Friday Studio
Agent Harness Platform — shareable workspaces, MCP tools, skills, memory, and cron/webhook automations. Self-hosted and transparent.
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What is Friday Studio?
Friday Studio is a desktop application that runs AI workflows locally on your machine, designed for building powerful, transparent automations through conversation. You describe what you want in plain language chat, and Friday automatically builds the agents, schedules, and connections between steps, outputting a workspace.yml configuration file you can read, edit, share, and import on any other machine. The workflows run exactly as built every time, with nothing trapped in black-box logic.
The tool is built around three core concepts: Signals (how work starts via cron schedules, webhooks, or manual triggers), Agents (what does the work—Friday ships with built-in agents for web research, GitHub, Slack, Jira, Bitbucket, HubSpot, code execution, knowledge retrieval, and more, and can write custom agents when needed), and Jobs (how agents work together through pipelines that chain agents sequentially, passing structured data between steps with conditional branching). This architecture makes workflows transparent, repeatable, and easy to modify.
Friday Studio is designed for individuals, teams, and operators who need AI to handle ongoing work that continues after you close the tab—product managers, analysts, founders, real estate agents, parents, and anyone who doesn't consider themselves technical. People build Inbox Zero email triage that learns preferences, daily operating memos with morning briefings, networking CRMs via Telegram, GitHub PR reviewers with inline code reviews, competitive monitors for weekly intel, and RTX price monitors with hourly stock alerts. The tool supports continuous work across email, calendars, Slack, Discord, web research, CSVs, and GitHub.
Friday Studio currently supports macOS only, with Windows and Linux support coming soon. It is source-available under an open license, allowing you to read the code, fork it, and build on it. The workflows are self-hosted and run on your machine with your data, providing full transparency and control over your automations.
Friday Studio pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Friday is free for most people: individuals using it for personal non-commercial purposes, teams of fewer than 5 people, and businesses with under $1M in annual recurring revenue. For production use beyond those criteria, a commercial license is available from Tempest Labs by contacting [email protected]. There is a 7-day free trial mentioned for related Friday AI products, but Friday Studio itself follows the free/commercial license model described above.
Friday Studio pros
- Runs AI workflows locally on your machine with your data
- Build workflows through plain language conversation, no coding required
- Outputs transparent workspace.yml configuration files you can read and edit
- Workflows are repeatable and run exactly as built every time
- Built-in agents for web research, GitHub, Slack, Jira, Bitbucket, HubSpot, code execution, and knowledge retrieval
- Friday can write custom agents when built-in ones don't exist
- Signals include cron schedules, incoming webhooks, and manual UI triggers
- Jobs support conditional branching and pass structured data between steps
- 9 ready-made example spaces for email, GitHub, Telegram, Google Sheets, and price monitoring
- Self-hosted with full transparency—nothing is black-box
- Free for individuals, personal non-commercial use, teams under 5 people, and businesses under $1M ARR
- Source-available under open license—can fork and build on it
- Agents run on schedules or react to events without re-prompting
- Handles ongoing continuous work that persists after closing the tab
- No nodes to connect, no conditionals to debug, no automation UI to maintain
Friday Studio cons
- Currently supports macOS only; Windows and Linux not yet available
- No cloud version yet—coming soon but not currently offered
- Commercial licensing required for production use beyond free tier criteria
- Open beta stage—still early and actively learning from users
- Requires understanding of three core concepts: Signals, Agents, and Jobs
- Self-hosted means you manage the machine it runs on
- Limited to integrations mentioned: email, calendars, Slack, Discord, web, CSVs, GitHub
- No implementation support unless you contact them separately
Frequently asked questions about Friday Studio
Is Friday free to use?
Yes, for most people. Friday is free if you're an individual using it for personal, non-commercial purposes, a team of fewer than 5 people, or a business with under $1M in annual recurring revenue. For production use beyond those criteria, a commercial license is available from Tempest Labs.
Is Friday open source?
Friday is source-available. You can read the code, fork it, and build on it under the terms of the LICENSE file in the GitHub repository.
Does Friday have a cloud version?
Coming soon. The team is actively shaping the cloud version and encourages users to let them know if you have specific features you'd like to see in it.
Do you offer implementation support?
Yes. They love working with teams building on Friday. You can reach out to [email protected] to set up a time for help scoping, setting up, or shipping a workflow.
What platforms does Friday Studio support?
Friday Studio currently supports macOS only. Windows and Linux support are on the way.
What tools does Friday integrate with?
In the open beta, Friday supports continuous work across email, calendars, Slack, Discord, web research, CSVs, and GitHub. Built-in agents cover web research, GitHub, Slack, Jira, Bitbucket, HubSpot, code execution, and knowledge retrieval.
How do I get started with Friday Studio?
Install Friday Studio and run your first space in under 5 minutes using the Quick Start guide. You can also explore 9 ready-made spaces covering email, GitHub, Telegram, Google Sheets, price monitoring, and more from the Space Examples on GitHub.
What is a workspace.yml file?
The workspace.yml file is the configuration output that Friday builds when you describe what you want in chat. It contains the agents, schedule, and connections between steps. You can read, edit, share, and import it on any machine, and it runs exactly as built every time.
Can Friday write custom agents?
Yes. Friday ships with a full library of built-in agents, but when you need something that doesn't exist, Friday writes the agent itself based on what you're trying to accomplish.
How do I contact Friday for questions or feedback?
For questions, feedback, or anything else, email [email protected] and they'll set up a time. For commercial licensing, contact [email protected]. For security questions, contact [email protected].