AgentRQ is an AGPL-3.0, self-hosted human-in-the-loop task platform where agents pull assigned tasks and update statuses over MCP while the human watches, approves sensitive actions, and steers from a realtime board on mobile, web, or desktop. **Its bet is supervision as conversation: the task board is the shared workspace, agents see its state over MCP and act autonomously inside it, and every permission request lands in the same thread the human is already reading.** ## What it is A self-hosted platform (web, desktop, and a Chrome extension) that exposes a task management workspace to AI models over MCP and accepts work from any harness with ACP support, designed around the Claude subscription you already have. Humans break goals into tasks and delegate; agents pull assignments, update statuses, and request permissions for sensitive actions in realtime; the board renders captures of the running app rather than mockups, per its own README. A companion Chrome extension carries the board into the browser, and a Discord community backs the install. ## Status Active and modest: 1,150 stars, 85 forks, and 5 open issues as of 2026-10-13, created 2026-03-24 and pushed the day of this check, AGPL-3.0 throughout. Star History Chart **The independent record exists but is small: a 6-point Show HN from April 2026, a 2-point follow-up discussion, and little third-party coverage since, so the realtime claim rests on the README's own captures rather than field reports.** Five open issues against an active branch suggests either a quiet user base or fast triage; the README does not say which. ## Strengths - The MCP-native task surface means any MCP client can see and act on the workspace, no per-harness plugin required. - Permission requests for sensitive actions land in the approval flow, which is the human-in-the-loop mechanic done at the right layer. - Self-hosted with your existing Claude subscription, so the task layer adds no per-seat bill and no vendor custody of your task history. - Realtime sync across mobile, web, desktop, and the Chrome extension covers the where-am-I-when-the-agent-asks case. - AGPL-3.0 keeps the server code copyleft, so improvements cannot close. ## Cautions - AGPL-3.0 is a binding constraint for internal tooling teams with distribution concerns; read it before wiring it into a product. - The traction record is one 6-point Show HN; the realtime and capture claims are the vendor's own. - Task structure depth (dependencies, PRD ingestion) is undocumented in the README head, so plan-level rigor looks lighter than this category's dedicated trackers. - Self-hosting a realtime collaboration server is an operational commitment the one-maintainer project does not document an ops story for. - The ACP and MCP surfaces move fast upstream; version pinning discipline is on you. ## Pricing Free and open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted. No hosted tier and no paid plan; agents run on your existing subscriptions. ## Compared to - [beads](../beads/index.md): the issue-tracker-native tracker with the largest adoption in the category; beads lives in your repo, AgentRQ puts the board in your pocket. - [PlanDB](../plandb/index.md): the SQLite compound-graph planner with atomic claims; PlanDB is agent-first structure, AgentRQ is human-first supervision. - [Backlog.md](../backlog-md/index.md): the file-based board that keeps tasks in the repository; choose it when the board must version with the code. ## Bottom line **Recommended for solo operators and small teams who want self-hosted, phone-reachable supervision of MCP-capable agents under their own subscriptions.** Not for AGPL-constrained teams, or anyone needing repository-native task storage or deep dependency planning. ## Changes - 2026-10-13 - Created. ## See also - [Task Management Feature Matrix](../task-management-feature-matrix/index.md) - the category comparison this note joins - [beads](../beads/index.md) - the category's repo-native heavyweight - [PlanDB](../plandb/index.md) - the agent-first structured planner - [Backlog.md](../backlog-md/index.md) - the file-based board alternative - [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](../../protocols/mcp/index.md) - the protocol AgentRQ exposes its workspace over ## References - https://github.com/agentrq/agentrq - repository, AGPL-3.0 license, stars, push activity, and the MCP workspace model as of 2026-10-13 - https://agentrq.com/ - the product site and self-hosted positioning - https://github.com/agentrq/agentrq/blob/main/README.md - the feature set, realtime capture claims, and harness support statement - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/agentrq/iadkenmjgjoilnioldgchgjpdnbaghbj - the published Chrome extension backing the browser surface - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47958608 - the April 2026 Show HN (6 points), the project's main independent footprint