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Murph - local agent for async handoffs in Slack and Discord

Murph, a local-first handoff agent, allows users to maintain async continuity in Slack and Discord by monitoring selected channels, drafting replies, and applying user-defined policies while they are offline. The tool stores runtime state locally via SQLite and local credentials, giving indie developers, founders, and distributed teams control over what gets sent, queued, or skipped with a full review trail. Murph integrates with tools like Notion, GitHub, and Google Calendar, and supports OpenAI and Anthropic LLM providers for grounded, context-aware responses.

read2 min publishedMay 25, 2026

Murph is a local-first handoff agent for the hours you are away.

Start a session before you log off. Murph watches the channels you choose, pulls context from connected integrations and tools, drafts grounded replies, applies your policy, and leaves a review trail for every decision.

What you need What Murph does
Stay offline without losing momentum
Watches selected messenger channels while you are away
Keep control explicit
Sends safe work, queues risky work, and skips anything it should not answer
Use your real context
Pulls from docs, tickets, email, calendar, meetings, GitHub, and local notes
Review what happened
Shows what was sent, queued, skipped, and why
Run it yourself
Stores runtime state locally with SQLite and local credentials

Murph is built for people who want async continuity without handing over control: indie developers, founders, operators, and distributed teams.

Install Murph:

curl -fsSL https://murph-agent.com/install.sh | bash

Run setup:

murph setup

Start Murph:

murph start

Check your local install any time:

murph doctor

Return to a clean local slate:

murph uninstall --dry-run
murph uninstall
Topic What's covered

InstallationConfigurationPolicyUsagemurph

, the browser UI, and murph agent

for setup, sessions, review, and daily operation.PluginsChannelsIntegrationsCore ConceptsContributingMurph includes a local coding agent for setup, debugging, policy changes, and scoped integration work.

murph agent

Use it to connect services, inspect setup issues, and create scoped plugins without editing Murph core. By default, it can write plugin and configuration files; source edits require an explicit --source-edits

flag.

Learn more in Murph Agent.

Category Options
Channels Slack, Discord + any channel of your choice
LLM providers OpenAI, Anthropic
Integrations Notion, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, Granola, Obsidian + custom plugins
Tools web search, web fetch, file read, shell + custom tools
Storage SQLite + local file system

Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. Keep changes focused, include validation, and update docs for user-facing behavior.

Murph is organized around a few extension points:

Channels for messaging surfaces.Integrations for connected external work sources.Plugins for local extensions.Skills for request-specific behavior.Tools for individual callable actions.Policies for autonomy and review rules.Providers for model backends.

The listed integrations and tools are defaults, not a closed set. Custom integrations and tools should start as scoped plugins before changing Murph core.

For local development:

npm install
npm run dev
npm test

Open an issue before starting non-trivial core/runtime changes.

Apache 2.0

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