Paperclip

https://paperclip.ing

Free (self-hosted, MIT license) or €10/month (cloud hosted)

Org Chart Hierarchies — Roles, reporting lines, titles, and job descriptions for your AI agents
Goal Alignment — Every task traces back to the mission; agents know what to do and why
Cost Control — Monthly budgets per agent; auto-pause at 100% spend, no runaway costs
Ticket System — Full conversation tracing, every decision explained, complete tool-call audit log
Governance — Human approval gates, override strategy, pause or terminate any agent at any time
Heartbeat Scheduling — Agents wake on a schedule (default ~30 min) to check their task list
Model-Agnostic — Bring your own agent: Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode
Self-Hosted Option — MIT license, free to run on your own infrastructure
Cloud Hosting — €10/month, everything included, as many companies as you want to run
Agent Templates — Pre-configured team structures for common workflows

Model-agnostic orchestration: works with any agent that can receive a heartbeat — Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenClaw, and more
Company structure gives agents purpose: CEO delegates to specialized agents who all report up to a mission
Hard budget controls: monthly budgets per agent, auto-pause at 100% spend — no runaway costs
Full audit trail: ticket system traces every conversation and tool call
Governance: approve hires, override strategy, pause or terminate any agent at any time
Goal alignment: every task traces back to the mission — agents know what to do and why
Self-hosted option: genuinely free under MIT license, not a limited free tier
Heartbeat scheduling: agents wake on a schedule to check their task list autonomously
The missing management layer for power users running multiple AI systems

Self-hosted requires technical setup: Node.js server, own infrastructure, model API keys
Cloud version is European-priced: €10/month, which may add up for individual users
Company metaphor takes adjustment: less intuitive than simple chat interfaces
Agents still depend on underlying model quality: Paperclip orchestrates but doesn't improve the agents themselves
March 2026 launch means early-stage: community and documentation still growing