Keel is a local-first native macOS coding workspace that runs coding agents through a Rust/GPUI application. It combines sessions, a composer, transcripts, a terminal, change inspection, settings, Git history, crash recovery, and an agent graph showing active agents, subagents, and files as shared context; agents can be steered or stopped from the graph. It connects Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, Hermes, and pi through the Agent Client Protocol, and also includes an embedded DeepSeek agent loop with host-enforced tool focus.
For unpinned tasks, a local Laya selector running through Core ML or an optional hosted Jev selector chooses among host-prepared routes or abstains. Keel validates each choice before applying it, falls back to the ordinary route when a choice is rejected, stale, or expired, and records candidates, validation, fallback, and observed outcome in bounded decision receipts. Decision receipts can be exported as JSONL and summarized with CLI reports. Keel also provides headless and daemon modes, while each coding provider retains its own authentication, model configuration, and tool loop.
The repository supports Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later for the packaged Laya model. It can be built from source, but the repository does not currently publish downloadable app releases; packaged builds are ad hoc signed development builds. Automatic training, public installer distribution, cloud sync, and native Codex realtime voice are not implemented or included in this build.