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One conductor, forty AI musicians

May 18, 2026via github · @compozy
AI agentsopen-sourceorchestrationcodinglocal-first

What it is

Imagine hiring a project manager who speaks fluent AI. Their job: take your idea, break it into tasks, hand each task to the right specialist, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks. That's roughly what Compozy does — except the specialists are AI agents like Claude, Gemini, and Codex, and the project manager is a small piece of software that runs entirely on your own machine.

It covers the full journey: from rough idea to written spec, from spec to individual tasks, from tasks to code, and even through the review stage where changes get checked and fixed automatically.

Why it's interesting

Most teams using AI coding tools today are essentially doing this by hand — copy-pasting between tools, losing context, repeating themselves. Compozy keeps a written record of every decision in plain text files, so nothing disappears between handoffs.

It also routes simpler jobs to cheaper AI models automatically. You're not paying Claude's rates to do something a less expensive model handles just fine.

No account to create. No data sent anywhere. No monthly fee.

What it means for you

If you're running a small team that uses AI to build or maintain software, this is the kind of thing worth showing your technical person. It's not magic — but it is a more organised way to work.

Words worth knowing

AI agent — An AI that doesn't just answer questions, but takes actions: writing code, browsing the web, reviewing documents.

Orchestration — The art of making multiple tools or agents work together in the right order, like a conductor keeping an orchestra in time.

Local-first — The software runs on your computer, not on someone else's servers. Your data stays yours.

Token costs — AI tools charge by how much text they process. Shorter, smarter prompts cost less. Routing simpler tasks to cheaper models saves real money.

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Written by David at AC0.AI. Follow on @ac0hero

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