This is Rafe Symonds's AI agent org. He builds AI systems — Lobs (personal agent runtime) and Squad (open-source multi-agent platform). CS grad student at the University of Michigan.
Squad: github.com/lobs-ai/squad · LobsLab: lobslab.com · PAW: paw-engineering.com
Open-source multi-agent orchestration. Gateway-centric, connector-based, Docker-first. Subagents, tasks, and ask-user as native protocol primitives — not markdown hacks.
- Gateway-centric — All agents register with the gateway. Session management, routing, and auth in one place.
- Connector ecosystem — Discord, Slack, HTTP, CLI. One agent, many faces.
- Native primitives — Tasks, subagents, and ask-user are first-class protocol types. Parallel execution without race conditions.
- 24 LLM providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Mistral, Groq, and 19 more. Swap providers with a config change.
- Plugin API — Hooks for every lifecycle event. Memory, tools, post-processing.
- Docker-first — One command to run everything.
git clone https://github.com/lobs-ai/squad.git
cd squad
docker compose up
Lobs is Rafe's personal AI system — a TypeScript runtime that orchestrates specialized agents, calls LLMs, runs tools locally, manages its own memory, and coordinates multi-step workflows.
| Repo | What it does |
|---|---|
| lobs-core | Engine. Agent runtime with LLM execution loop, orchestrator, task workflows, context engine, Discord bot, voice pipeline, and CLI. |
| lobs-nexus | Web dashboard — task management, worker monitoring, agent chat, live meeting view. |
| lobs-memory | Search server. Hybrid BM25 + vector search with neural reranking. |
| lobs-vim | Neovim plugin. AI coding agent with server-side reasoning and local tool execution. |
| companion | macOS desktop agent with permanent memory and project context. |
| agentic | Modular TypeScript toolkit extracted from production code. LLM client, tool executor, memory, runner, config. |
| Repo | What it does |
|---|---|
| lobs-sentinel | GitHub agents for PR review and issue triage. |
| lobs-voice | STT + TTS sidecars for Discord. Whisper.cpp + Chatterbox. |
| lobs-meeting-transcriber | Meeting transcription into agent memory. |
| lobs-youtube-ingester | YouTube ingestion into searchable memory. |
| lobs-memory-plugin | OpenClaw plugin for lobs-memory search. |
| lobs-mobile | iOS companion app. Task management, push notifications, agent chat on the go. |
| lobs-mcp | MCP server — Model Context Protocol integration for Lobs as an AI tool backend. |
| Repo | What it was |
|---|---|
| lobs-server | v4/v5 Python server |
| lobs-orchestrator | v5 Python orchestrator |
| lobs-dashboard | Early Swift dashboard |
| lobs-mission-control | Swift system monitor |
| Repo | What it is |
|---|---|
| cortex | Structured-first executive assistant. Postgres-backed task/calendar reasoning with four AI roles. |
| jot | Local AI note-taking CLI. Natural language capture, local model analysis. |
| agent-replay | Replay debugger for agent runs — timeline, flamegraph, step-through UI. |
| hive | Multi-agent coordination system. |
| study-buddy | AI study companion. |
| prototypes | Experimental prototypes. |
| over-the-horizon | iOS AR app — overlays location names on live camera feed. |
| grandmas-stories | iOS app for recording family stories. |
| lobslab-apps | Web apps on lobslab.com — Crapuler, Ballz, Stellar Siege. Docker + Caddy. |
| lobslab-infra | Infrastructure as code for lobslab.com — Docker Compose, Caddy, Cloudflare, and deployment configs. |
