a desktop app for getting work done with any model
Berd is an open-source desktop application for working with AI agents through a graphical interface. It is intended for people who want to use different AI models and an integrated Goose backend from a desktop app. The catalogue entries add agent skills, agents, and instructions for working within Berd.
This repository also configures its own agents. See what berd tells them →
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Create, edit, or inspect Berd agents/personas stored as Agent Markdown files with YAML frontmatter under /.agents/agents. Use when user needs to manage Berd agents or personas.
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Help with Berd the desktop app: how-to, troubleshooting, settings, agents, skills, automations, projects, sessions, providers, connections, feedback, or berdctl. Use for app questions, not harness-specific behavior.
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Run a long-lived command outside the current Berd turn and wake the owning session with actionable stdout. Use for builds, tests, reviews, deployments, polling, watchers, and other external waits.
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Coordinate work across Berd sessions while keeping one conversation available to the user. Use for a long-lived orchestration session.
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Create, edit, or inspect Berd skills stored as skill folders with SKILL.md files. Use when the user wants to build a new skill, update an existing skill, convert a workflow into a reusable skill, or decide whether instructions, scripts, references, or assets belong in a skill.
Skill Claude CodeCodex ✓ vendor
Read and hand off Buzz channels or threads in a private agent conversation using the installed Buzz CLI. Use when a user shares a buzz://message URL or Buzz channel UUID, asks to continue Buzz work privately, or explicitly approves a reply back to Buzz.
At most 3 mods per repository are shown here, and a mod shipped inside a plugin is left to that plugin's page — the rest are on their repository pages: