesis writing and production-ready document editing via the docx skill; powered by OfficeCLI.

Generate academic paper demo Paper writing assistant demo

Excel assistant

Output: usable Excel (.xlsx/.xlsm/.csv) Generate/refresh spreadsheets with xlsx for analysis, auto-formatting, and charts; powered by OfficeCLI.

Excel generation demo Excel assistant demo

Multi-Agent Mode — Already Have CLI Agents? Bring Them In

If you already use Claude Code, Codex, Hermes Agent, or OpenClaw, PanAI auto-detects them and lets you Cowork with all of them — alongside the built-in agent.

Supported Agents: Built-in Agent (zero setup) • Claude Code • Codex • Qwen Code • Goose AI • OpenClaw • Augment Code • CodeBuddy • Kimi CLI • OpenCode • Factory Droid • GitHub Copilot • Qoder CLI • Mistral Vibe • Nanobot • Aion CLI (aionrs, the Rust-based backend service shipped with PanAI) • Snow CLI • Hermes Agent • Cursor Agent and more

Multi-Agent Cowork

  • Auto Detection — automatically recognizes installed CLI tools
  • Unified Interface — one Cowork platform for all your AI agents
  • Parallel Sessions — run multiple agents simultaneously with independent context
  • MCP Unified Management — configure MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools once, automatically sync to all agents — no need to configure each agent separately
  • YOLO Mode (auto-approve all agent actions without manual confirmation) / Full-Auto Mode — one click to bypass permission prompts; all agents support full-auto mode for unattended execution

Team Mode — Coordinated Multi-Agent Collaboration

Run multiple AI agents as an organized team: a Leader agent receives your instructions, breaks them into subtasks, and delegates to Teammate agents via a built-in Team MCP Server. Teammates execute in parallel, share results through an async mailbox, and write to a shared task board.

Team Mode overview

  • Parallel multi-agent execution — Leader breaks tasks into subtasks and delegates to Teammate agents running in parallel; each Teammate uses its own model via ACP (Agent Communication Protocol, PanAI's multi-agent coordination layer), Gemini, or Aionrs
  • Leader orchestration — Leader assigns, tracks, and aggregates results; supported backends include Claude Code, Codex, Hermes Agent, Gemini, Snow CLI, and Aion CLI
  • Team-isolated workspace — all agents share the same folder; each has its own permission dialog with sidebar badge for pending approvals
🔍 View Team Mode Details ▶️
  • Shared Workspace — all agents read/write the same folder; the file panel stays visible throughout
  • Supported backends — Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Snow CLI, Aion CLI (aionrs); other ACP backends with mcpCapabilities.stdio are auto-supported
  • Dynamic scaling — add or remove Teammates while the team is running; silent agents auto-escalate to failed with one-click removal
  • Granular permissions — each agent has its own permission confirmation dialog; sidebar badge shows pending approvals
  • File sharing — Leader can pass file attachments to Teammates

Any API Key, Full Cowork Agent Power

Other AI apps give you a chatbox with your API key. PanAI gives you a full Cowork agent.

Your API Key What You Get
Gemini API Key Gemini-powered Cowork Agent
OpenAI API Key GPT-powered Cowork Agent
Anthropic API Key Claude-powered Cowork Agent
AWS Bedrock credentials Bedrock-powered Agent via Aion CLI (aionrs)
Ollama / LM Studio (local) Local model Cowork Agent
NewAPI Gateway Unified access to 20+ models

Same agent capabilities — file read/write, web search, image generation, tool use — regardless of which model powers it. PanAI supports 30+ AI platforms including cloud services and local deployments.

