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Row-Bot Documentation

Row-Bot is a local-first AI workbench for people who want provider-aware models, parent-led agents, durable documents, memory, tools, workflows, design, code help, integrations, and voice in one controllable system. Run it as a desktop application or a private authenticated server; this guide explains installation, Docker deployment, owner access, the main interface, settings, and every explicit external route.

These pages describe Row-Bot 4.9.1, the release represented by this source tree.

Row-Bot desktop workspace showing the Knowledge graph, conversations, tools, workflows, channels, Activity Center, and terminal.
The Knowledge workspace brings Row-Bot's local graph together with conversations, tools, workflows, channels, activity, approvals, and terminal output.

Start Here​

  • Getting Started explains the install path, first launch, and setup choices.
  • Row-Bot Interface tours the sidebar, thread list, Home tabs, Activity Center, Buddy, Settings, and terminal.
  • Chat explains conversations, composer controls, attachments, model selection, approvals, and tool results.
  • Reasoning Controls explains model-specific effort, thinking toggles, token budgets, and provider-default fallback behavior.
  • Settings explains every configuration tab and what each choice changes.
  • Profiles, Goals, And Agents explains reusable roles, bounded goals, parent-led work waves, dependencies, and recovery.
  • Remote Access And Server Mode explains invitations, sessions, Tailscale, LAN, HTTPS proxies, and browser-local voice.
  • Docker And VPS Operations explains the official container, persistent data and secrets, backup, upgrade, and rollback.
  • Computer Use explains the opt-in native desktop tool, setup, live controls, and safety boundaries.

Feature Guides​

  • Workflows for repeatable background work and scheduled agents.
  • Reasoning Controls for choosing the supported reasoning depth of the active model without changing models.
  • Designer Studio for creating pages, slides, mockups, branded assets, and exportable designs.
  • Developer Studio for folders, repositories, code chat, inspectors, commands, and sandbox modes.
  • Knowledge for local memory, durable document ingestion, graph review, and background organization.
  • Computer Use for target-window automation in native Windows and macOS applications.
  • Compact And Native Desktop Layouts for the same owner product across phone-safe and desktop presentations.
  • Remote Access And Server Mode for owner invitations, Tailscale, LAN, SSH, Docker, HTTPS proxies, and remote browser voice.
  • Docker And VPS Operations for the official image, hardened Compose, credentials, backup, upgrade, rollback, and recovery.
  • Monitor for logs, journals, channel state, and background activity.
  • Skills Hub for browsing, enabling, creating, and reviewing skills.
  • Progressive Tools And Skills for automatic external-tool discovery, per-task skill selection, compatibility mode, and safety boundaries.
  • Channels, MCP, and Plugins for integrations.
  • Extend Row-Bot to choose safely between Skills, Custom Tools, plugins, MCP, channels, and accounts.
  • Operations, Data, And Recovery for backups, restore, updates, repair, uninstall, and diagnostic sharing.
  • Voice and Buddy for speech input, Talk, Dictate, read-aloud, and Buddy's native drag-to-undock desktop overlay.

How To Read These Docs​

Each major page explains what the feature is, where to find it, the important controls, a common workflow, what is saved, privacy and safety implications, and troubleshooting. Screenshot captions describe the product UI so you can connect the text to what you see in the app.

References​

Use Reference when you need tables of tools, providers, settings tabs, channels, skills, MCP servers, plugins, storage, or approval behavior. The guided pages should be your first stop; the reference pages are for lookup.