MindOS

Human Thinks Here, Agents Act There.

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MindOS is where you think, and where your AI agents act — a local-first knowledge base shared between you and every AI you use. Share your brain with every AI — every thought grows.

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Home — Knowledge base overview	AI Agent — Proactively understand intent and execute tasks from your knowledge
Agents — Manage all connected AI agents	Echo — Reflect and distill cognitive growth

[!IMPORTANT] ⭐ One-click install: Send this to your Agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to set up everything automatically:

Help me install MindOS from https://github.com/GeminiLight/MindOS with MCP and Skills. Use English template.

✨ Try it now: After installation, give these a try:

Here's my resume, read it and organize my info into MindOS.

Help me distill the experience from this conversation into MindOS as a reusable SOP.

Help me execute the XXX SOP from MindOS.

📢 What's New

Date	Update
2025-04	Web Clipper — Browser extension to clip any web page to your MindOS Inbox with one click. Get it →
2025-04	PDF & Image Import — Drag PDFs and images into MindOS, auto-converted to searchable Markdown.
2025-03	Desktop App — Native macOS / Windows / Linux app with auto-update and system tray.
2025-03	A2A Protocol — Agent-to-Agent communication: discovery, delegation, and orchestration.

🧠 Human-AI Shared Mind

You shape AI through thinking, AI empowers you through execution. Human and AI, growing together in one shared brain.

1. Global Sync — Breaking Memory Silos

Switch tools or start a new chat and you're re-transporting context, scattering knowledge. With a built-in MCP server, MindOS connects all Agents to your core knowledge base with zero config. Record profile and project memory once to empower all AI tools.

2. Transparent & Controllable — No Black Boxes

Agent memory locked in black boxes makes reasoning unauditable, erasing trust as hallucinations compound. MindOS saves every retrieval, reflection & action as local plain text. You hold absolute mind-correction rights with a full GUI to recalibrate Agents anytime.

3. Symbiotic Evolution — Experience Flows Back As Instructions

You express preferences but the next chat starts from zero, leaving your thinking useless for AI. MindOS auto-distills every thought into your knowledge base. Clarify your standards through interaction and sharpen your cognition with each iteration—AI will never repeat the same mistake.

Foundation: Local-first by default — all data stays in local plain text for privacy, ownership, and speed.

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🚀 Getting Started

[!IMPORTANT] Quick Start with Agent: Paste this prompt into any MCP-capable Agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to install automatically, then skip to Step 3:

Help me install MindOS from https://github.com/GeminiLight/MindOS with MCP and Skills. Use English template.

Already have a knowledge base? Skip to Step 4 to configure MCP + Skills.

1. Install

Option A: Desktop App (macOS / Windows / Linux)

Download from the official website or GitHub Releases — double-click to install, no terminal needed.

Option B: npm

npm install -g @geminilight/mindos@latest

Option C: Clone from source

git clone https://github.com/GeminiLight/MindOS
cd MindOS
npm install
npm link   # registers the `mindos` command globally

2. Interactive Setup

mindos onboard

The setup wizard guides you through knowledge base path, template, ports, auth, AI provider, and start mode — all with sensible defaults. Config is saved to ~/.mindos/config.json. See docs/en/configuration.md for all fields.

[!TIP] Choose "Background service" during onboard for auto-start on boot. Run mindos update anytime to upgrade.

Open the Web UI in your browser:

mindos open

3. Inject Your Personal Mind with MindOS Agent

1. Open the built-in MindOS Agent chat panel in the GUI.
2. Upload your resume or any personal/project material.
3. Send this prompt: Help me sync this information into my MindOS knowledge base.

4. Make Any Agent Ready (MCP + Skills)

MCP (connection) — one command to auto-install:

mindos mcp install        # interactive
mindos mcp install -g -y  # one-shot, global scope

Skills (workflow) — install one based on your language:

npx skills add https://github.com/GeminiLight/MindOS --skill mindos -g -y      # English
npx skills add https://github.com/GeminiLight/MindOS --skill mindos-zh -g -y   # Chinese

For remote access, manual JSON config, and common pitfalls, see docs/en/supported-agents.md.

5. Capture from Anywhere

MindOS knowledge doesn't have to start from scratch — bring in what you already have:

• Drag & Drop: drop files (PDF, images, Markdown, CSV) into the MindOS GUI — AI auto-organizes them into the right folders.
• Web Clipper: install the browser extension to save any web page to your Inbox with one click. Ctrl+Shift+M or right-click → "Save to MindOS".
• Agent Import: tell any connected Agent to read a document and sync it into your knowledge base.

✨ Features

For Humans

• GUI Workbench: browse, edit, search notes with unified search + AI entry (⌘K / ⌘/), designed for human-AI co-creation.
• Built-in Agent Assistant: converse with the knowledge base in context; edits seamlessly capture human-curated knowledge.
• One-Click Import: drag-and-drop files with Inline AI Organize — auto-analyzes, categorizes, and writes into the knowledge base with progress tracking and undo support.
• Guided Onboarding: step-by-step first-run experience that helps new users set up their knowledge base and connect their first Agent.
• Plugin Extensions: multiple built-in renderer plugins — TODO Board, CSV Views, Wiki Graph, Timeline, Workflow Editor, Agent Inspector, and more.
• Web Clipper: browser extension to clip any web page as clean Markdown — one click, saves to Inbox for later AI-powered organizing. Install →

For Agents

• MCP Server + Skills: stdio + HTTP dual transport, full-lineup Agent compatible (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, etc.). Zero-config access.
• ACP / A2A Protocols: Agent Communication Protocol for inter-agent discovery, delegation, and orchestration. Phase 1 live with Agent Card discovery + JSON-RPC messaging.
• Workflow Orchestration: YAML-based workflow editor with step execution engine — define, edit, and run multi-step agent workflows visually.
• Structured Templates: pre-set directory structures for Profiles, Workflows, Configurations, etc., to jumpstart personal context.
• Agent-Ready Docs: everyday notes naturally double as high-quality executable Agent commands — no format conversion needed, write and dispatch.

