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AI design tool from GitLab founder

PixelCrew, an AI design tool from GitLab founder Sid Sijbrandij, launched in free alpha, running a sequential crew of specialized agents that turn a written brief into production-quality design output. The tool requires users to bring their own API key — OpenRouter is recommended, with Anthropic and Google Gemini keys also supported — and a typical brief costs a few dollars in model usage, with no subscription, markup, or card on file. The agent crew includes Elena for research, Marcus for creative direction, and Mira for wireframing, followed by copy, design system, and QA audit stages.

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AI design tool from GitLab founder
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        Your design brief.

        Agents get to work.

A crew of specialized agents coordinates on your brief and ships production-quality design.

Multiple agents. #

One brief. Production output.

Each agent has a named specialization, a defined scope, and a clear handoff. Together they work sequentially and with context, the way a real team does.

Brief → Research → Strategy

Elena reads your brief and executes structured discovery: audience personas, competitive analysis, jobs-to-be-done mapping, and an information architecture recommendation. She hands Marcus a validated research foundation, not assumptions.

Brief in. #

Deliverable out.

The crew runs in sequence. You provide context. Agents coordinate. You receive production-quality output you can ship or hand to a developer.

Submit your brief

Elena maps the research

Marcus sets creative direction

Mira builds the wireframe

Copy and design system take shape

QA audit and final review

You receive production output

Briefs in. #

Deliverables out.

After DarkNeighborhood Coffee Shop

Modena CoupéAutomotive Showcase

MicroProjectTeam Task Manager

Geisha PortoRoastery & Listening Lounge

Start free. Bring your own keys. #

PixelCrew is free while in alpha. Connect your own API key, the agents run on it, and you pay model costs directly to the provider. OpenRouter is the recommended path; Anthropic and Google Gemini keys work too. No subscription, no markup, no card on file.

Create a key at openrouter.ai, paste it into PixelCrew once, and set your own spend limit. Prefer Anthropic or Google Gemini? Their keys work too. A typical brief costs a few dollars in model usage.

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          Submit your brief.

See what agents build.

No credit card · Bring your own key · Full agent crew

Every brief is a step toward an internet where nothing feels generic, because bespoke costs minutes instead of weeks.

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