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Built for macOS. Bring your own AI.

A native macOS app for developers who want to work with their own AI provider accounts. Bring Codex, Claude Code and Grok conversations together with project context and local tools.

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Native macOS app · Your AI accounts · Your local tools

Workbench 0.1.2 · macOS 27 or later · Apple Silicon only · Free for one project

FROM IDEA TO A PLAN YOU CAN BUILDTrailhead · Demo project

Trailhead's four milestones in Workbench, from defining the experience to testing a weekend — One project. A clear sequence of work. Decisions and risks kept with the plan.

01 Shape the idea02 Keep the brief03 Plan the next step

Native macOS appYour AI accountsMilestone planningProject conversationsLocal terminal sessions

A PROJECT TAKING SHAPE

The conversation is
just the beginning.

Follow Trailhead, a demonstration project for a weekend planner. See how an idea becomes a saved brief and a plan for the work ahead.

01 / DISCUSS

Give the idea
a useful first step.

Describe what you want to build. Work with your agent to narrow the scope and turn the conversation into something concrete.

In this example: a weekend-planner idea becomes a saved product brief.

Codex responding to the Trailhead request with a saved product brief attachment — A request, a clear response and a document to work from.

02 / REFINE

Keep the thinking
close to the work.

Open the brief in your project. Refine who it is for, what the first version includes and what success should look like.

In this example: three core flows, a deliberately small scope and a prototype as the next step.

Trailhead product brief in Workbench's file editor, describing its audience and first version — The brief lives in the project's docs folder, ready to revisit and refine.

03 / PLAN

Make the path
to delivery visible.

Break the work into milestones. Keep requirements, decisions and risks with the plan so the next conversation has a clear starting point.

In this example: define the experience, prototype the flow, build the essentials, then test a weekend.

Trailhead roadmap in Workbench with four milestones, progress, decisions and risks — A saved roadmap you and your agents can read and update.

Then build, inspect the changes and check the result against your criteria.

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LOCAL BY DESIGN

Your conversations and tools.
Together on your Mac.

Workbench gives each project a dedicated conversation interface for Codex, Claude Code and Grok, alongside your terminal sessions, project intent and supporting material.

Workbench stores project and session data on your Mac. AI requests go to your provider through its command-line tool, using your own account. See provider setup and billing details.

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WORKBENCH ONYOUR MAC~/your-repositoryCodexJupyterClaude
CodeGrokGitShell

YOUR AI, YOUR CONTEXTYour provider
accountAgent conversation
interfaceLocal project
contextYour plan
& usageYour agent
choiceMilestone
planning

Local Workbench data · AI requests go to your provider.
Git and Jupyter are examples of tools you can run locally.

THINKING IN PUBLIC