FleetQ — Open-Source AI Agent Orchestration Platform

Self-hosted mission control for AI agents. Build, run, and monitor autonomous multi-agent systems with a visual DAG builder, human-in-the-loop approvals, MCP server integration, and full audit trail. Works with Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Ollama, Codex, Claude Code, and any OpenAI-compatible LLM.

Keywords: AI agents · agent orchestration · MCP server · Model Context Protocol · LangGraph alternative · CrewAI alternative · n8n for AI · Claude agents · LLM workflow · autonomous agents · agent framework · AI automation · self-hosted

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Table of Contents

• Why FleetQ?
• Key Concepts
• Screenshots
• Features
• Use Cases
• How FleetQ compares
• Quick Start
• Authentication
• Configuration
• SSH Host Access
• Architecture
• MCP Server (493+ tools)
• Tech Stack
• Contributing
• Changelog

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Why FleetQ?

Most agent frameworks give you a Python notebook. FleetQ gives you a production platform.

• 🧩 493+ MCP tools across 46 domains — every feature is exposed via Model Context Protocol, so any LLM (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, local agents) can drive the platform programmatically. New in 1.24: AutoRegistersAsMcpTool contract lets connectors auto-expose as MCP tools (no hand-written boilerplate); A-RAG hierarchical retrieval (memory_keyword_search + memory_chunk_read); browser_harness_run for self-healing CDP browser automation; workflow_export_yaml / workflow_import_yaml for Kestra-style workflow source-of-truth.
• 🔁 Visual DAG workflows with 8 node types (agent, conditional, human-task, switch, dynamic-fork, do-while) — no Python glue code.
• 👥 Multi-agent crews with coordinator/worker/reviewer roles, weighted QA scoring, and cross-validation.
• 🛡️ Real-World Action governance — assistant tool calls, integration writes, and git pushes route through a per-tier risk policy (auto / ask / reject for low / medium / high). Approvals auto-execute. Audit trail attached.
• 💰 Budget controls with a real credit ledger, pessimistic locking, and auto-pause on overspend — not just token counters.
• 🧠 Agent evolution — LLM analyzes execution history and proposes config changes you approve with one click.
• ⚙️ BYOK + Local LLMs — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, plus Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, Codex, Claude Code. Zero vendor lock-in.
• 🔒 Production-grade — tenant isolation, encrypted credential vault, HMAC webhooks, SSRF guards, circuit breakers, audit trail.
• 📊 OpenTelemetry observability — structured error codes (gRPC-canonical), deadline propagation, distributed tracing. Jaeger UI one-command away. Per-team OTLP collector endpoints for BYO observability.
• 📈 Live team graph — Cytoscape.js force-directed visualization of agents, humans, and crews. Real-time updates via Laravel Reverb WebSockets.
• 🏠 Self-host or cloud — MIT-friendly AGPLv3 license, runs on Docker Compose, or use FleetQ Cloud.

Key Concepts

Concept	What it is	When to use
Agent	A configured AI personality with role, goal, backstory, skills, and tool access	The basic unit — one agent per specialized task
Skill	A reusable LLM prompt, rule, connector, or GPU compute call	When multiple agents need the same capability
Experiment	A stateful run through a 20-stage pipeline (scoring → planning → building → executing → evaluating)	Any non-trivial agent task with lifecycle
Crew	A team of agents working on one goal (sequential, parallel, hierarchical, adversarial, fanout, chat-room)	Multi-perspective tasks or when you need review/QA
Workflow	A visual DAG template (reusable across experiments) with branching, loops, human-tasks	Recurring processes — CI/CD, content pipelines, QA flows
Project	A continuous (cron-scheduled) or one-shot container for experiments, with budget + milestones	Long-running initiatives, scheduled agent work
Signal	An inbound event (webhook, RSS, email, bug report, GitHub issue) that can trigger agents	Event-driven automation
MCP Tool	A programmatic action any LLM can call to query or mutate the platform	Expose FleetQ to external agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.)

Screenshots

Dashboard KPI overview with active experiments, success rate, budget spend, and pending approvals.	Agent Template Gallery Browse 14 pre-built agent templates across 5 categories. Search, filter by category, and deploy with one click.
Agent LLM Configuration Per-agent provider and model selection with fallback chains. Supports Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and local agents.	Agent Evolution AI-driven agent self-improvement. Analyze execution history, propose personality and config changes, and apply with one click.
Crew Execution Live progress tracking during multi-agent crew execution. Each task shows its assigned skill, provider, and elapsed time.	Task Output Expand any completed task to inspect the AI-generated output, including structured JSON responses.
Visual Workflow Builder DAG-based workflow editor with conditional branching, human tasks, switch nodes, and dynamic forks.	Tool Management Manage MCP servers, built-in tools, and external integrations with risk classification and per-agent assignment.
AI Assistant Sidebar Context-aware AI chat embedded in every page with 28 built-in tools for querying and managing the platform.	Experiment Detail Full experiment lifecycle view with timeline, tasks, transitions, artifacts, metrics, and outbound delivery.
Settings & Webhooks Global platform settings, AI provider keys (BYOK), outbound connectors, and webhook configuration.	Error Handling Failed tasks display detailed error information including provider, error type, and request IDs for debugging.

