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Executes agents within a structured workspace environment that persists state across sessions, using a three-layer architecture (Desktop UI → Runtime API Server → Agent Harness) that decouples the operator interface from execution logic. The runtime manages agent lifecycle via SQLite-backed state store and compiles 'Run Plans' that define agent behavior as environment contracts rather than hard-coded harness logic, enabling agents to evolve their own execution patterns based on workspace structure.
Unique: Implements 'Environment Engineering' as first-class design principle where agent capabilities and behavior are defined by workspace structure, memory surfaces, and capability projection (MCP tools) rather than hard-coded into agent harness or model prompts. Run Plans are compiled execution specifications that translate natural language intent into code entity space while maintaining durable state across sessions via SQLite-backed state store.
vs alternatives: Unlike stateless agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGen) that reset context per interaction, holaOS provides persistent workspace-level state management and environment-driven behavior definition, enabling true long-horizon continuity and self-evolution patterns.
Manages Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool servers as the primary mechanism for projecting agent capabilities into the runtime environment. The runtime hosts MCP servers, maintains their lifecycle, and exposes tools through a schema-based function registry that agents can discover and invoke. Tools are defined declaratively in app.runtime.yaml manifests and integrated via Bridge SDK, enabling dynamic capability composition without modifying core agent logic.
Unique: Uses MCP as the primary capability projection mechanism rather than function calling APIs specific to individual LLM providers. Tools are declared in app.runtime.yaml manifests and managed by the runtime's MCP server host, enabling provider-agnostic tool composition and dynamic capability discovery without agent model awareness.
vs alternatives: Decouples tool integration from specific LLM function-calling APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic), enabling true multi-model agent support and tool ecosystem portability compared to frameworks tied to single-provider function calling.
Abstracts agent execution logic behind a swappable 'Agent Harness' interface that decouples the runtime environment from specific LLM implementations or agent reasoning patterns. Different harness implementations can be plugged in (e.g., ReAct pattern, tool-use agents, planning-based agents) without modifying the runtime, enabling multi-model support and experimentation with different agent architectures.
Unique: Treats Agent Harness as a swappable, pluggable component that abstracts specific LLM implementations and reasoning patterns. Different harnesses can be selected per workspace, enabling multi-model support and experimentation without runtime changes.
vs alternatives: Provides explicit harness abstraction enabling multi-model and multi-architecture support, whereas most agent frameworks are tightly coupled to specific LLM APIs or reasoning patterns.
Exposes runtime functionality through a Fastify-based HTTP API server (typically port 5160) that handles workspace management, run compilation, tool invocation, memory recall, and state queries. The API server is the primary integration point for external clients (desktop application, custom tools, third-party systems) and provides RESTful endpoints for all runtime operations.
Unique: Provides Fastify-based HTTP API server as primary runtime integration point, enabling external clients and custom integrations without requiring in-process runtime embedding. API server is co-located with runtime in single process.
vs alternatives: Offers HTTP API for runtime integration, whereas some agent frameworks require in-process embedding or lack standardized API interfaces.
Uses SQLite as the primary persistence layer for all runtime state including workspace configuration, agent execution history, memory surfaces, and run plans. The state store implements workspace-scoped data partitioning, enabling logical isolation of state across workspaces while maintaining a single SQLite database. State queries and updates are synchronous, providing immediate consistency for agent execution.
Unique: Implements SQLite-backed state store with workspace-scoped partitioning as primary persistence mechanism, enabling local, durable state management without external database dependencies. State store is co-located with runtime in single process.
vs alternatives: Provides embedded SQLite state store with workspace isolation, whereas most agent frameworks require external databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) or lack workspace-level state partitioning.
Implements a memory system that persists agent observations, decisions, and learned patterns across sessions using the state store (SQLite). Memory surfaces are exposed through the workspace model, and agents can recall relevant context during execution via memory recall mechanisms that inject historical state into the current run plan. This enables agents to maintain continuity of knowledge and adapt behavior based on past interactions without explicit prompt engineering.
Unique: Memory is a first-class workspace surface managed by the runtime state store rather than an external RAG system. Agents recall context through workspace-defined memory surfaces that are injected directly into run plans, enabling continuity without requiring semantic search or external vector databases.
vs alternatives: Provides durable, workspace-scoped memory management integrated into the runtime state store, whereas traditional RAG-based agents require external vector databases and semantic search, adding complexity and latency.
Compiles natural language agent instructions into 'Run Plans' — structured execution specifications that define the sequence of agent actions, tool invocations, and state transitions. The runtime's run compilation system translates user intent from natural language space into code entity space (runtime processes and state), managing the full lifecycle of agent execution including tool invocation sequencing, error handling, and state persistence. Run plans are executable specifications that can be inspected, modified, and replayed.
Unique: Treats run plans as first-class, inspectable execution specifications that bridge natural language intent and code entity space. Plans are compiled by the runtime, persisted in state store, and can be inspected, modified, and replayed — enabling transparency and debuggability not typical in black-box agent execution.
vs alternatives: Provides explicit run plan compilation and inspection capabilities, whereas most agent frameworks execute instructions directly without intermediate plan representation, limiting visibility and debuggability.
Organizes agent environments into isolated workspaces that encapsulate configuration, tools, memory surfaces, and execution context. Workspaces are defined through app.runtime.yaml manifests and managed by the desktop application, providing a structural boundary for agent capabilities and state. Each workspace maintains its own tool registry, memory store, and execution context, enabling multi-tenant or multi-project isolation within a single holaOS instance.
