remedy-ai 0.16.0

Self-improving multi-channel software coding agent framework (memory, learning, tools) — not a medical product

Remedy

Your personal AI partner — on your machine.

Knowledge, design, code, and get-it-done work. One continuous partner — not a thin chat wrapper, not a farm of bots.
Not a medical product; the name means unsticking problems and finishing requests.

Download latest for Windows · Owner’s manual (GitHub) · F1 in-app

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Contents

1. What you get — product at a glance
2. Why it’s different — local continuity
3. Workspace on your PC — files, terminal, browser, scratch
4. Local brain (Qwen) — vision + efficiency without a second persona
5. Continuity workers — silent nano swarm
6. Messengers — chat where you already are
7. Skills & Library
8. Memory & long work
9. Install
10. Security
11. Slash commands
12. Architecture
13. CLI & API
14. Development
15. Support · License

Owner’s manual (hosted on GitHub)

GitHub renders the full Help wiki as markdown (same chapters as in-app F1):

Start here	Overview
All chapters	docs/manual/ · chapter index
Continuity	How Remedy works
Local Qwen	Vision & on-device Qwen
Chat & rails	Chat & sessions
Skills	Skills
What’s new	What’s new

Also: CHANGELOG.md · AGENTS.md

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What you get

One desktop app. One local API. Your data under ~/.remedy.

	Capability
Chat partner	Streaming markdown, Plan/Build, attachments, image markup, stick-to-bottom feed
Workspace	Files · Terminal (PowerShell) · Browser (embedded WebView2) · Scratch pad — rails beside chat
Local brain	Qwen2.5-VL 3B on this PC — visual decoder + harness assist (optional download)
Continuity	Session Brief, memory, skills, context budget — silent workers, one voice
Messengers	Telegram, Discord, Slack, Mattermost, Matrix, WhatsApp, Teams, Google Chat, Signal (Settings)
Skills	Learn from real work · Installed | Library · signed community catalog
Memory	Durable facts · Progress snapshots · plans — calm UI, not scare-logs
Agency	file_edit, repo search, missions, approvals (Ask default / Auto when you want)
Web UI	Same SPA at http://127.0.0.1:7400/ (Switch to WebUI → tray)
Updates	Minisign-signed auto-update from GitHub Releases

Your chat model is yours: xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama, or Custom. Continuity and local Qwen live on disk, not in a Remedy cloud.

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Why it’s different

You  →  Continuity (brief · memory · skills · budget · local Qwen)  →  Your model  →  Tools
              ↑________________ learn / compress / remember ________________|

You feel	What’s actually happening
Fast	Hot path stays cheap; heavy work is background
Cheaper	Less tool sludge re-sent; Qwen where it saves paid calls
Same partner	Switch providers anytime — identity is local

Deep dive: Continuity philosophy · In-app F1.

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Workspace on your PC

Remedy is a workbench, not only a chat box. Icon rails open real tools next to the conversation:

Tool	What it is
Files	Project / session file browser — open, copy path, drag into chat
Terminal	In-app PowerShell (ConPTY) — same machine the agent can work on
Browser	Embedded WebView2 (Chromium) research pane; ↗ opens system browser when you need full Chrome
Scratch	Quick notes pad bound to the session

Left · chat · right layout; popout / fullscreen for Terminal, Browser, Scratch.
Manual: Chat & sessions · Desktop notes

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Local brain (Qwen)

On-device efficiency — not a second chatbot.

Job	Local Qwen2.5-VL 3B
Visual decoder	Images → structured text briefs so any chat model can reason about screenshots
Prefer-local vision	Decode here first; save provider vision tokens when you want
Harness assist	Session Brief can refresh in the background without another paid API call
Continuity assist	Optional nano refine when the server is already up (never blocks the hot path)

How it ships: not in the installer → one first-run download → ~/.remedy/vision/ → llama-server on 127.0.0.1 → auto-starts with Remedy. CPU by default; CUDA when NVIDIA is available.

Manual: Local vision & on-device Qwen

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Continuity workers

Silent local workers (sometimes called the nano swarm in code). They measure, prune, rank, and distill. They do not take the microphone.

Worker	Job
Token	Context fill, compress nudge, usage calibration
Router	Intent → policy (memory / skill / plan / tool / chat)
Memory	Session Brief touch
Pattern	Tool sequences, stuck signals, learn pre-gate
Skill	Ranking and feedback for procedures

Heuristics first; local Qwen only when already running and useful.
Operators: Continuity workers · /harness

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Messengers

Talk to Remedy where you already chat. Sessions show up in the desktop list (e.g. TG · …) with shared history.

