Open Source CLI · Apache 2.0

Built to cut.
Not to chat.

You didn't sign up to babysit an AI. Define your agents in TOML, pipe data through them, chain them together. Axe does the work and gets out of the way.

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$ axe run summarize < meeting-notes.txt
Running agent: summarize
Provider: anthropic/claude-3-5-haiku
 
Three action items identified. Budget approval needed by Friday.
Engineering blocked on auth scope — escalate to product.
Next sync: Tuesday 10am.
 
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You have AI tools. They created a new job.

Every time you need something done, you open a chat window, type a prompt, babysit the response, and repeat it again tomorrow.

That's not automation. That's delegation theater — the appearance of AI productivity with none of the actual leverage.

Real automation is silent and repeatable. It runs from cron. It wires into git hooks. It reads stdin and writes stdout. It doesn't need you in the loop.

How it works

01 — DEFINE

Write a TOML config

Drop an agent config in ~/.config/axe/agents/. Name it, give it a model, point it at a SKILL.md. That's your agent.

02 — BRING YOUR KEY

Use any provider

Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Gemini — set your API key as an env var. Axe uses the models.dev format. Zero vendor lock-in.

03 — RUN

Pipe it. Schedule it. Chain it.

axe run <agent> accepts stdin, writes stdout. Wire it into cron, git hooks, entr, or CI. Chain agents with pipes.

Why getaxe.dev

No infra to manage

Agents run in isolated containers, spun up and destroyed automatically. You bring the agent config; we handle the execution environment.

Memory that persists

Append-only memory survives between runs. Editable from the dashboard. Agents accumulate context without bloating every prompt.

Full run history

Start time, end time, status, tokens consumed — every run logged and auditable. Know exactly what ran, when, and at what cost.

Your configs, versioned

TOML and SKILL.md files stored with full version history. Pin a specific version. Roll back when something breaks. Your agents are code.

Team access controls Coming Soon

Role-based permissions across agent configs, skills, and remote execution. Share agents with the team without sharing your API keys.

Cost tracking built in

Per-agent token usage and estimated cost on every run. No surprises on the model API bill. Bundled in all paid tiers.

The CLI is Apache 2.0. Free forever.

Run it yourself, embed it, fork it — no license friction. The open source CLI is the full tool for solo developers. getaxe.dev is the hosted layer for teams who want to stop managing infrastructure.

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