Unique: Workspaces are first-class runtime constructs defined in app.runtime.yaml manifests and managed by the desktop application, providing structural isolation of agent capabilities, tools, and state. Workspace switching is a core UI operation, not an afterthought.
vs alternatives: Provides explicit workspace-level isolation and configuration management, whereas most agent frameworks treat all agents as peers in a flat namespace without structural isolation.
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Automatically loads and parses documents from diverse sources (PDFs, Word docs, HTML, Markdown, code files, databases) into a unified in-memory representation using format-specific loaders and node-based document abstractions. Each document is decomposed into Document objects containing metadata, content, and relationships, enabling downstream processing without format-specific handling in application code.
Unique: Provides a unified loader abstraction (BaseReader interface) that normalizes 100+ data source connectors into a single Document/Node API, eliminating format-specific branching logic in application code. Loaders are composable and chainable, allowing sequential transformations (e.g., load → split → extract metadata → embed).
vs alternatives: Broader out-of-the-box loader coverage than LangChain's document loaders and more structured node-based decomposition than raw text splitting, reducing boilerplate for multi-source RAG pipelines.
Splits documents into semantically coherent chunks using multiple strategies (character-based, token-aware, recursive, semantic) with configurable overlap and chunk size. Preserves document hierarchy and metadata through a node tree structure, enabling retrieval systems to maintain context relationships and enable hierarchical re-ranking or parent-document retrieval patterns.
Unique: Implements a node-tree abstraction that preserves document hierarchy and enables parent-document retrieval patterns. Supports multiple splitting strategies (recursive, semantic, code-aware) with pluggable custom splitters, and automatically propagates metadata through the node tree.
vs alternatives: More sophisticated than LangChain's text splitters because it preserves hierarchical relationships and supports semantic splitting; better for complex document structures than simple character-based splitting.
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Processes documents containing mixed content (text, images, tables, code) by extracting and understanding each modality separately, then synthesizing information across modalities. Uses vision models for image understanding, specialized parsers for tables and code, and integrates results into a unified document representation for retrieval and generation.
Unique: Integrates vision models, table parsers, and code extractors into a unified multi-modal document processing pipeline that synthesizes information across modalities. Preserves modality-specific structure (table schemas, code formatting) while enabling cross-modal retrieval and generation.
vs alternatives: More comprehensive multi-modal support than text-only RAG; built-in vision integration reduces boilerplate for document understanding compared to manual vision API calls.
Enables streaming of LLM responses token-by-token and real-time retrieval updates, allowing applications to display partial results as they become available. Supports streaming from retrieval (progressive document discovery) and generation (token-by-token output) with backpressure handling and cancellation support for responsive user experiences.
Unique: Provides first-class streaming support for both retrieval and generation with automatic backpressure handling and cancellation. Enables progressive result display without custom async/streaming code in application layer.
vs alternatives: More integrated streaming support than manual LLM API streaming; built-in retrieval streaming and backpressure handling reduce complexity compared to custom streaming implementations.
Tracks API costs for LLM calls, embeddings, and other operations with per-query and per-session cost attribution. Provides cost optimization recommendations (e.g., batch processing, model selection, caching) and enables cost-aware query planning to balance quality and expense. Integrates with multiple LLM providers to normalize cost tracking across models.
Unique: Provides automatic cost tracking across multiple LLM providers with per-query attribution and cost optimization recommendations. Integrates with query execution to enable cost-aware planning without manual cost calculation.
vs alternatives: More integrated cost tracking than manual API billing review; built-in optimization recommendations reduce guesswork for cost reduction.
Enables building custom RAG pipelines by composing modular components (retrievers, synthesizers, agents, tools) through a declarative or programmatic API. Supports complex workflows with branching, loops, and conditional logic, with automatic dependency resolution and execution optimization. Pipelines are reusable, testable, and can be deployed as APIs or batch jobs.
Unique: Provides a flexible pipeline composition API supporting both declarative and programmatic definitions, with automatic dependency resolution and execution optimization. Enables complex workflows with branching and conditional logic without custom orchestration code.
vs alternatives: More flexible pipeline composition than fixed RAG architectures; better workflow support than manual component chaining.
Generates embeddings for documents/nodes using pluggable embedding providers (OpenAI, Hugging Face, local models) and stores them in a unified vector store interface that abstracts over multiple backends (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS, Chroma, etc.). The abstraction layer enables switching vector stores without changing application code, and handles batching, retry logic, and metadata indexing.
Unique: Provides a unified VectorStore interface that abstracts 10+ vector database backends, enabling zero-code switching between providers. Handles embedding batching, retry logic, and metadata propagation automatically. Supports both cloud and local embedding models through a pluggable EmbedModel interface.
vs alternatives: Broader vector store coverage and more seamless provider switching than LangChain's vectorstore integrations; better abstraction consistency across backends than using raw vector store SDKs directly.
Retrieves semantically similar documents from vector stores using embedding-based similarity search, with optional re-ranking, filtering, and fusion strategies (hybrid search combining dense and sparse retrieval). Supports multiple retrieval modes (similarity, MMR, fusion) and enables custom retrieval logic through a pluggable Retriever interface that can combine multiple strategies.
Unique: Implements a pluggable Retriever abstraction supporting multiple retrieval strategies (similarity, MMR, fusion, custom) that can be composed and chained. Built-in support for re-ranking via LLM or cross-encoder, and hybrid search combining dense and sparse retrieval without custom integration code.
vs alternatives: More flexible retrieval composition than LangChain's retrievers; built-in re-ranking and fusion strategies reduce boilerplate for advanced retrieval pipelines.
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