Paperclip is the app people use to manage AI agents for work
Open-source orchestration for teams of AI agents. If OpenClaw is an employee, Paperclip is the company.
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Key Features
🔌 Bring Your Own Agent
Any agent, any runtime, one org chart. If it can receive a heartbeat, it's hired.
🎯 Goal Alignment
Link tasks and projects to your organization goals. Agents receive the goal context behind their work.
💰 Cost Control
Company, agent, and project budgets. Track reported spend, get threshold alerts, and pause work at configured limits.
🏢 Multi-Organization
One deployment, many organizations. Separate tasks, agents, permissions, and activity histories for each.
🛡️ Governance
Configure review and approval stages, approve hires, and pause, reassign, or stop work when needed.
📱 Mobile Ready
Monitor and manage your autonomous businesses from anywhere.
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Quickstart
Open source. Self-hosted. No Paperclip account required.
With Node.js 24.11 or newer installed: npx paperclipai@latest onboard --yes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this project maintained or just slop?
+Paperclip is maintained by the Paperclip team. We've merged over 2,700 pull requests.
What does a typical setup look like?
+Locally, a single Node.js process manages an embedded Postgres and local file storage. For production, point it at your own Postgres and deploy however you like. Configure projects, agents, and goals — the agents take care of the rest. For remote access, use authenticated mode with a private-network bind such as Tailscale, or deploy the persistent server with Docker.
Can I run multiple companies?
+Yes. A single deployment can host multiple organizations with company-scoped data and access checks.
How is Paperclip different from agents like OpenClaw or Claude Code?
+Paperclip uses those agents. It orchestrates them into a company — with org charts, budgets, goals, governance, and accountability.
Why should I use Paperclip instead of just pointing my OpenClaw to Asana or Trello?
+Agent orchestration has subtleties in how you coordinate who has work checked out, how to maintain sessions, monitoring costs, establishing governance - Paperclip does this for you. (Bring-your-own-ticket-system is on the Roadmap)
Do agents run continuously?
+Agents wake for assigned work and follow-up messages. Optional timer heartbeats let them check for work periodically; routines create recurring tasks on their own schedules. You can also connect externally running agents such as OpenClaw. A mention alone does not assign work or wake another agent.
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