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Everything AyCode can do

AyCode is a calm desktop workspace for coding agents. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Grok, OpenCode and many more work side by side in one app, and your Obsidian vault becomes the Second Brain behind every answer. These docs walk you through every part of it.

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  1. Start here
  2. All chapters
  3. The ideas behind it

Start here

  1. Download AyCode for macOS (Apple Silicon) or Windows from aycode.ai and open it.
  2. Follow the short tour: connect your notes folder, allow microphone and notifications if you want them, and let AyCode find the agent apps you already have.
  3. Type what should happen into the big field on the start screen, pick a model and press Enter. That is a chat.
Fig. 1 The start screen: pick Code, Work or Design, a project, a model, and say what you want.

The app itself speaks German today. Settings and the main menu are already available in English, the rest follows. These docs name each button the way the app shows it, with the English meaning next to it.

All chapters

  1. Get startedInstall and first start3 minGet AyCode onto your Mac or PC, take the short tour, and bring over what you used before.
  2. WorkingChats and projects3 minEverything in AyCode is a chat inside a project.
  3. Providers, models and permissions2 minAyCode talks to the agent apps you already use.
  4. Second Brain2 minYour Obsidian vault becomes the memory behind every answer.
  5. Changes, diffs and git2 minSee what an agent changes while it works, comment on single lines, ask a second model for a review and commit when you are happy.
  6. AgentsAylinge2 minAylinge are agents with a name, a face and a memory.
  7. More than one model1 minLet two agents work in turns, compare answers from several models, set a standing goal, or ask something on the side without disturbing the agent.
  8. Work, Design and the canvas2 minAyCode is not only for code.
  9. ToolsAyNotes1 minAyNotes records meetings and calls, writes them down on your computer and saves a clean note with decisions and tasks in your vault.
  10. Usage, costs and limits1 minKnow what each agent costs, how close you are to a limit, and let AyCode wait for you when a limit is hit.
  11. On the goiPhone, Apple Watch and Android2 minRead along, answer and approve from your phone or wrist.
  12. AyCode Cloud and team sessions1 minSign in with GitHub to reach your Mac from anywhere, back up chats end-to-end encrypted, and work on one chat together.
  13. ReferenceSettings and appearance2 minEvery setting in one place, searchable with ⌘F.
  14. Keyboard shortcuts1 minAyCode is fast with the keyboard.
  15. Building modules3 minBuild your own extensions for AyCode without AyCode’s source: one folder, one program, clear permissions.
  16. Data, privacy and help2 minWhere AyCode keeps your things, what leaves your computer, and what to do when something does not work.

The ideas behind it

  • One app for your agents. Each provider runs in its own process. A provider that hangs only blocks its own chat, never the window.
  • Your notes are the memory. AyCode reads your vault in the background and hands each message the notes that fit.
  • Silence is not success. If a provider returns nothing, the chat says why, instead of showing an empty answer.
  • You stay in control. Agents ask before risky steps, and nothing leaves your computer that you did not send.