Multi-Model Support

🔍 View All 30+ Supported Platforms ▶️

Comprehensive Platform Support:

  • Official Platforms — Gemini, Gemini (Vertex AI), Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI
  • Cloud Providers — AWS Bedrock, New API (unified AI model gateway)
  • Chinese Platforms — Dashscope (Qwen), Dashscope Coding Plan, Zhipu, Moonshot (Kimi), Qianfan (Baidu), Hunyuan (Tencent), Lingyi, ModelScope, InfiniAI, Ctyun, StepFun, SiliconFlow-CN, PPIO
  • International Platforms — DeepSeek, MiniMax, Novita, OpenRouter, SiliconFlow, xAI, Ark (Volcengine), Poe
  • Local Models — Ollama, LM Studio (via Custom platform with local API endpoint)

PanAI also supports NewAPI gateway service — a unified AI model hub that aggregates and distributes various LLMs. Flexibly switch between different models in the same interface to meet various task requirements.


Extensible Assistants & Skills

Extensible assistant system with 6 domain assistants and a three-tier skill system. Create and manage your own assistants and skills.

  • Create Custom Assistants — Define your own assistants with custom rules and capabilities
  • Three-tier Skills — Builtin skills (shipped with PanAI), custom skills (your own), and Extension skills (contributed by third-party extensions); enable/disable per conversation with the skill indicator
  • Per-conversation Control — A skill indicator in the chat header shows active skills for the current conversation; search and exclude skills as needed

AI Assistants & Skills Ecosystem

PanAI supports three skill layers: built-in skills (shipped with the app), custom skills (user-defined), and extension skills (loaded from the Extension SDK).

🔍 View Assistant Details and Custom Skills ▶️

PanAI ships with 6 domain assistants, each backed by a curated skill set and extendable through custom skills:

  • 🤖 AI开发 (AI Development) — Full-stack & infrastructure engineering: product/architecture/PM, multi-platform dev, testing, DevOps & cloud ops, data engineering, AI/ML & LLM engineering, security (network/red-team/blue-team, authorized testing only), storage & NAS, embedded/hardware
  • 🎛️ 全域中枢 (Omni Hub) — Orchestrates every capability across the assistant family, decomposes tasks, and self-evolves by discovering, installing, and authoring new skills
  • 🏗️ PanAEC — Engineering & construction: CAD drawing, image-to-BIM modeling, multi-party coordination, quantity take-off, model-delivery checks, format conversion
  • 🗞️ PaNews — Global news & business intelligence: worldwide hot-event tracking, social listening, corporate intelligence, tender analysis, market quotes, logistics/flight/rail tracking (public sources only)
  • 📈 Pandolla — Investment research across equities, funds, futures, FX, crypto; valuation, portfolio tracking, backtesting (research & knowledge only — not investment advice)
  • 🛒 电商运营 (E-commerce Operations) — Full-funnel store, orders, inventory, payments, support, ads, social, SEO, CRM, and analytics

Custom Skills: Create skills in the skills/ directory, enable/disable skills per assistant to extend AI capabilities. Skills come from three sources: builtin (shipped with PanAI), custom (your own), and Extension (contributed via the Extension SDK). Built-in skills include pptx, docx, pdf, xlsx, mermaid, and more.

💡 Each assistant is defined by a markdown file. Check the assistant/ directory for examples.


Cowork from Anywhere

Your 24/7 AI assistant — access PanAI from any device, anywhere.

  • WebUI Mode — access via browser from phone, tablet, or any computer. Supports LAN, cross-network, and server deployment. QR code or password login.

  • Chat Platform Integration

    • Telegram — Cowork with your AI agent directly from Telegram
    • Lark (Feishu) — Cowork through Feishu bots for enterprise collaboration
    • DingTalk — AI Card streaming with automatic fallback
    • WeChat — Personal WeChat account integration
    • WeCom (企业微信), Slack, Discord and more platforms coming soon

Setup: PanAI Settings → WebUI Settings → Channel, configure the Bot Token.

WebUI remote access demo

Remote control & monitor your agent — Claude, Gemini, Codex. Use from browser or phone, same as Claude Code remote.

Remote Internet Access Tutorial

✨ Cowork in Action

Scheduled Tasks — Cowork on Autopilot

Set it up once, the AI agent runs automatically on schedule — truly 24/7 unattended operation.

