Re Dependency graph: In real coding, sometimes even the arguably the best agent -- claude code + Opus 4.6 + High reasoning -- still struggles, because either the tasks are very complicated or human prompting cannot articulate the problem in a way that agent can understand and solve it.
We allow graph-based task decomposition, replanning if user does not like it, and even more complex graph operations such as (i) expanding a task into a few nodes, (ii) rephreasing a subgraph of tasks into a new set of tasks.
In this way, the gains are (i) the agent is better at understanding the whole project, (ii)task executions can be parallel and retried. Say the user wants to change the prompt of a particular step, then all the tasks before that does not need to be re-run.
Re Different models for different tasks: So far we don't support that, but that is in our pipeline. Claude code has that. For example, context compaction arguably is done by Sonnet.
Hi HN, I built Astro because I was frustrated with running AI coding agents one at a time. You describe what you want, sit there waiting, then manually feed the next task. The ceiling isn't capability — it's coordination.
Astro sits above agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw. You describe a goal once, it generates a dependency graph (DAG, not a flat list), and dispatches tasks in parallel across your machines. Each task runs in an isolated git worktree and opens a PR. Tasks that can run in parallel do — total time equals the longest path, not the sum of all tasks.
Key design decisions:
- Your machines run the agents with your API keys. The Astro server never calls AI models and never sees your keys.
- Every task dispatch is cryptographically signed by your browser. The agent runner verifies the signature before executing.
- The agent runner is fully open source (this repo). The server provides the planning UI and dashboard at astroanywhere.com.
- Works with multiple agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, OpenCode. It auto-detects what's installed.
- Dispatches to local machines, HPC clusters (Slurm), and cloud VMs. One `npx @astroanywhere/agent` command sets everything up.
We also ship built-in templates (stock analysis reports, academic paper review, presentation generation) that run as parallel task graphs out of the box.
Quick start: install an agent (e.g. `npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code`), register at astroanywhere.com, run `npx @astroanywhere/agent`, and you're connected.
Re Dependency graph: In real coding, sometimes even the arguably the best agent -- claude code + Opus 4.6 + High reasoning -- still struggles, because either the tasks are very complicated or human prompting cannot articulate the problem in a way that agent can understand and solve it.
We allow graph-based task decomposition, replanning if user does not like it, and even more complex graph operations such as (i) expanding a task into a few nodes, (ii) rephreasing a subgraph of tasks into a new set of tasks.
In this way, the gains are (i) the agent is better at understanding the whole project, (ii)task executions can be parallel and retried. Say the user wants to change the prompt of a particular step, then all the tasks before that does not need to be re-run.
Re Different models for different tasks: So far we don't support that, but that is in our pipeline. Claude code has that. For example, context compaction arguably is done by Sonnet.