Autonomous Intelligent Operations Node

AION is a self-hosted AI agent that writes its own plugins, routes tasks across 6 providers, and works while you sleep — running 100% on your machine.

No cloud dependency beyond the LLM API. Everything else is local.

Why AION?

🧠 It extends itself.
AION writes, hot-reloads, and creates its own plugins directly from chat. No manual skill files, no code editor. Just ask: "Add a tool that checks Bitcoin prices." The plugin is live immediately.

🎭 A personality that grows with you.
AION's character evolves automatically — mood adapts to context, communication style deepens over 300+ exchanges, and every morning it surfaces your unfinished tasks without being asked.

💡 No API costs for everyday tasks.
Connect your Claude.ai subscription ($20/mo) or Gemini free tier via OAuth. AION routes heavy tasks to powerful models and light tasks to free ones — automatically.

🖱 Controls your desktop.
Screenshot, click, type, hotkeys — AION sees and controls your screen via pyautogui, without a browser extension or separate daemon.

AION vs. OpenClaw

Both are self-hosted, open-source AI agents with Web UI, MCP, scheduling, and semantic memory. Here's where they differ:

	AION	OpenClaw
Writes its own plugins from chat	✅	❌
Evolving personality + mood engine	✅	❌
Proactive morning briefings	✅	❌
Use subscription (no per-token cost)	✅ Claude + Gemini OAuth	❌ API key required
Desktop automation (click, type, screenshot)	✅	❌
Web UI	✅	✅
Scheduled tasks / cron	✅	✅
MCP integrations	✅ 1,700+	✅ plugin-based
Semantic RAG memory	✅	✅
Browser automation	✅ Playwright	✅ exec-based
Messaging: Telegram, Discord, Slack	✅	✅
Messaging: WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage	❌	✅
Mobile companion app	❌	✅
AI providers	6 (incl. Ollama)	40+
Runtime	Python	Node.js

OpenClaw is the better choice if you need WhatsApp/Signal/iMessage or a mobile companion app.
AION is the better choice if you want an agent that evolves, extends itself, and thinks proactively.

⚡ Quick Start

pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install -e .
aion --setup    # guided setup: API keys, plugins, providers
aion            # ↑↓ arrow-key selector: Web UI or CLI

aion --web      # Web UI → http://localhost:7000
aion --cli      # CLI mode (terminal only)
aion update     # git pull + reinstall in one step

Features


🤖 6 AI providers + automatic failover	🔐 Credentials vault (AES-encrypted)
🔀 Task routing — best model per task type	📱 Messaging: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Alexa
🧩 Plugin system — hot-reload, one Python file	🤖 Multi-agent delegation
🌐 Browser automation (Playwright, 8 tools)	🎙 Audio: TTS + STT, voice in Telegram
⏰ Scheduler (cron + interval + natural language)	🔒 100% local — no cloud beyond the LLM API
🔌 MCP client — 1,700+ server integrations	🧠 Semantic RAG memory (vector embeddings)

Supported Providers

Provider	Free option	Notes
Google Gemini	✅ Free tier + Google OAuth	Recommended default
Anthropic Claude	✅ Claude.ai subscription ($20/mo)	Best for coding + reasoning
OpenAI	—	GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini
DeepSeek	—	Very low cost
xAI Grok	—	grok-3, grok-3-mini
Ollama	✅ Fully local, offline	Any model, no API key

Switch model any time: Web UI dropdown, POST /api/model, or just say "Switch to claude-opus-4-6".

Installation

Guided (recommended)

pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install -e .
aion --setup

The setup wizard configures API keys, plugins, and providers. Everything can be changed later in the Web UI.

Docker

docker-compose up

Playwright/Chromium pre-installed. Volumes for .env, config, memory, and plugins.

Docs


⚙ Configuration & Troubleshooting	`.env`, `config.json`, task routing, file structure, troubleshooting
🔌 Plugin Development	Writing plugins, tool registration, available plugins
📡 REST API Reference	All endpoints, SSE stream events
💬 Messaging & Integrations	Telegram, Discord, Slack, Alexa, Browser, MCP

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AION is fully transparent — its codebase, prompts, and memory are always readable and editable.