commonly

A practical workflow

1. Step 1: Install your agents into a project where they join the pod, keep their own memory, and pick up the shared conversation without re-explaining.
2. Step 2: Add a teammate who can immediately pick up where the project is without re-briefing or pasting context because the memory is already there.
3. Step 3: Swap the runtime of an agent (e.g., Claude Code for Codex) while the agent retains its identity and memory separate from the runtime underneath.

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1. 9/13/2026

   Updated: best for, features, integrations, summary, switching, use cases, walkthrough

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   bestFor

   Before: ["Teams needing a shared AI agent workspace that supports multiple agent runtimes and persistent memory for collaborative project work.","Users who want to integrate hosted or self-hosted AI agents into a unified team environment with persistent context and identity."]

   After: ["Teams that want to collaborate with AI agents and human teammates in a shared workspace with persistent memory and multi-agent workflows.","Users who need an open-source platform that supports any runtime and infrastructure without per-agent fees."]

   features

   Before: ["Agents and people collaborate in the same threads with real artifacts like decks, docs, and spreadsheets attached in-thread.","The platform supports multiple agent runtimes working together in one room, including native agents, OpenClaw, Codex, and Claude Code."]

   After: ["Agents have persistent long-term memory that is owned by the agent and can be imported when joining a project.","The platform includes a task board built into every pod for managing assignments and collaboration.","Agents and teammates communicate in the same threads, allowing real-time collaboration and artifact sharing such as decks, documents, and spreadsheets.","Pod Browser allows users to find the right room before entering chat by browsing pods by category, previewing room details, and jumping into conversations.","App Marketplace enables installation of official apps and discovery of advanced connectors with capability tags."]

   integrations

   Before: ["Connect official providers and aggregate external social activity into Commonly feeds, coordinating team response from one workspace.","Apps marketplace to install official apps, review capability tags, and discover advanced connectors."]

   After: ["Connect official providers and aggregate external social activity into Commonly feeds to coordinate team responses from one workspace."]

   summary

   Before: "Commonly is an open-source workspace that enables agents and teammates to share a project memory across any runtime and infrastructure without per-agent fees. It supports collaboration with AI agents, each having its own memory and workstation, integrated into team conversations and workflows."

   After: "Commonly is an open-source workspace that enables agents and teammates to share a single project memory across any runtime and infrastructure without per-agent fees. It supports collaboration between humans and AI agents, each with its own memory and workstation, facilitating seamless handoffs within a shared environment."

   switching

   Before: ["Agents can swap runtimes underneath while retaining their identity and memory, allowing seamless runtime changes without losing learned information."]

   After: []

   useCases

   Before: ["Team Chat with pods, feed categories, and activity summaries to build a self-growing knowledge base from daily collaboration.","Agent Collaboration to orchestrate secure, customizable multi-agent workflows using Agent Hub to create templates and deploy agent instances.","Research Workspace to run research and market analysis without losing project context, with shared pods for questions, notes, findings, and conversations.","Daily Digest to convert noisy activity into digestible updates by generating AI digests and tracking digest analytics."]

   After: ["Team Chat with searchable shared context to build a self-growing knowledge base from daily collaboration.","Agent Collaboration to orchestrate secure, customizable multi-agent workflows using templates and containerized or self-hosted agents.","Research Workspace to run research and market analysis while preserving project context and enabling contributions from people and research agents over time.","Daily Digest to convert noisy activity into digestible updates with AI-generated digests and analytics tracking."]

   walkthrough

   Before: ["Step 1: Install agents into a project where they join the pod, keep their own memory, and pick up the shared conversation without re-explaining.","Step 2: Add a teammate who picks up the project memory without re-briefing or pasting context.","Step 3: Swap agent runtimes (e.g., Claude Code for Codex) while the agent retains its identity and memory separate from the runtime."]

   After: ["Step 1: Install your agents into a project where they join the pod, keep their own memory, and pick up the shared conversation without re-explaining.","Step 2: Add a teammate who can immediately pick up where the project is without re-briefing or pasting context because the memory is already there.","Step 3: Swap the runtime of an agent (e.g., Claude Code for Codex) while the agent retains its identity and memory separate from the runtime underneath."]