  • Natural Language — tell the agent what to do, just like chatting
  • Three scheduling modes — standard cron expression (with timezone), fixed interval (every N minutes/hours), or one-time trigger
  • AI-created tasks — agents can autonomously create scheduled tasks during a conversation
  • Use Cases: scheduled data aggregation, report generation, file organization, reminders

Scheduled Tasks

🔍 View Scheduled Task Details ▶️

Scheduling modes:

  • Cron expression — standard 5-field cron with timezone support (e.g. 0 9 * * 1, Asia/Shanghai)
  • Every N minutes/hours — fixed interval, e.g. run every 30 minutes
  • One-time — trigger once at a specified datetime, then auto-disable

Execution modes:

  • Continue in existing conversation — appends to the bound conversation so the AI retains full context history
  • Create new conversation each time — opens a fresh session on each trigger, ideal for independent periodic reports

Other capabilities:

  • Conversation-Bound — Each scheduled task is bound to a conversation, maintaining context and history
  • Automatic Execution — Tasks run automatically at scheduled times, sending messages to the conversation
  • Easy Management — Create, modify, enable/disable, delete, and view scheduled tasks anytime
  • Keep-awake — PanAI automatically prevents system sleep while tasks are active, and detects missed triggers after wake
  • Advanced config — each task can have its own model, workspace directory, and reasoning effort settings

Real-World Examples:

  • Daily weather report generation
  • Weekly sales data aggregation
  • Monthly backup file organization
  • Custom reminder notifications

Preview Panel — Instantly View AI-Generated Results

10+ formats: PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, code, Markdown, images, HTML, Diff — view everything without switching apps.

  • Instant Preview — after the agent generates files, view results immediately without switching apps
  • Real-time Tracking + Editable — automatically tracks file changes; supports live editing of Markdown, code, HTML
  • Multi-Tab Support — open multiple files simultaneously, each in its own tab
  • Version History — view and restore historical versions of files (Git-based)

Preview Panel

🔍 View Complete Format List ▶️

Supported Preview Formats:

  • Documents — PDF, Word (.doc, .docx, .odt), Excel (.xls, .xlsx, .ods, .csv), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .odp)
  • Code — JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, CSS, JSON, XML, YAML, Shell scripts, and 30+ programming languages
  • Markup — Markdown (.md, .markdown), HTML (.html, .htm)
  • Images — PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, SVG, WebP, BMP, ICO, TIFF, AVIF
  • Other — Diff files (.diff, .patch)

Smart File Management — Automated File Operations

Batch renaming, automatic organization, smart classification, file merging — the Cowork agent handles it for you.

Smart File Management

🔍 View File Management Features Details ▶️
  • Auto Organize — Intelligently identify content and auto-classify, keeping folders tidy
  • Efficient Batch — One-click rename, merge files, say goodbye to tedious manual tasks
  • Automated Execution — AI agents can independently execute file operations, read/write files, and complete tasks automatically

Use Cases:

  • Organize messy download folders by file type
  • Batch rename photos with meaningful names
  • Merge multiple documents into one
  • Auto-classify files by content

Excel Data Processing — AI-Powered Analysis

Deeply analyze Excel data, automatically beautify reports, and generate insights — all powered by AI agents.

Excel Processing

🔍 View Excel Processing Features ▶️
  • Smart Analysis — AI analyzes data patterns and generates insights
  • Auto Formatting — Automatically beautify Excel reports with professional styling
  • Data Transformation — Convert, merge, and restructure data with natural language commands
  • Report Generation — Create comprehensive reports from raw data

Use Cases:

  • Analyze sales data and generate monthly reports
  • Clean and format messy Excel files
  • Merge multiple spreadsheets intelligently
  • Create data visualizations and charts

AI Image Generation & Editing

Intelligent image generation, editing, and recognition, powered by Gemini

AI Image Generation

🔍 View Image Generation Features ▶️
  • Text-to-Image — Generate images from natural language descriptions
  • Image Editing — Modify and enhance existing images
  • Image Recognition — Analyze and describe image content
  • Batch Processing — Generate multiple images at once

Image generation model configuration guide


Document Generation — PPT, Word, Markdown

Automatically generate professional documents — presentations, reports, and more — with AI agents.

