Observed arrival · 2026-10-29
Magus puts local agents at a desk
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Magus is a downloadable desktop app for working with persistent agents, called “familiars,” in your local files.
- For
- People who want desktop agents to work with local files
- Worth noticing
- The site says its unsigned macOS download skips the quarantine stamp when fetched via curl.
Field notes
The homepage presents Magus as a native app with two transcript views and English or Japanese language preferences. It says familiars can request access to clipboard operations and build helper code for approval before running it. The Mac build is unsigned, and the page explicitly notes that its curl download path skips the quarantine stamp; treat that installation guidance as a meaningful security consideration.
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