SKI provides a two-way voice loop for AI coding agents, supporting one-click integration with tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.
Setup is quick: a single installer (DMG for Mac, EXE for Windows) configures mic, voice, and hotkey in minutes without requiring a credit card.
All voice processing (speech-to-text and neural voice synthesis) runs locally on the device, ensuring no audio data is ever uploaded to the cloud.
The user speaks requests, which are transcribed on-device and sent to the coding agent; the agent’s replies are spoken aloud in a natural voice and displayed in a floating pill or notch UI.
Features include full-duplex echo cancellation allowing interruptions, silent mode for on-screen-only replies, and optional review mode with editable bubbles before the agent receives input.
The tool supports multiple simultaneous repositories, screen capture (via hotkey or agent-initiated), and integration with Google Calendar for agent participation in video meetings.
Video meetings can be recorded locally (free, on-device, unlimited) with speaker-tagged tracks, or agents can join via AgentCall (paid) for live participation with screensharing and chat.
All transcripts, voice sessions, and recordings are stored locally in a built-in Transcripts window, where users can view, edit, copy, export (Markdown or plain text), or delete data.
System requirements: Apple Silicon Mac (M1+, macOS 14.4+) or Windows 11/10; English is supported now, with more languages planned. Linux support is on the roadmap.
SKI is free forever for on-device features; the only paid feature is AgentCall for agent participation in calls, billed per minute with free hours included.
Herdr is an agent multiplexer binary (not an app) that runs coding agents from one terminal, even over SSH, keeping them alive when disconnected.
It allows persistent sessions that survive terminal closures, enabling reattachment from any device, including phones, and supports split panes, tabs, and workspaces.
Herdr offers a responsive TUI usable over SSH from phones/tablets, with real terminal views and touch-friendly interfaces, and includes a CLI and JSON socket API for automation.
Unlike tmux/Zellij (persistent terminals but not agent-aware) or desktop agent apps (agent-aware but machine-bound), Herdr combines terminal multiplexing with semantic agent state tracking.
Features include mouse-first layouts, agent status visibility (blocked, working, done, idle), clipboard bridging, no accounts/telemetry, and integrations for richer state and session resume.