Open source / Self-hosted
Talk to AI coding agents through Discord voice calls or Slack channels. Give them work and disconnect. They keep shipping.
The idea
I get most of my ideas while driving. The problem is I always have to wait until I get home to act on them, or write them down and hope I remember the context later.
Every hour between having an idea and starting to build it is wasted time. That's the time value of momentum. Shipmates lets you call your AI dev team on Discord or Slack the moment inspiration hits. Describe what you want built, hang up, and it's already in progress before you pull into the driveway.
How it works
Join a Discord voice channel, tell your agents what to build, and disconnect. They keep working independently, in isolated containers, against your real repos.
Agents run Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI inside Docker containers. They write code, run tests, push branches, and open PRs on your actual codebase.
When agents get stuck, they message you on Discord or Slack. Answer when you can. They pick back up automatically. No babysitting required.
Bring your own API key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or 5 other providers. Assign different models to different agents. Mix and match however you want.
Your team
Each agent gets a name, personality, voice, and scoped access. They stay in their lane so they don't step on each other's changes.
Alex
Full-Stack Dev
Sam
Backend Eng
Jordan
Frontend Dev
Casey
QA Lead
Morgan
Code Reviewer
Assign agents to specific repos, directories, or languages. Your frontend agent only touches the UI. Your backend agent stays in the API layer.
Pick from realistic voices powered by ElevenLabs or use free local TTS via Piper. You can tell who's talking without looking at a screen.
Clone the repo, run the setup script, and start talking to your agents.