Announcing OpenWorker! An open-source agent that doesn’t just chat with you, but delivers finished work – like hand you a polished document, send a slack message, or update a calendar entry.

Ask it to prepare a customer brief, untangle your calendar, draft a report, or triage a Slack alert. It works across your files and everyday tools, produces the deliverable, and checks in before doing anything consequential.

OpenWorker runs on your Mac, with Windows support coming soon. It does not lock you into any one model. Bring your own API key and run it with GPT 5.6 Sol, Claude Fable, Gemini 3.6, an open weight model (like Kimi, GLM, DeepSeek, Inkling), or Ollama to keep your data local. Your data does not leave your machine except through an LLM provider and integrations that you choose.

@rohitcprasad and I are building OpenWorker because AI coworkers are an important way to get work done, and we want there to be an open, privacy-preserving, model-independent option. Check it out and let us know what you think!

Try it out: http://openworker.com (requires your own API key) Source code: https://github.com/andrewyng/openworker…

OpenWorker — AI that gets your everyday tasks done

Source: https://openworker.com/ Ask for an outcome, not just an answer. OpenWorker works in the tools you use every day — your files, Slack, calendar, and more — and carries tasks through from start to finish: delivering a polished document, sending a Slack message, or updating a calendar entry. It checks in before important actions, so you stay in charge.

100% open sourceBring your own model and API keysLocal-first and privacy-preserving

Northwind renewal prepCoworker · any model

Prep me for the Northwind renewal call.

›7 steps

Assistant

Northwind renewal brief

**Usage doubled in Q2.**Both support issues are resolved; expansion is the strongest renewal angle.

• Lead with adoption and time saved
• Ask about the analytics rollout

▤Northwind renewal briefnorthwind-renewal-brief.htmlOpen ›

↗**Email the follow-up to their CTO?**Leaves this Mac → Email

ApproveNot now

Checkout incident triageCoworker · any model

#checkout-alerts· Jordan Leevia Slack2:14 PM@openworker checkout API is 500ing

›9 steps

Assistant

Likely regression in the 2:02 am deploy

The error spike begins immediately after the payment migration change and matches the runbook’s rollback condition.

• Customer impact: checkout requests
• Rollback path is ready

▤Checkout incident timelinecheckout-incident-timeline.mdOpen ›

↗**Send this report to #checkout-alerts?**Leaves this Mac → Slack

ApproveNot now

Next sprint prioritiesCoworker · any model

What should we prioritize next sprint? Use this week’s feedback.

›6 steps

Assistant

Prioritize onboarding friction

It appears in 21 of 47 feedback notes—more than twice the next theme—and blocks activation before users reach the core workflow.

• Simplify initial setup
• Add an in-product checklist

▧sprint-priorities.md · ready

↗**Share the brief with #product?**External action

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Untangle TuesdayCoworker · any model

My Tuesday is a mess—fix it.

›5 steps

Assistant

Tuesday is untangled

The investor call can stay at 1:30 pm. Everyone needed for the design review is free at 3:00 pm, and the room is open.

• Design review → 3:00 pm
• Reschedule notes drafted

▧reschedule-notes.md · ready

↗**Send the note to all five attendees?**External action

ApproveNot now

Works with what you choose

Your models.Your tools.

Use closed-weight models, open-weight models, or run locally. Connect the everyday tools where your work already happens.

Everyday toolsUse one-click or manual connections

How it works

Ask for the outcome.OpenWorker handles the steps.

OpenWorker brings the model you choose to the tools where your work already lives, carries the task through, and returns the result in chat, in Slack, or as a finished file.

You ask

YOU

“What’s the progress on Monday’s launch?”

OpenWorkerworks on your computer

Any modelcloud · open-weight · fully local

Back to youIn the form you need

Finished outcome

Reply inchatorSlack

1

Choose any model

Use a cloud model, an open-weight provider, or Ollama running fully locally. Switch whenever the task calls for something different.

Cloud · open-weight · local

2

Connect your tools

Choose the tools OpenWorker needs — Slack, email, calendar, files, CRM, and more — with one-click or manual connections.

One-click or manual connection

3

Delegate the outcome

Ask for the brief, report, update, or action you need. OpenWorker does the work and checks in before important actions.

You approve what matters

Out of the box

Ready for real work,not just chat.

OpenWorker comes ready for common kinds of work — with the right tools, working style, and check-ins already set up. Choose a use case and hand off a task.

Sales

Researches accounts, preps every meeting, drafts follow-ups that sound like you.

Works with— HubSpot · Email · Calendar Checks in— before anything is sent

Executive Assistant

Owns the calendar, triages the inbox, and keeps your day on rails.

Works with— Email · Calendar · Slack Checks in— before replying or moving meetings

Marketing

Tracks what’s working — spend, attribution, and the Monday report, without five dashboards.

Works with— HubSpot · GA4 (soon) · Slack Checks in— before anything is published

Ops On-call

Triages alerts, digs through runbooks, drafts the incident notes nobody wants to write.

Works with— Slack · PagerDuty (soon) · GitHub (soon) Checks in— before touching anything live

Works in the background

Starts when work happens.

Set a trigger once. OpenWorker starts the task and checks in before important actions.

Slack mentionTriage the alert

Check the runbook and draft an in-thread response.

Incoming emailPrepare the reply

Gather the answers and hold the draft for review.

Your scheduleDeliver the report

Pull the numbers and finish it before standup.

Is it really free?+Yes — the app is open source. Bring your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or another supported provider, or run a local model with Ollama. You pay your model provider directly and nothing to us.

Where do my passwords and tokens live?+On your device, in the app’s local secret store. The optional cloud account only brokers the OAuth handshake — tokens are handed straight to your machine and never stored in the cloud.

Will it do things without asking me?+Only what you’ve allowed. Anything consequential — sending an email, posting to Slack, running a command — lands as a check-in you approve, in the app or from Slack. You choose how independently it’s allowed to act.

Do I need an account?+No. Everything works while signed out, using API keys and tokens you provide. A free OpenWorker account adds one-click connections to tools such as Slack, where vendor restrictions require OpenWorker to manage the sign-in flow.

Which models can I use?+OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models through your own API keys; open-weight models such as Kimi, GLM, and DeepSeek through supported providers; or local models through Ollama. You can switch models per task, even mid-conversation.

Ready when you are

Your first deliverable is a download away.

Free, open source, and on your machine in under a minute.