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Available nowSolo is free with every capability for one profile. Bring a provider key, a local model, or both; a provider's own bill stays yours.
Paid plans add profiles to an account. Bandicot does not resell model tokens.
For the terminal crowd
Bandicot records every tool call, file change and token behind your agent sessions, and keeps approvals in a permissions file you can read.
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Project
A durable boundary for files, context, and decisions.
in development
Model fit
A laptop-aware choice before a large local download.
in development
Team layer
People and agents sharing a project with explicit history.
The problem
A CLI agent is fast and forgetful. When the terminal closes, so does the record of what it ran and what it changed.
The promise
Sessions persist, effects are versioned, and the permissions file decides what runs without asking.
The picture
The plan
Every card names its status. Available now means you can use it today; in development and direction mean it is not shipped yet.
Solo is free with every capability for one profile. Bring a provider key, a local model, or both; a provider's own bill stays yours.
Paid plans add profiles to an account. Bandicot does not resell model tokens.
Bandicot gives every agent a project, tools, a session that survives restarts, approvals, and a clear place to stop.
The native host owns execution facts. The model proposes work; it does not certify a write, spend, or success.
Keep files, context, plans, and decisions with the project instead of losing them in a disposable chat.
A session is anchored to a project boundary so a pivot starts from an intentional context, not accidental history.
Close a client or reconnect after a pause without turning the work into a brand-new conversation.
The host records session state and clients reattach to it. A browser view does not become the source of truth.
When work can change files or systems, Bandicot makes the decision visible before the effect lands.
The approval boundary fails closed when an action is not allowed. The model cannot grant itself permission.
Let an agent inspect, plan, and use tools inside the project you selected instead of an unbounded chat transcript.
The host controls tool calls, cancellation, permissions, and the final recorded result.
Turn a vague request into an inspectable sequence of steps before tools begin changing the project.
The harness tracks dependencies and blocked steps. A conversation alone does not silently advance execution.
Keep a legible trail of the turn and its effects so a pivot can be reviewed instead of guessed at.
The host treats state changes as recorded events. Reverting is itself part of the history.
See the tokens, cache reads and cost of every turn, per session, profile and model, and the habits behind them.
Bandicot reports what the provider or local runtime exposes. A provider that hides usage shows a dash, never a guess.
Connect MCP servers to a project when the work needs their tools or data.
MCP tools are called through the host, so approvals and versions cover them too.
Package a way of working once, and every agent in the project can use it.
Skills load on demand, so an unused skill costs no tokens in the prompt.
For you if
Developers who run agents from a shell.
Not for you if
People who never open a terminal.
The offer
Solo · free · 1 profile
Free for one profile, no card required. Add profiles when someone joins.
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Left off this page
Bandicot does these too, but they are not why this page exists. Anything marked in development or direction is not shipped yet.
Questions
Bandicot is a native Mac app with a terminal pane and agent tabs. The host does the work; the window shows it.
In one permissions file per setup. Anything it does not allow waits for you.
Yes. Install them per project. Their tools run through the host, so approvals and versions cover them.
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