Research and writing
Gather local context, use connected tools, and leave a complete brief behind.
Emissary
Give Courier a job. Come back to the result.
Schedule tasks for local agents to research, automate, create, or code while you are away — with durable context, crash-safe transcripts, and no costs. Autonomous AI without the Autonomous Bill.
A scheduled agent, not a stripped-down bot
Describe the outcome. Give it the same tools.
An Emissary task carries an explicit workspace, model, instructions, connections, and cadence. It runs with Courier's real capabilities instead of handing the job to a separate cloud service.
Weekly release brief
ActiveCadence
Friday · 4:00 PM
Context
Release notes + project memory
Tools
GitHub · Linear · Files
Code changes
Shadow required
Run transcript
Saved as it runs16:00
Context loaded
Project instructions and 14 release notes
16:01
Research complete
Grouped changes by customer impact
16:03
Draft saved
reports/release-brief.md
16:03
Run complete
Ready for review
Filesystem automation
Organize, transform, and prepare files with the same approvals as an attended Courier turn.
Code in Shadow
Plan, edit, run, and verify in an isolated workspace; review the change before promotion.
Creative jobs
Queue local image or video work when the selected model and hardware support it.
From instruction to evidence
Every run has a legible lifecycle.
Emissary keeps the task, work, and result together so autonomous does not mean invisible.
1
Define
Give Courier the outcome and context.
2
Schedule
Run once, daily, weekly, by interval, or custom cadence.
3
Execute
Use the configured model, tools, and workspace.
4
Persist
Save the transcript as the work happens.
5
Review
Return to the result and any gated decisions.
Cadence
Once, recurring, or exactly when you need it.
If the Mac sleeps through a scheduled time, Emissary catches up once on wake. It never unleashes a burst of missed runs.
Schedule
1Once2Daily3Weekly4Interval5Custom
Catch up once on wake. Single-flight so local models never fight the GPU.
Operational guarantees
Designed to run on your Mac reliably
Local autonomy needs different safeguards than a cloud job queue.
Context-gated
A run starts only when its configured workspace, model, tools, and instructions are available.
Crash-safe
The transcript persists as work happens, preserving the evidence even if a run is interrupted.
Single-flight
One local generation runs at a time so scheduled jobs do not fight over unified memory.
Connected work
Schedule the tools already available to Courier.
Use MCP Store apps, service integrations, custom MCP servers, or searchable OpenAPI Collections. OAuth credentials remain on the Mac.
- MCP StoreInstall agent-first apps
- IntegrationsVast library of 3rd party integrations supported
- n8nConnected workflows
- Custom MCPBring your own server
- OpenAPI CollectionsSearch and call APIs
- SkillsTeach Courier Skills & Workflows
Put the recurring work on your Mac.
Emissary is included with Courier Pro at $10 per month and bundled with the commercial local license.