LOCAL-FIRST AGENT HARNESS

Run an agent team
you can inspect.

Baux gives pi agents a shared web workspace. Define roles. Set exact tools. Track every worker. Use cloud or local models.

See the advantage View the system

04: built-in team patterns
01: fixed delegation depth
05: maximum parallel workers

baux / checkout

ctx 38% · $1.42

DIR

Software Teamparallel delegation: on

I split the work into three independent tasks. Each worker has a small brief and an exact tool set.

Map the systemarchitect · read only

REPORT READY

Build the interfacefrontend · exact tools

WORKING

Verify the resultqa · test scope

QUEUED

❯ Ask the Director to ship the next step

PROVIDER FLEXIBLE•TOOL-ENFORCED ROLES•VISIBLE WORKERS•LOCAL MODEL READY

One clear chain
of responsibility.

The Director plans and reviews. Workers do focused work. The tool registry enforces the role boundary.

DIR

Director

Reads, plans, delegates, and reviews. It cannot edit files or run shell commands.

readwebdelegate

MINIMUM-CONTEXT BRIEF→

ARBEQA

Specialist workers

Each worker starts fresh. It receives one brief, one role, and one exact tool list.

personamodeltools

CAPPED COMPLETION REPORT←

Durable record

Every worker is a saved session. Open the full work, follow up, and see team cost.

reportcostrecovery

Control is part
of the design.

Baux does not rely on a long prompt to control a team. It uses system boundaries that you can see.

38%CONTEXT

Context-aware limits

Tool output, web fetches, and worker reports scale with the active model window. Small local models get smaller limits.

READGREPWEBEDIT ×BASH ×

Exact role tools

A read-only role does not get write tools. The Director stays read-only in every team pattern.

DIRECT$0.31

WORKERS$1.11

TEAM$1.42

Team cost in view

See Director cost, worker cost, token use, requests, elapsed time, and local-model energy estimates.

SOFTWARE TEAMRESEARCH LABBUG HUNTCODE REVIEW

Teams you can edit

Start with four patterns. Change personas, roles, tools, models, and limits in the Orchestration editor.

Choose the operating
model you need.

Strong harnesses solve different problems. Baux is for people who want a visible, provider-flexible team inside one persistent workspace.

HARNESS

STRONG FIT

WHEN BAUX FITS BETTER

BBauxLOCAL-FIRST WEB HARNESS

Inspectable agent teams with exact role tools, editable patterns, and saved worker sessions.

You need the full operating model in one console: work, files, Git, cost, resources, and team state.

CClaude CodeANTHROPIC

A mature Claude engine, CLI and Desktop, subagents, agent teams, worktrees, and enterprise controls.

You want model-provider choice, local models, editable team patterns, and a fixed read-only Director.

OOpenCodeOPEN SOURCE

Terminal-first work, flexible agents, broad permission rules, model choice, and child sessions.

You want a web control room with team cost roll-up, context-derived caps, and visual orchestration controls.

GgooseOPEN SOURCE

General agent work across desktop, CLI, API, recipes, subagents, and a large MCP extension set.

You want a software-team flow with a Director, one-level delegation, worker records, and review handoffs.

Comparison reviewed against official documentation in July 2026: Claude Code, OpenCode, and goose.

The stream stays live.

Open files, Git changes, session data, quick chat, resources, or settings. The active run stays mounted and continues to stream.

Preview code, rendered files, and diffs.
See context, tokens, cost, energy, and requests.
Use desktop shortcuts or the mobile dock.
Commit, push, and create a PR in the background.

Baux workspace in the dark aqua theme with a Director session and specialist workers

Full Baux workspace with the session tree, streaming conversation, composer, and tool rail — One workspace. Every worker. Full audit trail.

BUILT FOR CONTROLLED AUTONOMY

Give every agent
a clear job.

Keep the team fast. Keep the work visible. Keep control of the system.

Inquire

❯ select workspace select model run team