Chat is great for talking to agents.
It is not enough for operating them.
The moment you care about visibility, control and coordination over your agents, the thread gets too small. You want the workspace, sessions, taskboard, editor, usage, and agent context in one place.
Nerve is that place.
Why it feels different
✨ Fleet control, not just chat
Run multiple agents from one place. Each agent can have its own workspace, subagents, memory, identity, soul, and skills, while Nerve gives you a single control plane to switch context, inspect state, and operate the whole fleet.
✨ Voice that feels built in
Push-to-talk, wake word flows, explicit language selection, local Whisper transcription, multilingual stop and cancel phrases, and multiple TTS providers. Voice is part of the product, not an afterthought.
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✨ Full agent operating context
Each agent can have its own workspace, memory, identity, soul, and skills. Nerve lets you inspect, edit, and manage that context live, without guessing what an agent knows, where it works, or how it is configured.
✨ A real operating layer
Crons, session trees, kanban workflows, review loops, proposal inboxes, and model overrides. Nerve gives agent work an operating surface instead of leaving it trapped inside chat history.
✨ Rich live output
Charts, diffs, previews, syntax-highlighted code, structured tool rendering, and streaming UI that makes agent responses easier to inspect.
Talk to your agent by voice and hear it answer back naturally
Browse and edit the workspace live while the conversation is still happening
Watch cron runs as separate sessions instead of treating automation like a black box
Delegate work onto a kanban board and review what came back
Ask for a chart and get a real chart, not a code block pretending to be one
Track token usage, costs, and context pressure while long tasks run
Inspect subagent activity without losing the main thread
Switch between per-agent workspaces and memory without losing context
Inspect each agent’s identity, soul, and skills from the UI
Delegate subagent work inside a larger agent fleet instead of treating everything as one thread
Capability snapshot
| Area | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Agent fleet | Run multiple agents from one control plane, each with its own workspace, subagents, memory, identity, soul, and skills |
| Interaction | Streaming chat, markdown, syntax highlighting, diff views, image paste, file previews, voice input, TTS, live transcription preview |
| Workspace | Per-agent file browser, tabbed editor, memory editing, config editing, skills browser |
| Operations | Session tree, subagents, cron scheduling, kanban task board, review flow, proposal inbox, model overrides |
| Observability | Token usage, cost tracking, context meter, agent logs, event logs |
| Polish | Command palette, responsive UI, 14 themes, font family and 10px to 24px font size controls, mobile-safe input sizing, hot-reloadable settings, updater with rollback |
The installer handles dependencies, clone, build, and then usually hands off straight into the setup wizard. Guided access modes include localhost, LAN, Tailscale tailnet IP, and Tailscale Serve.
Pick your setup
Local — Run Nerve and Gateway on one machine. Recommended default setup for reliability and simplicity.
Hybrid — Keep Nerve local, run Gateway in the cloud
OpenClaw remains the engine. Nerve gives it a cockpit.
Frontend: React 19 · Tailwind CSS 4 · shadcn/ui · Vite 7
Backend: Hono 4 on Node.js
Security
Nerve binds to 127.0.0.1 by default, so it stays local unless you choose to expose it.
When you bind it to the network (HOST=0.0.0.0), built-in password authentication protects the UI and its endpoints. Sessions use signed cookies, passwords are stored as hashes, WebSocket upgrades are authenticated, and trusted connections can use server-side gateway token injection.
For the full threat model and hardening details, see docs/SECURITY.md.
Documentation
Architecture — codebase structure and system design
The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.
