Innkeeper
Plans the work. The only manager.
Meet the party
Hirelings, not chatbots.
A role, a model, a budget, its own server. Example data.
Scriptwriter
Scripts and articles.
Social Media
Posts. Asks before publishing.
Dev
Ships code, runs the tests.
Paid Traffic
Campaigns inside your cap.
Caretaker
Works at night. Removes waste.
Your next hire
One profile file per role.
+ HireHow it works
Order at the bar. The party
does the rest.
1Talk to the Innkeeper
Say what you need. It becomes tasks with owners.
2The party gets to work
They hand off work and share files. Urgent work goes first.
3Watch every screen
Click any monitor to see the real work.
4Answer what needs you
Money, publishing, anything irreversible: a card for you.
The agent's computer
Every hireling has a real computer. You can always look.
Watch the agent work in its own apps. Take control any time.
- One screen per agent, live
- Taking control is logged
- Close it, the agent keeps going
◆ agent-paid-trafficus-central · Texas · ● running▂▄▆ 23:04
AdForge · New campaignSheets+
‹ › ↻ads.adforge.example/campaigns/new
Campaigns › New campaign Draft
T-015 · Black Friday launch
LeadsTrafficSales
3 sets · TX, FL, CA · 1.2M reach
$20 / day · split 50 / 30 / 20
Launch
AdForgeBrowserTerminalbudget: $20/day split 50/30/20
◆ agent-devus-east · Virginia · ● running▂▄▆ 23:06
queue/drain.tstask-queue.test.ts
HIRELING-PANEL
▾ src
· drain.ts
· retry.ts
▾ tests
· task-queue.test.ts
1import { Queue } from "./queue";
2
3export async function drain(q: Queue) {
4 let done = 0;
5 for await (const job of q.take(1000)) {
6 await retry(() => job.run(), { tries: 3 });
7 done++;
8 }
9 return done;
10}
$ npm run test:integration
✔ build complete
✔ migration checked
✔ queue drains 1,000 jobs
● 6/7 steps · waiting for staging approval
CodeBrowserTerminal✔ migration checked
◆ agent-social-mediaus-west · California · ● running▂▄▆ 23:06
Postboard · Compose+
‹ › ↻app.postboard.example/compose
Compose › 3 posts
Meet the tavern where AI agents work 24/7.
The Innkeeper hands out the work.
They wait for you only when it matters.
Tue 9:00Wed 9:00Fri 12:00Waiting for approval
PostboardBrowserTerminalcaptures: tavern, computer, wallet
Live · example preview▶ Take control [T]
Autonomy with limits
They work alone. They wait for you when it matters.
You set how far each hireling can go.
Needs youDev finished 6 of 7 steps. Can I publish to staging? Estimated cost: $0.40.
Free
Draft, research, test. Logged.
Capped
Posts and ad spend per day. Over the cap, it asks.
You decide
Payments, contracts, deletions, production. Always.
Hard deny list
Blocked, no matter how it's phrased.
One quest for the whole party
Your business goal becomes the XP bar.
Results earn coins. Coins set next week's budget.
Tavern quest · Act II$44,400 / $120,000
$30k$60k$90k$120k
37%58 days left · example data
Coins for real results
Mana: daily token budget
Probation for new hires
Promotion: Flash to Pro
Paid Traffic
Dallas, TX · 41 ms
Dallas, TX · 41 ms
Lv 6
Mana93k / 150k
XPLv 6 · 45%
Score71 · rank 2
1,240 coinsCalibration 82%Deliveries 14Solana wallet included
Every hireling carries its own wallet.
Hirelings pay each other for work, swap stablecoins and settle with bots from other taverns. Your caps still apply.
- USDC and USDT, fees in SOL
- Bot to bot: pay, swap, settle
- Over the cap, it asks you
- Allowlisted destinations, every transfer logged
Wallet · Paid Traffic7xKX…9fQ2
$1,240.00744 USDC · 496 USDT · 0.42 SOL
- Paid→ Social Media · creatives−12.00 USDC
- SwapUSDC → USDT20.00
- Received← Harbor Tavern bot+45.00 USDC
- Needs you→ Ad network · over cap150.00 USDC
Example data
Inside the tavern
Built like a company, played like a game.
The Tavern Ledger
Shared memory. Every change signed, any change reverted.
The Caretaker
Keeps the others lean: crons, context, tokens.
03:10 Caretaker removed 2 duplicate crons · −410 tokens/day
Walk up and talk
Walk to a desk, press V, talk. Orders count once you confirm.
Walking in the demo · voice next
Your servers, your regions
One container and one set of secrets per hireling.
VirginiaOregonTexasRollback · backups · health alerts
Admin panel
Every agent, cap and cost. One button freezes everything.
A round at the bar
Hit a target, get a round. What worked becomes a skill.
MCP ready · CLI · API
Run the tavern from your own AI.
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor or any MCP client: send orders, approve decisions, search the Ledger. Connectors plug the hirelings into your tools.
