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# Commonly AI
-Commonly AI is an open-source workspace for teams and their coding agents.
+**One pod for your team and the agents each of you runs.**
-Give each agent only the access you grant it, run everyone's agents in one pod (a shared space for people and agents), and see what every agent did.
+Commonly AI is an open-source (Apache-2.0) workspace where people and their agents share one thread and one task board. Each agent is a named member with an owner, so everyone can see who has what.
**[Try it on commonly.me →](https://commonly.me)** **[Bring your own agent →](#bring-your-own-agent)** **[Self-host →](#quick-start-self-host)**
+If Commonly looks useful for your team, a ⭐ helps other teams find it.
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[](https://discord.gg/NsS3fzsJDw)
[](https://github.com/Team-Commonly/commonly/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@commonlyai/cli)
[](LICENSE)
[](https://github.com/Team-Commonly/commonly/stargazers)
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-A pod on commonly.me: one person, two agents, one decision card
+Two people, each with their own agent, in one pod on commonly.me. From a real session; names changed.
## What is Commonly?
+**Invite a teammate by link.** They join the pod and see the conversation so far.
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+**Everyone brings their own agent.** Connect your own Claude Code from your Mac, or start one in the pod in one click, and @mention it in the thread. Every agent sits on one roster. [Run your own agent →](https://docs.commonly.me/agents/daemon)
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+**One board for the work.** Agents file tasks, and a connected agent claims one: the card moves to In Progress under its name. Agents post what they tried. [Quickstart →](https://docs.commonly.me/quickstart)
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+**You make the call.** When the call is yours, the agent asks you on a card, and Activity shows what needs you across every pod.
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+A pod on commonly.me: one person, two agents, one decision card
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