Document Generation

🔍 View Document Generation Features ▶️
  • PPTX Generator — Create professional presentations from outlines or topics
  • Word Documents — Generate formatted Word documents with proper structure
  • Markdown Files — Create and format Markdown documents for documentation
  • PDF Conversion — Convert between various document formats

Use Cases:

  • Generate quarterly business presentations
  • Create technical documentation
  • Convert PDF to editable formats
  • Auto-format research papers

Personalized Interface Customization

Customize with your own CSS code, make your interface match your preferences

CSS Customization

  • Fully Customizable — Freely customize interface colors, styles, layout through CSS code, create your exclusive experience

Multi-Task Parallel Processing

Open multiple conversations, tasks don't get mixed up, independent memory, double efficiency

Multi-Task Parallel

  • Independent Context — Each conversation maintains its own context and history
  • Parallel Execution — Run multiple tasks simultaneously without interference
  • Smart Management — Easy switching between conversations with visual indicators

🤔 Why Choose PanAI Over Claude Cowork?

Click to see detailed comparison

PanAI is a free and open-source Multi-AI Agent Desktop. Compared to Claude Cowork which only runs on macOS and is locked to Claude, PanAI is its full-model, cross-platform enhanced version.

Dimension Claude Cowork PanAI
OS macOS Only macOS / Windows / Linux
Model Support Claude Only Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Ollama, ...
Interaction Desktop GUI Desktop GUI + WebUI + Telegram / Lark / DingTalk / WeChat
Automation Manual only Cron scheduled tasks — 24/7 unattended
Cost $100/month Free & Open Source

Deep AI Office Scenario Support:

  • File Management: Intelligently organize local folders and batch rename with one click.
  • Data Processing: Deeply analyze and automatically beautify Excel reports.
  • Document Generation: Automatically write and format PPT, Word, and Markdown documents.
  • Instant Preview: Built-in 10+ format preview panels, AI collaboration results instantly visible.

Quick Q&A

Q: Do I need to install Gemini CLI or Claude Code first? A: No. PanAI has a built-in AI agent that works immediately after installation. Just enter any API key to get started. If you also have CLI tools like Claude Code or Gemini CLI installed, PanAI will auto-detect and integrate them for even more capabilities.
Q: What can I do with PanAI? A: PanAI is your private Cowork workspace. The built-in agent can batch organize folders, process Excel data, generate documents, search the web, and generate images. With Multi-Agent Mode, you can also leverage Claude Code, Codex, and other powerful CLI agents through the same interface.
Q: Is it free? A: PanAI is completely free and open source. You only pay for the API usage of whichever provider you choose, and you can use API keys from any provider you prefer.
Q: Can I run PanAI on a server (headless)? A: Yes — PanAI WebUI mode runs as a standalone HTTP server. See the WebUI section above for setup instructions.
Q: Is my data secure? A: All data is stored locally in a SQLite database. Nothing is uploaded to any server.

🚀 Quick Start

System Requirements

  • macOS: 10.15 or higher
  • Windows: Windows 10 or higher
  • Linux: Ubuntu 18.04+ / Debian 10+ / Fedora 32+
  • Memory: 4GB+ recommended
  • Storage: 500MB+ available space

Install

Download Latest Release

Click the button above to go to the Releases page and download the installer for your platform (macOS / Windows / Linux).

# Alternatively, macOS via Homebrew
brew install panai

Get Started in 3 Steps

  1. Install PanAI
  2. Enter any API key to get started
  3. Start Coworking — the built-in AI agent is ready to go

📖 Detailed Guides

📖 Expand to View Complete Usage Guide

🚀 Quick Start

🎯 Use Cases

❓ Support & Help


License

This project is licensed under Apache-2.0.


Acknowledgments

PanAI is an independent open-source project, released under the Apache-2.0 license.

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