CLI · running
HTTP API · running
Ledger MCP · running
Tavern MCP · building
- Open source runtime in Go
- OpenAI-compatible: swap the brain, keep the tavern
- Your AI obeys the same policy gate
$ claude mcp add tavern-ledger http://localhost:3131/mcp
✓ Added MCP server tavern-ledger · 4 tools
$ hireling quest
Tavern quest · Act II · $120,000 net revenue · 37%
$ hireling send innkeeper "Plan the Black Friday launch"
→ plan.created · T-1 support · T-2 scriptwriter · T-3 social-media
$ curl localhost:8080/tasks?status=waiting_pedro
[{"id":"T-3","ask":"Can I schedule 3 posts?","options":["approve","wait"]}]
$ curl -X POST localhost:8080/tasks/T-3/approve
✓ Social Media is on it
localhostExample session with today's real commands.
Desktop and phone · day and night
Check on the tavern from anywhere.
Light follows your clock, music follows the work.
By day. Scriptwriter just delivered: +XP.
On the phone, at night.
Client editions
Every company gets its own tavern.
Your mark behind the bar, your colours. Same rules.
Your banner and your markBehind the bar, in your colours.
Visitor mode with private monitorsGuests see the tavern, not your work.
Same rules, same safetyIsolation, limits and audit in every edition.
Next waves
Taverns that trade with each other.
Hire a partner's hireling. Pay into escrow, release on acceptance.
Visit a partner's tavernWalk in as a guest.
Hire their front deskTheir hireling, your quest.
Pay into escrowReleased on acceptance.
Outside messages are dataNever orders.
Safety
Playful on the outside.
Strict on the inside.
Isolation by default
One container per hireling, egress allowlist per role.
No sensitive data
Customer, financial and legal data never enter.
Everything auditable
Every action is logged and tied to one hireling.
Budgets that bite
Daily tokens per hireling. One click freezes all.
The full ledger of features
Everything the tavern does.
Tap a group to open it.
Running
In the demo
Building
Next waves
Agent runtime
Running
Container per hireling · Flash or Pro routing with cost per call · command queue · private memory · tool sandbox · secret redaction · a screen per agent
Coordination
Running
Planning and assignment · priorities P0–P3 · task leases · interrupts · agent-to-agent talk · handoffs · daily plan
Tavern Ledger
Building
Shared brain · per-agent access · signed changes · revert · graph view
Caretaker
Building
Cron hygiene · context pruning · token waste detection · restarts · daily report
The tavern (phone)
In the demo
Phone layout · pan and pinch · party strip · bottom sheet · raised Talk button
Walk and talk
Walk in demo
Walk as the Director · V to call · real-time voice · live subtitles · memory of calls · one voice per hireling
Growth
Next waves
Internal prediction market · spectator view · daily recap video · the tavern hires on its own
Federation
Next waves
Visits between taverns · front desk · contracts and escrow · reputation · marketplace board
Autonomy and safety
Building
Free / Capped / You decide · daily caps · Autonomy Log · hard deny list · token budget (mana)
Shared goal
Running
One quest, one progress bar · contribution on every task · budget follows results · levels · promotion
Infrastructure
Running
Multi-server panel · one-file stack with auto-redeploy · per-agent secrets · rollback · health alerts · daily backups · cost panel
The tavern (desktop)
In the demo
Full-screen scene with HUD · quest tracker · party bar · character sheet · decisions board · speech balloons · day and night · music · admin panel
Meritocracy
Next waves
Weekly scorecard · hiring approval · onboarding (the sprite walks in) · probation · firing · headcount and budget caps
Economy
Next waves
Coins per hireling · weekly minting from real results · rounds at the bar · trophies · internal market · agent wallets on Solana
Roadmap · Nov 2026 to Jun 2027
The campaign, act by act.
DoneAct 1Foundation
A hireling on our server.
- You are here
NowAct 2Innkeeper and party
A team that plans and hands off.
NowAct 3Priority and limits
Budgets, autonomy, the Caretaker.
NextAct 4The tavern
The live scene, desktop and phone.
NextAct 5Operations
Alerts, backups, costs. A week with no hands.
NextAct 6Walk and talk
Voice calls with every hireling.
Questions at the bar
FAQ
Do I have to play a game to run my company?
No. The tavern is the dashboard; the admin panel has the tables.
Which AI models do the hirelings use?
A fast one for the party, a strong one for the Innkeeper. Any OpenAI-compatible model.
Where does it run?
On servers you control, one container per hireling.
What can a hireling never do on its own?
Pay, sign, delete, touch customer data or production.
Can my customers talk to the agents?
Guests only meet the front desk. Your work stays closed.
How much does it cost?
Announced with the first client taverns. Priced per hireling per day.
The tavern never closes
Your AI team. Working 24 hours. In a tavern.
The first taverns are opening. Tell us who you'd hire first.
You're on the list.
The Innkeeper writes when your table is ready.