[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":101},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list-en":3},[4,60],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"date":51,"description":52,"extension":53,"meta":54,"navigation":55,"path":56,"seo":57,"stem":58,"__hash__":59},"newsEn\u002Fnews\u002Fopen-source-agent-bridges.md","Open-source bridges for the Agent you already use",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":47},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,28,38,41,44],[11,12,13],"p",{},"DeskFamiliar can now give the same expressive 3D desktop body to the Agent you already use.",[11,15,16],{},"Codex and Claude Code connections ship with DeskFamiliar. When the corresponding Agent is installed and has a local session, choose it in the Agents panel. No adapter code or DeskFamiliar rebuild is required. DeskFamiliar observes local activity and translates thinking, file work, commands, and tool use into character actions. It does not replace the external Agent's chat, tools, approval flow, or permission system.",[11,18,19],{},"The shared bridge behind those connections is agent-neutral, MIT-licensed, and open source. Every integration maps its native events into a small, versioned character-action language, so the desktop shell and the 3D character do not need to know which Agent produced an event.",[11,21,22,23,27],{},"Developers can connect another Agent in either of two ways: contribute an adapter for built-in support, or create a Windows local process plugin. A process plugin is a folder with a ",[24,25,26],"code",{},"manifest.json"," file and any program that writes one JSON object per line to stdout. 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What actually happened in between — the\nfiles read, the commands run, the moments where the agent hesitated — stays\ninvisible.",[11,69,70,71],{},"DeskFamiliar starts from a different idea: ",[72,73,74],"strong",{},"an AI agent with a body should not\nonly answer. It should show what it is doing.",[11,76,77],{},"DeskFamiliar is a 3D desktop AI companion that gives Agent work a visible body.\nHermes Agent powers the complete built-in experience: Hermes is the mind;\nDeskFamiliar is the body. When the Agent reads files, your companion opens a\nbook and studies. When it writes, the character casts a writing spell. When a\nrisky action needs approval, the character looks to you and waits. The whole\nloop — idle, reading, writing, waiting, completed, error — is readable at a\nglance, from across the room.",[11,79,80,81,85],{},"Codex and Claude Code also connect out of the box for local character\nvisualization. Developers can connect other Agents through the MIT-licensed\n",[31,82,84],{"href":33,"rel":83},[35],"open-source bridge",",\nusing an adapter or a Windows local process plugin.",[11,87,88],{},"The first version ships with four familiars: Lumen, an easygoing everyday\ncompanion; Mochi, a round British Shorthair; and two historical minds, Newton\nand Einstein. The base app is free on Steam for Windows 10\u002F11, with a built-in\nAI that only needs your Steam account — a free quota refreshes monthly, and\none-time quota packs are there when you need more.",[11,90,91],{},"DeskFamiliar is an independent project and is not affiliated with Nous Research\nor the official Hermes Agent team. Wishlist us on Steam, and come say hello.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":93},[],"2026-08-15","Why we are giving an AI Agent a body on the desktop — and what the first version does.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fintroducing-deskfamiliar",{"title":62,"description":95},"news\u002Fintroducing-deskfamiliar","ib_RM7ndOxQyZXHU3KJB40oNLBKvlnrqSeM2NcwkI_4",1792037356057]