Platform	Status (catalog)
Telegram	Ready — long-poll bot (allowlist recommended)
Discord · Slack · Mattermost · Matrix	Ready adapters
WhatsApp · Teams · Google Chat · Signal	Partial (webhooks / signal-cli / setup-dependent)

Configure under Settings → Messengers. Empty allowlist = ignore inbound (unless you allow all).
Security defaults stay local-first: no public doorway by accident.

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Skills & Library

Path	Meaning
Learn from work	Multi-step success → probation skills → promote over sessions
Installed	Bundled + learned + trusted library packs on this machine
Library	Signed community catalog (remedy-skills) — install → quarantine → Trust

Format: agentskills.io · Lifecycle: SKILL_LIFECYCLE.md · Manual: Skills

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Memory & long work

• Durable memory — SQLite + FTS5, profile, handoffs
• Memory Harness — lean send-view for the model; full transcript kept
• Progress — mid-task snapshots (calm wording: progress, not “the app crashed”)
• Plans — Plan mode outlines; Build executes with approvals
• Time travel — restore chat (+ best-effort files) to an earlier step

/compact · /harness · Memory manual

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Install

1. Download the latest Windows installer
2. Run Setup → provider + optional workspace + optional local vision
3. F1 Help · /help commands

SmartScreen? Solo builds are not Authenticode-signed yet — More info → Run anyway. Install only from this repo’s Releases. Updates are minisign-verified. Autostart = Startup folder (not registry Run).

Local API: 127.0.0.1:7400 (sidecar).

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Security

Maximum capability for you. No accidental LAN doorway.

Layer	Default
API	Loopback + Bearer token
CORS	No wildcard while auth is on
Secrets	~/.remedy/auth/ (DPAPI on Windows when available)
Scope	Project / home / full machine (opt-in)
Approvals	Ask default
Skills	Quarantine until Trust
Messengers	Allowlist-first

No Remedy cloud account for core use. Chat goes to your provider (or local Ollama).
Security & data

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Slash commands

/help · /new · /sessions · /models · /thinking	Session & UI
/memory · /remember · /forget · /pin · /whoami	Memory
/goals · /goal · /plans · /plan …	Plans
/compact · /harness	Harness
/approve · /deny	Approvals
/export · /import · /import-session	I/O
/skills · /handoff · /init · /helper · /tip	Skills & tips

Full list: Commands

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Architecture

┌─ Desktop (Tauri 2) ─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  React SPA · tray · updates · Files/Terminal/Browser   │
│              │                                           │
│  remedy serve · FastAPI :7400                            │
│    gateway · core · memory · skills · vision (Qwen)      │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
     CLI · WebUI · Telegram · Discord · Slack · …

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CLI & API

# Package name on PyPI is remedy-ai
pip install remedy-ai

remedy chat
remedy serve --host 127.0.0.1 --port 7400 --skip-setup
# Web UI http://127.0.0.1:7400/  ·  /docs  ·  /dashboard

WebUI is the same SPA as desktop (desktop/dist). After UI changes:
cd desktop && npm run build, then restart serve if needed — see AGENTS.md (Desktop SPA vs WebUI).

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Development

git clone https://github.com/AhmiDarrow/RemedyAI.git && cd RemedyAI
uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest -q          # 560+ tests; currently ~870
cd desktop && npm test && npm run build
python scripts/check_docs.py
cd desktop && npm run tauri:dev   # full shell (set REMEDY_DEV_ROOT to repo)

Release: python scripts/sync_version.py X.Y.Z · python scripts/sync_help_manual.py · python scripts/check_docs.py · tag vX.Y.Z · GitHub Actions.
Signing: AGENTS.md · WINDOWS_SIGNING.md

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Support

patreon.com/cw/AhmiDarrow — thank you.

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License

Source-available — LICENSE · COMMERCIAL.md

Who	Terms
Solo / small indies (< $1M revenue and < 20 FTE)	Free under LICENSE
Personal / education / research	Free
Larger orgs, SaaS, commercial resale	Written license — [e-mail]

Copyright © 2025–2026 Ahmi Darrow.

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My name is Ahmi, I hope you enjoy my Remedy.