People and responsibilities
Send the right request to the right person, whether that is a parent, partner, flatmate, guest, or trusted friend helping out.
Built for a real household
BeaverKi is built for the way homes actually work: different people, recurring chores, shared memory, and tasks that should not all depend on one person.
Helpful, not reckless
Let simple things move on their own, like reminders and follow-ups, while money, outside messages, and bigger decisions still wait for approval.
Memory at home
Keep preferences, chores, decisions, and notes on your machine, so useful household context is not scattered across old chats.
Why BeaverKi?
Beavers are builders. Ki points to the Japanese word for spirit or energy. Together, the name fits an assistant that quietly helps a household build and keep momentum without taking over the home.
Useful around the house
BeaverKi is meant for everyday coordination: the small plans, reminders, and shared responsibilities that usually live across chats and memory.
Shopping and errands
Keep a shared list from messages like "we need milk", ask which brand if it matters, and remind the person who is already near the store.
add item
ask detail
remind
Family scheduling
Remember appointments, pickups, visits, and recurring chores so the plan is visible to everyone instead of living in one person's head.
note date
tell people
check back
Remember what happened
Save what the plumber said, which subscription was cancelled, or why a decision was made, so nobody has to search old chats later.
save note
summarize
find later
Ask before it matters
Let simple reminders happen automatically, but ask first before spending money, sending a message, or making a bigger household decision.
suggest
ask
do it
Shared preferences
Remember who dislikes a food, which friend needs a ride, or how guests like the coffee, then use that context the next time plans come up.
remember
use next time
update
Plans with friends
Turn a messy group chat into a simple plan: who's coming, what to bring, where to meet, and who still needs a nudge.
collect
organize
nudge
What BeaverKi can do today
The current foundation is early but practical: local control, reminders, approvals, shared notes, and first integrations.
Local control
Run BeaverKi on your own machine and start tasks without depending on a hosted account.
Always-on helper
Keep a local helper running in the background for reminders, follow-ups, and task history.
Chat control
Use approved Discord messages as a familiar way to ask for help from another room or while away.
Shared notes
Capture household notes in Notion, find them later, and add useful context when plans change.
Add new abilities
Extend BeaverKi with focused skills as new household needs and favorite tools appear.
Clear history
See what was requested, what happened, and what still needs a human decision.
Local-first by design
BeaverKi is built for operators who want useful automation without handing the household control plane to a hosted black box.
State you can inspect
Tasks, memory, approvals, audit history, roles, and connector mappings live in local storage.
Loopback web UI
The web interface is local-only by default and not intended to be exposed directly to the internet.
Open-source Rust runtime
The daemon, CLI, policy engine, skill system, and integrations are developed in the open.
Start with a local checkout
BeaverKi is early-stage software, but the foundation is ready to run locally with Rust, make, and an OpenAI API key.
Open repository
quick-start.sh
local machine
$ git clone https://github.com/BeaverKiProject/beaverki.git
$ cd beaverki
$ export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
$ make setup
$ make daemon-start
$ make run-task OBJECTIVE="Summarize the docs"