Open-source AI agent platform

The AI agent built for
builders who ship.

Security. Billing. 40+ channels. 71 tools. Local models. One MIT-licensed platform.

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71Tools

40+Channels

23LLM Providers

18Skill Packs

MITLicense

Carina Cookbook: hardware detection and one-click model serve

Cookbook

Local models. Hardware-aware.

Carina detects your GPU, estimates VRAM, and recommends which models fit. One click to pull and serve via Ollama. No guesswork.

Scout injection shield in action

Labyrinth Scout

Enterprise security no one else has.

3-layer injection shield. Egress filtering. Kill switch. Blockchain trust receipts on Base. The only agent platform you can put in front of a security review.

Carina workspace: notes, calendar, documents, images

Workspace

A full workspace, not just a chatbox.

Notes, calendar, documents, image studio, email triage, kanban, deep research, model compare. All in one workspace that runs anywhere.

Carina responding on Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack

40+ Channels

One agent, everywhere you are.

Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, Matrix, Teams, and 32 more. The same Carina with the same memory and skills on every platform.

Carina skill curator consolidating and promoting skills

Learning Loop

Skills that compound over time.

Carina writes new skills after every complex task, runs a 7-day curator cycle to consolidate and prune, and propagates the best skills across all your agents.

Runs on your machine or server Real tool execution Remembers past work Windows via Node 22 MIT licensed

Adoption path

Start building on Carina

Use the free kernel directly today. Add domain packs as you need them, and upgrade to Scout only when a production agent needs governance.

Install the kernel

Run Carina locally or on your own server with Node.js 22+. Start with CLI chat, then add providers, memory, and channels.

npm live MIT licensed

Get started

Add skill packs

Install only the domain knowledge your agent needs. Packs keep Carina general-purpose while letting teams specialize workflows.

16 packs opt-in

Browse the Hub

Ship your own agent

Use the same kernel behind a product, internal workflow, or hosted service. Carina gives you the agent runtime so you can focus on the job.

tools memory channels

Build a pack

Upgrade with Scout

When an agent touches sensitive production work, add Scout for monitoring, approvals, audit exports, and kill switch controls.

Secured by Scout optional upgrade

Scout product site

Live and coming next

Propreneur

UK property investment platform running on Carina with deal analysis, HMO checks, and property workflow support.

Powered by Carina Secured by Scout Live

propreneur.uk

Flitz

Fleet tracking for Africa. Logistics agents on Carina with regional channel adapters.

Built on Carina Coming soon

COMPASS

NHS compliance copilot for policy classification and audit-ready agent workflows.

Powered by Carina In development

ABBIS

Borehole industry platform for Ghana and West Africa. First Africa distro on Carina.

Built on Carina Scout ready Coming soon

Start with Carina Build a domain pack Partner program

How it works

You give a task.
Carina does the work.

The kernel plans steps, calls tools, and reports back. Free to self-host; MIT licensed. Add Scout when the same agent needs production monitoring, approvals, and incident response.

Takes jobs to completion

Research, file edits, shell commands, browser steps, email. Carina acts on your stack instead of handing you a paragraph to copy.

Remembers context

Past conversations and outcomes stay available across sessions so repeat work does not start from zero.

Runs where you host it

CLI, web UI, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, or API. Same agent, same memory; you choose the channel.

Full platform details

By audience

Start from your use case

Carina Core is general-purpose. These pages show who each setup is for, what to configure, and one example workflow.

Property

UK deals, HMO checks, property-uk pack and RAG.

Support and ops

Triage tickets, draft replies, save files for review.

Research

Web and arXiv briefs with research-basics.

Deployment options

Run Carina in the browser, on your own server, or both.

Compliance

legal-uk and finance-uk skill packs on Carina; EU AI Act classification, approval workflows, and board reports on Scout.

All use cases

Hub page plus links to 16 optional skill packs.

Get started

Install in two commands

Self-host with Node.js 22+ on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Add Postgres, Redis, and Docker Desktop when you need persistent memory, queues, and full shell or Python sandboxing. Use Carina Cloud if you want a hosted workspace.

npm install -g carina-agent

carina setup

Open Carina Cloud Documentation npm package

Windows machines

Use Node.js 22 and npm today. PowerShell direct shell mode works; Docker Desktop is required for stronger shell isolation and Python code execution.

Self-hosted servers

Run the CLI and web gateway on your own VPS with Postgres, Redis, and optional nginx when you need a persistent workspace.

Production guardrails

Pair with Scout for prompt guard, approvals, live events, audit exports, and a kill switch before agents touch sensitive workflows.

Carina Ops

Coming soon: Carina Ops

Bring your own keys, govern your agents, audit everything, control spend. Carina Ops is the paid operations console, coming soon on app.carinaai.uk.

BYOK vault

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and other providers with encrypted keys at rest.

Workbench

Run test prompts against your keys before you wire agents into production workflows.

Usage and audit

Org-level token spend, credits, retention by plan, and exportable audit trails on Team.

Ops coming soon Start free

Pricing

Carina AI and Carina Ops

Free agent for personal use and small projects. Carina Ops is coming soon for teams that need BYOK, audit, and spend controls.

Free

Free

Personal Carina AI agent
Chat on app.carinaai.uk
Limited history
Self-host option (MIT)

Start free

Ops Starter

£19/mo

Up to 3 members
BYOK vault and workbench
14-day audit retention (starter limit)
500K tokens / month

Join waitlist

Ops Team

£49/mo

Up to 50 members
Deployments, exports, and member admin
90-day audit retention
2M tokens / month

Join waitlist

Need agent governance and protection? See Labyrinth Scout at labyrinthscout.com

Architecture

One platform. One free kernel.

Domain packs and products build on the MIT kernel. Scout is the optional commercial security layer.

Platform architecture docs

Platform details

Full capability list

Verified counts as of 12 June 2026. Shipped vs configured vs optional: canonical capability inventory.

66+ tools

Base registry; toolsets enable subsets. Web search, files, shell, HTTP, email, code, browser, MCP, and more.

51 LLM providers

Catalog entries; chat uses configured keys or local backends. Switch mid-session with /provider.

19 channel adapters

CLI, web UI, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, email, API server, and more when configured.

Optional

16 domain packs

96 curated skills across engineering, finance, legal, devops, property, and more.

Optional skill writing

Carina can draft new skills after solving complex problems when auto-writing is enabled.

7,500+ tests

Vitest coverage across the agent core. See the public repo for CI status.

Browse skill packs

Carina capability	Included in Core
Autonomous task execution
Persistent memory with semantic search
Optional skill writing	opt-in
16 skill packs (96 curated skills)	optional
19 channel adapters	when configured
66+ tool execution surface	toolset-dependent
Switch LLM mid-session (51 catalog; configured subset)	when configured
npm package (carina-agent)	v0.2.0
MIT-licensed source	GitHub

Agent governance (EU AI Act, audit trails, approvals, industry templates) lives in Labyrinth Scout. Capability counts reflect shipped definitions; availability depends on configuration. See the canonical capability inventory and labyrinthscout.com.