Infrastructure

• Security: Bearer Token auth, path sandboxing, INSTRUCTION.md write-protection, atomic writes.
• Knowledge Graph: dynamically parses and visualizes inter-file references and dependencies.
• Backlinks View: displays all files that reference the current file, helping you understand how a note fits into the knowledge network.
• Agent Inspector: renders Agent operation logs as a filterable timeline to audit every tool call in detail.
• Git Time Machine: Git auto-sync (commit/push/pull), records every edit by both humans and Agents. One-click rollback, cross-device sync.
• Desktop App: native macOS/Windows/Linux app with system tray, auto-start, and local process management.

Coming Soon

• Deep RAG integration: retrieval-augmented generation grounded in your knowledge base for more accurate, context-aware AI responses
• ACP / A2A Phase 2: deep multi-agent collaboration with task delegation, shared context, and workflow chaining
• Experience Compiler: auto-extract corrections and preferences from agent interactions into reusable Skills/SOPs
• Knowledge Health Dashboard: visualize cognitive compound metrics — rules accumulated, agent reuse count, knowledge freshness

⚙️ How It Works

graph LR
    H["👤 Human<br/><sub>thinks · reviews · evolves</sub>"]
    M[("📚 MindOS")]
    A["🤖 Agent<br/><sub>executes · retrospects · extracts SOPs</sub>"]
    EXT["🌐 All Agents"]

    H -- "ideas & feedback" --> M
    M -- "context & insights" --> H
    M -- "instructions & context" --> A
    A -- "results & SOPs" --> M
    M -. "via MCP" .-> EXT

    style H fill:#f59e0b,stroke:#d97706,color:#fff,stroke-width:2px
    style M fill:#10b981,stroke:#059669,color:#fff,stroke-width:2px
    style A fill:#6366f1,stroke:#4f46e5,color:#fff,stroke-width:2px
    style EXT fill:#64748b,stroke:#475569,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray:5 5

Both sides evolve. Humans gain new insights from accumulated knowledge; Agents extract SOPs and get smarter. MindOS sits at the center — the shared second brain that grows with every interaction.

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🤝 Supported Agents

Full list with MCP config paths and manual setup: docs/en/supported-agents.md

Agent	MCP	Skills
OpenClaw	✅	✅
Claude Code	✅	✅
Cursor	✅	✅
Codex	✅	✅
Gemini CLI	✅	✅
GitHub Copilot	✅	✅
Trae	✅	✅
CodeBuddy	✅	✅
Qoder	✅	✅
Cline	✅	✅
Windsurf	✅	✅

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📁 Project Structure

MindOS/
├── app/              # Next.js 16 Frontend — Browse, edit, and interact with AI
├── mcp/              # MCP Server — HTTP adapter that maps tools to App API
├── skills/           # MindOS Skills (`mindos`, `mindos-zh`) — Workflow guides for Agents
├── templates/        # Preset templates (`en/`, `zh/`, `empty/`) — copied to knowledge base on onboard
├── bin/              # CLI (`mindos start`, `mindos file`, `mindos ask`, `mindos agent`, etc.)
├── scripts/          # Setup wizard and helper scripts
└── README.md

~/.mindos/            # User data directory (outside project, never committed)
├── config.json       # All configuration (AI keys, port, auth token, sync settings)
├── sync-state.json   # Sync state (last sync time, conflicts)
└── mind/             # Your private knowledge base (default: ~/MindOS/mind, customizable on onboard)

⌨️ CLI Commands

Full command reference: docs/en/cli-commands.md

Command	Description
Core
mindos onboard	Interactive setup (config, template, start mode)
mindos start	Start app + MCP server (foreground)
mindos start --daemon	Start as background OS service
mindos stop / restart	Stop or restart running processes
mindos dev	Start in dev mode
mindos build	Build for production
mindos status	Show service status overview
mindos open	Open Web UI in browser
Knowledge
mindos file <sub>	File operations (list, read, create, delete, search)
mindos space <sub>	Space management (list, create, info)
mindos search "<query>"	Search knowledge base
mindos ask "<question>"	Ask AI using your knowledge base
mindos agent <sub>	AI Agent management (list, info)
mindos api <METHOD> <path>	Raw API passthrough for developers/agents
MCP & Config
mindos mcp install	Auto-install MCP config into your Agent
mindos token	Show auth token and MCP config
mindos config <sub>	View/update config (show, set, validate)
mindos sync	Show sync status (init, now, conflicts, on/off)
mindos gateway <sub>	Manage background service (install, start, stop)
mindos doctor	Health check
mindos update	Update to latest version

Main keyboard shortcuts: ⌘K Search · ⌘/ AI Assistant · E Edit · ⌘S Save · Esc Close — see docs/en/cli-commands.md for full list.

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💬 Community

Join our WeChat group for early access, feedback, and AI workflow discussions:

Scan the QR code or add WeChat wtfly2018 to be invited.

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👥 Contributors

🙏 Acknowledgements

This project has been published on the LINUX DO community, and we deeply appreciate the community's support and feedback.

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📄 License

MIT © GeminiLight