Foxl Desktop
The Foxl Agent - models, tools, memory, schedules, and browser control on your own machine
Foxl Desktop
Foxl Desktop is where the Foxl Agent runs. It is a native app for macOS, Windows and Linux that keeps an agent on your own machine: it holds your files and memory locally, drives your real browser with your existing logins through the Chrome extension, runs on a schedule while you are away, and reaches you through the channels you already use.
The agent also runs in the browser at app.foxl.ai and on iOS and Android. Pairing the desktop app adds the parts that need a real computer - browser control through the Chrome extension, local files, and a terminal - and the web and mobile apps can drive that desktop remotely through the desktop relay.
Start here
If you have not installed Foxl yet, begin with Download. Then come back to this section to configure the agent itself.
One sidebar, three products
Foxl Agent, Foxl Notes and Foxl Code share one shell. A segmented switcher at the top of the sidebar picks which one you are in - all three names are on screen at all times - and the body below it is that product's pages and its own list (conversations, recordings, or tasks).
- Going back to a product returns you to the page you were last on in it, rather than resetting you to its front page. Files, then Notes, then Agent lands back on Files.
- Cmd+1 / Cmd+2 / Cmd+3 jump between the three and restore your place too.
- One Settings row for the whole app, not one per product.
- Collapse the sidebar to the 48px rail and the switcher is replaced by three product icons, so you can still change product with no labels on screen.
- code.foxl.ai serves one product, so it has no switcher - the Home button there carries a "Code" wordmark instead.
What each section holds:
| Section | Pages |
|---|---|
| Agent | Chat (with your conversation list), Files, Channels, then under Extend: Agents, Schedules |
| Notes | your recordings list |
| Code | Tasks (with the task list), Runtimes (with its terminal panes), then Work, Repos, Files, Schedules |
Skills, Integrations, Channels setup, Mobile/Web, Usage and Logs are not sidebar
rows - they live inside Settings, which keeps the sidebar to the places you actually
work. Each page below names its own path. Built-in tools and tool profiles, your own
custom tools and MCP servers all live under Settings > Connect > Integrations - the
System tab for the built-ins, the Custom tab for yours. The older /tools
address still opens the System tab.
On a phone the bottom bar is one row for the whole app and does not rearrange itself per product. The shipped row is Chat, Notes, Tasks and Channels - each product plus your workspace conversations, one tap from anywhere. It is yours to change under Settings > Tab bar (on the web and phone apps, where a bottom bar exists): any destination, any order, up to five, labels on or off. A row you had already customised is the row you keep.
What to read, and when
Choosing how the agent thinks
- Models - which models are available and what each is good at.
- AI Providers - connect a model: your own key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Amazon Bedrock or one of nineteen OpenAI-compatible vendors (OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, xAI and more), a local model, or a Claude / ChatGPT subscription you already pay for. This is the one setup step that matters.
Giving the agent capability
- Tools - the built-in actions the agent can take: files, shell, web, and more.
- Skills - installable packages that add new abilities for productivity, communication, media, and dev work.
- Browser Automation - control your real Chrome with your sessions intact, rather than a throwaway headless browser.
- Subagents - hand a long or parallel job to a dedicated worker agent.
Giving the agent context
- Memory - how Foxl remembers preferences and facts across conversations, and how
SOUL.mdshapes its behavior. - Workspace - the folder the agent treats as home, and what each file in it does.
- Conversations - managing sessions, history, search, and export.
Making it work without you
- Scheduling - cron schedules, heartbeats, and webhooks that run when you are not watching.
- Background service - "Keep running when closed", so your machine stays reachable from your phone after you quit the app.
- Morning Briefing - a daily digest built from your mail, calendar, and news.
- Channels and Integrations - message Foxl from Telegram, Slack or Signal, let it act in Microsoft 365 and Slack as you, and read the threads those bots collect.
Making it yours
- Appearance - light and dark, nineteen colour themes, the fifteen Surfaces, and the first-run setup.
- The desktop companion - the collectible character, and letting it out of the app window.
Related
- Cost & model access - Foxl is free; what you supply is the model.
- Security - where your data lives and what leaves your machine.
- Troubleshooting - fixes for the problems that come up most.