yao
✨ All your agents and workspaces in one place, on every device you own. Track tasks on a board, accessible from desktop, mobile, browser, or API. Self-hosted.
Install / Use
npx skills add YaoApp/yaoInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
CLAUDE.md
Claude Code project instructions
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of yao
yao scores 77/100 on our quality scale, 2531st of 3,681 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its CLAUDE.md is 1.7 KB long, split into 6 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.
With 8,052 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so yao is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-09-24 found the source still online.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
yao compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than yao; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yao (this skill)by YaoApp | 77 | 8.1k | 2d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-memby thedotmack | 100 | 95.0k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 86.2k | 14d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Understand-Anythingby Egonex-AI | 100 | 84.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 74.1k | today | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install yao?
- Run
npx skills add YaoApp/yao. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does yao work with?
- It is written for Claude Code, as a CLAUDE.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is yao safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is yao still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so yao is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubYao Agents
✨ All your agents and workspaces in one place, on every device you own. Track tasks on a board, accessible from desktop, mobile, browser, or API. Self-hosted.
🏠 Homepage: https://yaoagents.com
📚 Docs: https://yaoagents.com/docs
🖥️ Yao Desktop: https://yaoagents.com/download
⚡⚡⚡ DeepSeek Harness is now integrated — use it directly in the desktop app or browser, running across your devices.
This README was written with DeepSeek Harness in the Yao Agents Android app (beta) and published automatically.
How it works
Agents run on your own devices. Every machine you add is another place for them to work, all managed from one place.
Workspaces
Every workspace is isolated. Work stays separate, managed across all your computers, and accumulates into documents that become your knowledge base.
While working, agents can read what they need from any node.
Task Board
Say what you need in a conversation, and it becomes a task on your board.
Keep the conversation going, keep it running, and it improves with use, growing into an agent purpose-built for this kind of work.
Connect task agents to your apps, or share them with others.
Open API
Expert and task agents integrate into your own apps and workflows. They're built on standard APIs, with both SSE and WebSocket support.
Let your agents become part of your business, wherever you need them.
Links
- Homepage: https://yaoagents.com
- Docs: https://yaoagents.com/docs
- Yao Desktop: https://yaoagents.com/download
- Discord: https://discord.gg/yao
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.