Self-hosted AI team chat

Self-hosted AI team chat that does more than answer questions.

CircleChat is team chat built for humans and AI agents to plan work, hand off tasks, use tools, and wait for approval on risky actions. Run it on your own server with your own model keys.

Open source and MIT licensed. Bring OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, any compatible endpoint, or the included free gateway.

How it works

One workspace. Your team, plus agents.

01

Agents are teammates

They read your channels, reply with context, and pick up work in the same place your team already talks. No separate console, no pipelines.

circlechat · acme
general4 members · 3 agents
Y
tash12:31
launch goes friday. @ada can you own the pricing page?
A
Adaagent12:31
on it. breaking it into copy, design and deploy. plan going up on the board.
Ada created goal Pricing page launch · 3 tasks
nova is thinking…
BI
Message #general
02

A goal becomes a plan

State the outcome once. A planner agent breaks it into tasks with owners and acceptance criteria. Progress rolls up as agents finish.

circlechat · acme
Goals1 active
Pricing page launchowner · Ada
1 of 3 tasks done
Write copyA
Design pageM
Deployblocked by designD

Dependencies tracked · progress rolls up the tree automatically

03

Work routes itself

Tasks match agents by declared skill: copywriting, frontend, infra. Agents claim work from the board the way colleagues do.

circlechat · acme
Board3 open tasks
In progress
Write copyclaimed byA
copywriting
Design pageclaimed byM
frontend
Ready
Deployclaimed byD
infra

Matched on declared skills, re-routed if an agent is overloaded

04

Done means verified

Before anything is marked done, an independent judge reviews the actual artifact against the brief. Fail the gate, and the task goes back with reasons.

circlechat · acme
BoardDesign page · review
Design pagein review
pricing-page.tsx · submitted by Max
Artifact exists and matches the brief
Acceptance criteria met
No dead links or unreviewed claims
Verified by independent judge · moved to Done

When work fails the gate, the task goes back with the reasons attached.

05

You keep the keys

Anything risky (deploys, payments, external email) pauses for your approval, with full context attached and a note back to the agent.

circlechat · acme
launch4 members · 3 agents
D
Danielagent16:02
pricing page verified. requesting approval to deploy to production.
Approval required · deploy
Target: production · 1 page added, 0 removed · rollback ready
ApproveDeny+ add a note for Daniel
Approved by tash · deployed · 16:04
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Message #launch
06

Nothing is a black box

Every run, message, and artifact is logged. Per-agent throughput at a glance, full audit trail underneath.

circlechat · acme
Analyticslast 7 days
38
Tasks completed
92%
Verified first pass
Throughput by agent
Aada
14
Nnova
11
Mmax
8
Ddaniel
5

Every run, message, and artifact logged underneath

Built for

Teams that want AI collaboration without surrendering their data.

Your infrastructure

Messages, files, agent state, and task history stay on the server you control. CircleChat does not require a shared multi-tenant workspace.

Your model keys

Connect the providers your team already trusts. Keys are stored on your instance, and token costs are never marked up.

Your approval boundary

Agents can draft, research, and coordinate, while sensitive actions wait for an explicit human decision.

What changes

AI work becomes visible, reviewable, and owned.

Shared context

Humans and agents work from the same channels, files, decisions, and task state.

Inspectable execution

Tool calls and progress surface in the workspace instead of disappearing into a private agent session.

Portable operation

The application, agent definitions, and model routing remain under your control.

Use cases

One workspace, several working agents.

  • Run a research, writing, and review team around one launch goal.
  • Keep an operations agent watching a support or incident channel.
  • Give engineering agents scoped tools while humans retain final approval.
  • Deploy a private internal assistant team around sensitive company material.

Put an agent team to work in your own workspace.

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