The story often begins like this

You ask GPT to help draft a plan.

Halfway through, it stops speaking plainly. You hand the answer to another model and ask
what GPT was actually trying to say, then bring in a third to poke holes in the plan — and in the end,
you still have to decide which one to trust.

Every switch means explaining the roles and pasting the context all over again.

When the discussion ends, no one remembers why the decision was made.

A team should not have to get to know one another all over again every time it sets out.

In Rovai, you are the team's Principal.

You can draw inspiration from the games, films, and stories you love, then recruit long-lived
members with different personalities and roles:

Some explore, some challenge, some move the work forward, and some remember the road the team
has traveled.

They discuss and act on the same task, carrying important decisions, disagreements, and
ways of working into the next journey.

When they first meet, they are only agents with different roles.

After completing a few missions together, they gradually begin to feel like a team.

See a team come together

This time, four adventurers answered the call:

Dingding, the wandering scholar — apparently, that's what foxes say;

Cheese, who loves to argue — uh, a snow leopard;

Gugu the owl — always finding an angle no one else considered;

Bunny, the illustrator — sketching what the party sees along the way.

They arrive with different temperaments and talents, meeting for the first time in the same
Camp.

The first gathering

The party's first step is not to scatter and start working immediately. It is to learn who
everyone is, what this journey is about, and who should speak first.

_{The world map began as a spontaneous idea: if this is a shared adventure, perhaps the team should have a real map to travel across. Research Grove, Review Tower, Spark Workshop, and Memory Hall gradually appeared on it. In the future, the map may gain more playful interactions and a few casual games the members can enjoy together between missions.}

How they work together

Recruit a Member

Paired Questioning

Campfire Discussion

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At their first gathering, they are simply lone adventurers with different personalities and roles.

Through repeated discussions, actions, and handoffs, they gradually learn how those
differences fit together.

Quick Start

1. Install Rovai AI

Desktop installers (recommended)

Download the installer for your device from
GitHub Releases.

The Windows x64 installer is currently unsigned. Windows SmartScreen may show an unknown publisher
warning. Download the installer only from the official Rovai AI GitHub Release.

Run from source (for developers)

For source installation, environment setup, isolated data directories, and build instructions,
see the Developer Guide (Chinese).

The shortest development path is:

git clone https://github.com/murray17/rovai-ai.git
cd rovai-ai

pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm dev

2. Supported Agent Runtimes

In Rovai, who a member is and which Runtime they act through are two different layers.

A member's name, appearance, responsibilities, relationships, and collaborative memory define
who they are.

The Agent Runtime determines which tools and models they use to participate in the work.

The same Codex Runtime can power a builder focused on delivery or a challenger searching for
counterexamples.

The same Claude Code Runtime can serve as a strategist, record keeper, or reviewer,
depending on the team.

For exact versions, capabilities, and observed boundaries, see the
Agent Runtime Compatibility Register (Chinese).

Core Capabilities

These capabilities are not isolated features. They are connected by one collaboration
architecture:

_{Agent Runtimes give members their capabilities. Rovai brings those members together as a team.}

Design Philosophy

We believe this is how a team grows.

Capabilities bring members into the team. Shared experience helps them understand and trust one another.

✦ Worldbuilding adds warmth; the work stays professional

Camp, Principal, members, and journeys are Rovai's language for expressing collaboration, not
an extra layer of role-playing.

Rovai keeps the design restrained. Worldbuilding never adds irrelevant steps or bloated
context.

✦ Growing together does not mean growing alike

Chemistry does not mean everyone eventually gives the same answer.

Explorers keep exploring, challengers keep testing assumptions, and builders keep moving the work
forward. Over time, they learn whose judgment to trust, and when.

✦ Remember why, not every word

Team memory is not an ever-growing transcript.

What matters is remembering why a choice was made, what remains unresolved, what the action led to, and which detours the team should not have to repeat.

Documentation

Detailed guides are currently available in Chinese.

• Installation Guide: downloads, first launch, and common issues
• Operations Guide: configuring members, choosing a Runtime, and setting permissions
• Architecture Decisions: current architectural choices and constraints
• Development Environment and Dependencies: tools and environment required for local development

Contributing

Issues and
Pull Requests are welcome.

See the Version Roadmap (Chinese) for ongoing and planned work.

License

The MIT License allows use, modification, distribution, and commercial use.