Choose your models
Connect an account or provider and switch models for each task. Your workbench is not tied to one model.
General AI tools solve common problems. YourBuddy brings your preferred models, Skills, Plugins, files, and professional workflows into one desktop workbench that grows around the way you work.
YourBuddy 0.3.15 · macOS · Apple Silicon Download and verify
Example task: write a plan in your workspace, then open the file to review it.
Create hello-yourbuddy.md in the current directory with three tasks for this week and an acceptance criterion for each. Tell me where you saved it.
Connect an available account or API and select a practice folder.
Send your request and respond to any approval prompts in the app.
Read the result in the file panel. In a Git repository, you can also review the diff.
Connect an account or provider and switch models for each task. Your workbench is not tied to one model.
Use Skills for repeatable workflows and standards. Use Plugins to add tools, services, and workbench interfaces.
Use files, the editor, terminal, Git, and plugin pages beside the conversation, and inspect the actual result at any time.
Skills teach the workbench your workflows. Plugins add tools, services, and workbench interfaces. YourBuddy provides a useful foundation that each person can extend around their profession and habits.
Read about the included pluginsConnect an existing account for models, search, and image capabilities with less repeated setup.
Use files, the editor, terminal, Git, previews, and plugin pages in the primary workbench beside the conversation.
Inspect context usage, duplicate content, and shadowed skills to help diagnose session issues.
Organize scripts, recordings, subtitles, covers, articles, and publication material around ordinary local project folders.
Explore available extensions and their sources before adding the tools you need.
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Open a familiar folder and choose a model. After the first task, turn repeatable methods into Skills and specialized capabilities into Plugins.