{"slug": "lobsterai-shipped-an-update", "title": "LobsterAI shipped an update", "summary": "NetEase Youdao released LobsterAI, an open-source, desktop-grade AI agent that operates in real working environments, handling data analysis, slides, docs, video, and web research. The agent, written in TypeScript with 5.8k GitHub stars, was last updated in August 2026 and uses the OpenClaw runtime for execution.", "body_md": "# LobsterAI\n\nOpen-source, desktop-grade AI agent that gets real work done — data analysis, slides, docs, video & web research.\n\n## About LobsterAI\n\nAll-scenario office assistant Agent. The first open-source desktop-grade Agent among major Chinese tech companies, built by NetEase Youdao.\n\nLobsterAI is a desktop Agent that can operate in your real working environment: local files, terminal commands, browser workflows, documents, spreadsheets, slides, IM channels, scheduled jobs, and project workspaces.\n\nCowork is the LobsterAI product/session layer. OpenClaw is the runtime and gateway underneath it. That split lets LobsterAI keep local persistence, permissions, UI state, artifacts, agents, memory, and IM bindings in the desktop app while using OpenClaw for agent execution.\n\nLobsterAI is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 5.8k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in August 2026.\n\n```\nnpx eslint --ext ts,tsx --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings 0 <files>\n```\n\n## LobsterAI vs. the alternatives\n\n[All 20 alternatives →](/alternatives/lobsterai)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lobsterai-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/lobsterai", "published_at": "2026-08-10 05:22:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 07:16:09.794603+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["NetEase Youdao", "LobsterAI", "OpenClaw"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lobsterai-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lobsterai-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lobsterai-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lobsterai-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}