> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.myrmagent.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> What is Myrm and why you should use it.

# Welcome to Myrm

Myrm is an **open-core** AI agent workspace: the WebUI, API server, and Tauri desktop app are open source; the agent harness runtime and SaaS control plane are proprietary. You get persistent per-user sandboxes, cross-session memory, and a GUI-first experience with 100+ LLM models, 28 messaging channels, and three deploy modes — local WebUI, Tauri desktop, or SaaS cloud.

## Why Myrm?

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  <Card title="Persistent Sandbox" icon="server">
    Your environment survives sleep and wake cycles. Installed tools, files, and configs stay with you across sessions.
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  <Card title="Cross-Session Memory" icon="brain">
    8 memory types with [dialectic profiling](/docs/core-concepts/dialectic-profiling) (style, habits, implicit goals) and intelligent forgetting. Agents remember you across sessions — editable in GUI, not a black box.
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  <Card title="GUI-First" icon="display">
    Configure agents, manage skills, monitor tasks, and visualize costs from a modern interface. Zero YAML editing required.
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  <Card title="Multi-Model" icon="microchip">
    100+ models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and local providers. Smart routing picks the optimal model per task.
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  <Card title="Self-Healing" icon="shield-check">
    14-layer error recovery handles model outages, rate limits, and network failures automatically. Agents keep working while you sleep.
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  <Card title="Self-Evolving" icon="dna">
    Agents learn from every interaction. Skills are automatically extracted, tested, and deployed through the evolution engine.
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## Key Capabilities

| Capability                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Goal Management**         | Define objectives with 4D budget control, acceptance criteria, and autonomous execution                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Kanban Board**            | Visual task management with DAG dependencies, priority scheduling, and zombie detection                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Sub-Agent Orchestration** | 6 patterns (Spawn / Chain / Batch / DAG / Verified / Swarm) with zero-trust verification, UI blacklisting, smart budget downgrade, and seamless HITL context injection                                                                                                                                   |
| **Context Engineering**     | 5-layer compression pipeline with reversible archive and 97% prompt cache hit rate                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **28 Channels**             | WeChat, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Email, SMS — interact with your agent from any platform                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **6-Layer Security**        | Defense-in-depth with budget control, permissions, loop detection, PII protection, and audit trails                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Computer Use**            | Desktop automation via native screen control (macOS + Linux)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Web Search + Fetch**      | 7 search engines with BM25/Reranker filtering + 3-tier local fetch with DOM pruning — \$0/month                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Voice Interaction**       | 5 TTS + 5 STT engines with end-to-end encryption                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Artifact Publish & Link** | 16+ previewable formats including interactive spreadsheet viewer (CSV/XLSX with sort, search, export), **multi-target hosting publish** (Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, HTTP Webhook — GUI-only, zero LLM tokens), 7-day read-only share links — multi-file static bundles, deploy preflight, no Git |

## Deployment Options

| Mode              | Description                                    | Cost                   |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| **Local WebUI**   | Browser-based, self-hosted on your machine     | Free (BYOK)            |
| **Tauri Desktop** | Native desktop app with embedded backend       | Free (BYOK)            |
| **SaaS Cloud**    | Managed infrastructure with Work Units billing | Free tier + Paid plans |

All three modes share the same codebase and feature set. Your data and configuration are portable between modes.

## Token Efficiency

Myrm's optimized system prompt uses only **\~1,765 tokens** — 86% less than comparable platforms. With prompt caching, effective cost is reduced by up to **97%**.

## Open vs harness

The **WebUI and API server** are open source. The **agent harness** (tools, memory engine, browser pool) ships as the production runtime inside your sandbox. See [Product Architecture](/docs/getting-started/product-architecture) for the full picture.

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Product Architecture" icon="layer-group" href="/docs/getting-started/product-architecture">
    Frontend, server, harness, and desktop — how they connect.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/docs/getting-started/quickstart">
    Get up and running in under 2 minutes.
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  <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="book" href="/docs/core-concepts/agent-configuration">
    Learn how Myrm agents work.
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  <Card title="Goal Management" icon="bullseye" href="/docs/guides/goal-management">
    Set up autonomous long-running tasks.
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  <Card title="MCP Integration" icon="plug" href="/docs/guides/mcp-integration">
    Connect external tools and services.
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