# Esquip

> Esquip is a free, local AI agent task and session manager for Mac. Use different agents and accounts across projects, run tasks in parallel, and return to saved conversations. Available now: Codex, Claude Code, and OpenCode through their native CLIs inside Esquip.

This index points to user-facing instructions: how to get started, carry out common actions, and use Esquip for coding, research, writing, and follow-up work.

## Product and use cases

- [AI agent task manager for Mac](https://esquip.ai/ai-agent-task-manager/): A concrete parallel-work example, native agent sessions and account profiles, and how Esquip differs from task lists and terminal tabs.

## How-to guides

- [Getting started](https://esquip.ai/docs/): A short guide to connecting an agent and doing your first task.
- [First task](https://esquip.ai/docs/#first-task): Install Esquip, choose a project folder and agent, sign in, and create a task.
- [Work and personal accounts](https://esquip.ai/docs/#accounts): Add separate account profiles for the same agent and select them for projects.
- [Parallel tasks and returning later](https://esquip.ai/docs/#tasks): Run work across projects, stop and resume a conversation, find updates, and schedule a reminder or agent check.
- [Troubleshooting](https://esquip.ai/docs/#troubleshooting): Recover from sign-in, installation, model, and notification problems.
- [Detailed how-to and scenario guide](https://esquip.ai/llms-full.txt): Step-by-step recipes, example requests, expected results, and practical limits for helping someone use Esquip.
- [Privacy](https://esquip.ai/docs/#privacy): What stays on the Mac, what providers receive, and how to change website analytics preferences.

## Download and requirements

- [Homepage and Mac download](https://esquip.ai/): Current DMG, product screenshot, and overview.
- [Download checksums](https://esquip.ai/downloads/SHA256SUMS): Check the downloaded DMG against its published SHA-256 checksum.
- [Sitemap](https://esquip.ai/sitemap.xml): Public HTML pages.

The current beta needs macOS 13 or newer and Apple Silicon. Esquip is free; agent subscriptions and usage fees are separate. Keep the app open and the Mac awake while work or scheduled checks need to run. Model providers normally require an internet connection.