Platform Capabilities
Alpha Boffin is an AI-powered agent platform for automating complex workflows. It combines 50+ built-in tools, 20+ AI models, and a knowledge base into a unified desktop app.
AI Agents & Workspaces
- • Individual Agents: Custom agents with configurable system messages, tool selection, model parameters, and conversation styles
- • Conversation Styles: Concise, Detailed, Casual, Professional, or Custom
- • Operational Modes:
- - Plan Mode: Read-only structured planning
- - Verify Mode: Systematic requirement validation
- - Default Mode: Full tool access with natural agent behavior
Chat & Sessions
- • Real-time chat with streaming responses
- • Session branching: Fork a conversation at any message to explore alternatives
- • Pause / Resume: Suspend and continue agent execution
- • Session copying with configuration updates
- • Parent-child branch tracking
- • Message retrieval, deletion, and cross-session persistence
- • Auto-cleanup of old sessions
Knowledge Base
- • Upload documents to a shared team knowledge base
- • Semantic search with natural language queries
- • Document codes for referencing and filtering
- • Data access groups for permission control
- • Agentic PLAN-ACT-REASON processing for complex queries
- • Result caching with freshness validation
- • Citation tracking by document code/name
- • Visual analysis of charts and diagrams in PDFs
- • Supported formats: Markdown, PDF, Word, Excel, Images, Code
Skills System
- • Reusable code and prompt library shared across agents and teams
- • Skill types: script, prompt, other
- • Automatically available to agents when assigned
- • Data access groups for permission control
- • Modification tracking (creator, modifier, timestamps)
- • Automatic sync to workspaces and agents
Model Management
20+ models across major providers with intelligent routing. Features include per-user model override, privacy-based defaults, cost/quality/speed scoring, custom model registration, and extended thinking support for reasoning models.
Anthropic Claude
- • Claude Opus 4.6: flagship reasoning
- • Claude Sonnet 4.6: balanced production
- • Claude Haiku 4.5: fast and low-cost
OpenAI GPT
- • GPT-5.4: deep reasoning
- • GPT-5.3 Codex: frontier coding
- • GPT-5 Nano: ultra-low-latency
- • GPT-4o Search Preview: web search optimized
- • GPT Image 1.5: text rendering in images
Google Gemini
- • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: multimodal reasoning
- • Gemini 3 Flash Preview: fast and cost-effective
- • Gemini 2.5 Computer Use: automation
Specialized
- • Auto: intelligent model selection
- • Auto Fast: ultra-low-latency routing
- • GPT-OSS 120B: open-source 120B model
- • Veo 3.1: professional video generation
Built-in Tools
Research & Analysis
- • Web search with source citations
- • Fetch and parse web pages
- • Multi-step deep research with analysis
- • Semantic search across uploaded documents
- • Extract content from DOCX, XLSX, PDF, images
- • AI-powered file analysis
Code Execution
- • Run Python, Bash, JavaScript, PowerShell, HTML/CSS
- • Read, write, and edit workspace files
- • Syntax-highlighted code display
- • Shell commands and running service detection
Media Generation
- • Text-to-image with reference image support
- • Image editing, variations, and mask-based edits
- • Image format conversion (HEIC, WebP, RAW)
- • Video generation:up to 60s at 1080p with audio
- • Screen capture
Computer Use
- • Vision-based desktop control
- • Browser automation across multiple providers
- • Sandboxed computer control
- • Chrome extension for direct browser control
- • Multi-tab support and visual feedback loops
Orchestration
- • Delegate to specialized or named agents
- • Distribute work across teams
- • Persistent agent memory
- • Reusable skill library
- • Task management and progress tracking
- • Email, scheduling, and user input prompts
Where it runs
Desktop app
- • macOS: Apple Silicon and Intel
- • Windows: Native
- • Automatic updates
- • Multi-environment support
Browser and cloud
- • Full REST API
- • Real-time streaming chat
- • Secure authentication
- • Intelligent model routing
Sandboxed Execution
- • Isolated code execution environment
- • Secure sandboxing for untrusted code
- • Automatic resource management
Security & Collaboration
- • Authentication: Secure login with token and API key support
- • Authorization: Role-based access control
- • Data access groups: Fine-grained document and skill visibility
- • Code execution safety: AI-powered risk assessment before running code
- • Audit trail: Request/action logging with user tracking
- • Team management: Users, teams, agents, workspaces
Scheduling & Billing
- • Scheduled agent executions on recurring or one-time schedules
- • Automated task processing
- • Credit-based pricing with secure payment processing
- • Usage tracking per user and team
- • Cost transparency per model