Introduction

InkBot is a free Windows app for building a small team of AI bots. Each bot has a name, a job, its own instructions and the model it runs on, and keeps one ongoing conversation with you. Bots read and write files in a workspace folder, run commands, browse the web, use plugins and hand work to each other, and they ask before doing anything you haven't allowed.

What you can do with it

• Make bots for different jobs. A researcher, a coder, a writer: each with its own model, instructions, plugins and memory. Put several in a group chat and they work together.
• Use the models you already pay for. API keys (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter and more), your plans through their own agent apps (Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, Cursor, OpenCode), or open models InkBot downloads and runs on your own GPU.
• Let bots do real work. Files in the workspace (with a card under each reply showing what changed, and Undo), commands in a real terminal, a built-in browser, and a Linux desktop of their own in Docker.
• Connect your tools. Plugins (MCP servers) such as GitHub, Notion, Stripe or Home Assistant, saved logins for websites, SSH, FTP and databases, and two companion sites: Quill for docs and Blotter for tickets.
• Keep them working without you. Routines on a schedule, webhook triggers, and InkBot Server on a Linux machine so bots keep going while your PC is off.

How it fits together

Piece	What it is
The app	The Windows app you chat in. It runs bots on your PC and connects to your servers.
A host	Where a bot lives and runs: This PC, or one of your InkBot servers. Each host has its own bots, workspace, settings, plugins and keys.
The workspace	A folder on the host where bots read and write files (by default Documents\InkBot).
InkBot Server	The same engine as the app, as a service on Linux, reached over HTTPS.