Paperclip

Paperclip is an open-source application to manage, organize, and run a team of AI agents for work.

Paperclip is an open-source application designed to help users manage and run a team of AI agents for work. It functions as an agent orchestration system, bringing together org charts, goals, tasks, budgets, and agent templates into a single deployment. Users can bring their own agents, runtimes, and LLM providers, organizing them under a hierarchical structure with clear roles, reporting lines, and job descriptions. The app uses scheduled heartbeats and ticket systems to trace conversations, log tool calls, and maintain an immutable audit log of decisions. It also includes strict governance controls, allowing users to act as a board of directors to approve hires, override strategies, pause agents, and enforce monthly budgets. Paperclip is MIT-licensed and can be run as a local instance with an embedded Postgres database or deployed to the cloud.

Paperclip at a glance

Best for: Founder, Director, Product manager
Runs on: Web, self-hosted, open source
Pricing: Free
Released: March 2026
Category: AI agent tool
Website: paperclip.ing

Key features

Unified org charts with hierarchies, roles, and reporting lines
Bring-your-own-agent support for any runtime or provider
Monthly budgets per agent with automatic pausing at limits
Structured ticket system with full tool-call tracing and audit logs
Goal alignment tracking tasks back to the company mission
Governance controls for approving hires and overriding strategies
Scheduled heartbeats and automated task delegation

Use it for

Manage a team of AI agents across multiple business functions
Set and monitor monthly budgets for individual AI agents
Track agent tasks, conversations, and tool calls through tickets
Organize autonomous workers with an interactive company org chart

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