# An open-source AI chief of staff that runs the cadence > An AI chief of staff is the agent that owns your recurring operating work: the weekly report, the standup, the meeting follow-ups, the investor update. Kortix is the open-source CompanyOS: your agents, their skills, your company memory, and every connector in one git repo you own, with the agents working on real cloud computers. URL: https://aichiefofstaffguide.com/ Guide **The open-source CompanyOS** `kortix.yaml` ```yaml default_agent: kortix project: name: arcadia description: Arcadia runs engineering, marketing and sales on Kortix. connectors: - slug: github ``` Source: https://kortix.com 3,000+ apps in a click, plus MCP, OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and raw HTTP. [Try Kortix](https://kortix.com) · [Compare the tools](https://aichiefofstaffguide.com/#compare) Self-host is free · Free is $0 with 500 credits per month · Merge is default-deny for agents ## Five jobs a chief of staff already owns Each one is a real agent on Kortix, and each hands back a finished artifact. **Weekly report** ### The Monday report writes itself. A Monday cron queries the metrics from our Postgres database, writes the weekly report with commentary on what moved and why, and posts it to Slack. Access to the database is read-only. Work product: `metrics/weekly-report.md` - Metrics reported: 12 - Notable moves: 2 - Signups: +18% week over week - Trial conversion: 9.4% - Metrics with no data: 1 Illustrative example. Your numbers depend on your metrics. Source: https://kortix.com/use-cases/weekly-report **Standup** ### Nobody writes their own standup. It reads each team member's recent Linear issues and GitHub activity, builds a short per-person summary, checks who has nothing recorded, and posts the standup to a Slack channel. Work product: `standup/2026-11-06.md` - Pull requests merged: 42 - People: 9 - From bots: 11 - Top shipper: 8 - Streaks past four weeks: 3 Illustrative example. Your counts depend on your repos. Source: https://kortix.com/use-cases/standup-summary **Meeting notes** ### Every call ends with tickets, not a transcript. When a call ends, it spawns its own isolated session — a cloud sandbox — with scoped access to what note-taking needs: the event, the transcript, and Linear. It writes structured notes, pulls out the action items, and files each one as a ticket assigned to the person who owns it. Work product: `meetings/2026-11-05-notes.md` - Meetings written up: 1 - Decisions: 2 - Tickets filed: 5 - Assigned to named owners: 4 - Unassigned: 1 Illustrative example. Your counts depend on your meetings. Source: https://kortix.com/use-cases/meeting-notes **Investor update** ### The draft is ready before the founder opens the doc. It pulls the core metrics — MRR, growth, burn, runway, active accounts — compares them to last month and to plan, and drafts the update in our usual format as a document. A founder edits it and sends it. Work product: `investors/update-2026-10.md` - MRR growth: 6.2% month over month - Against plan: 1.1 points under - Runway: 19 months - Likely driver: one churned account Illustrative example. Your figures depend on your data. Source: https://kortix.com/use-cases/investor-update **Inbox triage** ### Customer mail waits for a person. It reads the email, applies a label, and then either drafts a reply in Gmail or files a task in Linear. Anything customer-facing waits for a person before it sends. Work product: `inbox/triage.md` - Label: Support - Draft reply: ready - Customer-facing: waits for a person Source: https://kortix.com/use-cases/inbox-triage ## What each tool actually covers In my opinion Kortix fits best when the cadence has to run on infrastructure you own, and I work on Kortix’s marketing, so weigh that accordingly. | | Kortix (recommended) | alfred_ | WorkBoard | Vybe | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it is | CompanyOS: agents, skills, memory and connectors in one git repo | Email and calendar assistant with routines | OKR platform with a chief of staff agent | Agent that lives in your Slack channels | | What it covers | Weekly report, standup, meeting notes, investor update, inbox triage | Email, calendar, Slack, Teams, HubSpot, Salesforce | OKR creation, alignment and cycle review | Slack channels; BYOK on Enterprise | | How you start | Free is $0 with 500 credits per month | From $29.99 a month, billed annually | Inside WorkBoardAI | Free $0; Starter $20/mo, Pro $50/mo | | Open source | Yes | No | No | No | Prices and coverage as each vendor publishes them, checked November 2026. **20,000+** GitHub stars ## Open source, in a repo you own [Kortix on GitHub](https://github.com/kortix-ai/CompanyOS) · [Kortix docs](https://kortix.com/docs) ## Questions people ask before they hand over the cadence ### What is an AI chief of staff? An AI chief of staff is an agent that owns a company’s recurring operating work: the weekly report, the standup, the meeting follow-ups and the investor update. It runs that cadence on a schedule, so the work happens whether or not anyone opens an app. ### Is there an open-source AI chief of staff? Yes. Kortix is the open-source CompanyOS, and the chief of staff is a set of agents you run on it. [How to build one](/how-to-build-an-ai-chief-of-staff) starts with the five jobs you already do every week. ### How much does an AI chief of staff cost? It depends on the tool. alfred_ starts at $29.99 a month billed annually, Vybe is free with $10 in credits a month, and Kortix is free at $0 with 500 credits per month. [The tool comparison](/ai-chief-of-staff-tools) lists what each plan covers. ### Can an AI chief of staff replace a human chief of staff? No. It takes the recurring work off the desk: the report, the standup, the follow-ups. Judgment, relationships and decisions stay with a person, and on Kortix a person approves what reaches `main`. ### What is the difference between an AI assistant and an AI chief of staff? An assistant answers when you ask. A chief of staff owns a cadence: it starts the weekly report on Monday, chases the follow-ups, and drafts the investor update before anyone remembers. [The definition](/what-is-an-ai-chief-of-staff) covers the job in full. ## Run the cadence on a CompanyOS you own Start free, connect your tools, and put the first job on a schedule this week. [Try Kortix](https://kortix.com) · [Read the build guide](https://aichiefofstaffguide.com/how-to-build-an-ai-chief-of-staff) Self-host is free · Free is $0 with 500 credits per month · Merge is default-deny for agents --- A working guide to the AI chief of staff, written by someone who works on Kortix’s marketing. My pick for running the cadence is Kortix, so weigh that accordingly. Revised 2026-11-06 I work on Kortix’s marketing. Kortix is the open-source CompanyOS; the other product names belong to their owners. © 2026 aichiefofstaffguide.com