Features

Agents, crews, and workflows

• AI Agents — role, goal, backstory, personality traits, skill assignments, per-agent provider/model fallback chains
• Agent Templates — 14 pre-built templates across 5 categories (engineering, content, business, design, research)
• Agent Evolution — LLM analyzes execution history, proposes config changes, one-click approval
• Agent Crews — Multi-agent teams with coordinator/QA/worker roles, 7 process types (sequential, parallel, hierarchical, self-claim, adversarial, fanout, chat-room), weighted QA scoring
• Pre-Execution Scout Phase — cheap LLM pre-call identifies what knowledge the agent needs → targeted semantic search instead of generic recall
• Step Budget Awareness — agent system prompt targets 80% of allowed steps for core work, reserves the rest for synthesis
• Experiment Pipeline — 20-state machine with automatic stage progression (scoring → planning → building → approval → executing → metrics → evaluating)
• Visual Workflow DAG — 8 node types (agent, conditional, human-task, switch, dynamic-fork, do-while, compensation, sub-workflow). Pre-built Web Dev Cycle template. NL → workflow generator.
• Projects — one-shot and continuous projects with cron scheduling, budget caps, milestones, overlap policies

LLMs and compute

• BYOK — bring your own keys for Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT-4o), Google (Gemini)
• Local LLMs — Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp via OpenAI-compatible endpoints; 17 preset Ollama models; SSRF protection
• Local Agents — Codex and Claude Code as execution backends (auto-detected, zero cost)
• Portkey Gateway — optional drop-in that unlocks 250+ LLM providers with semantic caching and fallbacks
• RunPod GPU Integration — invoke RunPod serverless endpoints or manage full GPU pod lifecycles as skills; BYOK API key; spot pricing
• Pluggable Compute Providers — gpu_compute skills backed by RunPod, Replicate, Fal.ai, Vast.ai
• AI Gateway — provider-agnostic via PrismPHP with 6-layer middleware (rate-limit, budget, idempotency, semantic-cache, schema-validation, usage-tracking), circuit breakers, fallback chains
• Semantic Cache — pgvector-backed cosine similarity (threshold 0.92) cross-team cache — cuts LLM spend on repeat prompts

Signals, triggers, outbound

• Signal connectors — 20+ drivers: webhook, RSS, IMAP, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, PagerDuty, Sentry, Datadog, ClearCue, Telegram, Matrix, Notion, Confluence, Screenpipe, Searxng, more
• Bug Report signals — lightweight QA pipeline with public JS widget, screenshot + console + network + action log capture, threaded comments (reporter + agent + support), agent delegation, SLA escalation
• Trigger rules — event-driven automation with condition evaluator, dry-run testing
• Multi-Channel Outbound — Email (SMTP), Telegram, Slack, Webhook, ntfy with rate limiting and blacklist
• Webhooks — inbound (HMAC-SHA256) + outbound (retry, event filtering)

Human-in-the-loop, budgets, security

• Approvals — inbox with SLA enforcement + escalation
• Human Tasks — embedded form schemas on workflow nodes
• Credit Ledger — per-experiment and per-project with pessimistic locking and auto-pause on overspend
• Credential Vault — encrypted external service credentials with rotation, OAuth2, expiry tracking, per-project injection
• SSH tools — TOFU (Trust On First Use) fingerprint verification, per-tool allowed-commands whitelist, multi-layer command security policy
• Audit Trail — full activity log (spatie/activitylog), searchable + filterable
• Tenant Isolation — multi-layer TeamScope + BelongsToTeam + withoutGlobalScopes() discipline

Integrations & web dev pipeline

• Integrations — GitHub, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Netlify, generic webhook/polling with OAuth 2.0
• Autonomous Web Dev Pipeline — agents can open PRs, merge, dispatch CI workflows, create releases, trigger Vercel/Netlify/SSH deploys through MCP tools
• Website Builder — AI-generated static sites with 8 widget types, Vercel + ZIP deployment drivers, form submissions, blog/navigation/contact widgets
• Founder Mode pack — marketplace bundle of 6 persona agents (Strategist, Product Lead, Growth Hacker, Finance Advisor, Ops Manager, Risk Officer), 20 framework skills (RICE, SPIN, BANT, MEDDIC, OKRs, Shape Up, Unit Economics, Kano, TAM-SAM-SOM, K-Factor, NPV-IRR, RACI, A/B Testing, OWASP), 5 pre-built workflows
• Marketplace — browse, publish, install shared skills, agents, workflows, and bundles with AI risk scanning

API & MCP surface

• REST API — 175+ endpoints under /api/v1/ with Sanctum auth, cursor pagination, auto-generated OpenAPI 3.1 at /docs/api
• MCP Server — 493+ Model Context Protocol tools across 46 domains (stdio + HTTP/SSE + OAuth2/PKCE)
• Real-World Action governance — ActionProposal flow gates assistant tool calls, integration writes, and git pushes through a per-tier risk policy with auto-execute on approval
• Public discovery endpoint — GET /.well-known/fleetq returns a config-gated capability manifest so external AI tools can auto-configure
• Live team graph — /team-graph page with real-time updates via Laravel Reverb WebSockets
• Structured MCP errors — canonical gRPC-style error codes (UNAVAILABLE, PERMISSION_DENIED, RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED, INVALID_ARGUMENT, FAILED_PRECONDITION, NOT_FOUND, INTERNAL) with retryable hints — agents know when to retry vs. fail fast
• Per-tool deadlines — optional deadline_ms parameter on every MCP tool; agents can bound wall-clock time per call
• OpenTelemetry tracing — OTLP HTTP exporter, Jaeger all-in-one via docker compose --profile observability up, spans for MCP tool → AI gateway → LLM provider
• Tool Management — MCP servers (stdio/HTTP), built-in tools (bash/filesystem/browser), risk classification, per-agent assignment
• MCP client compatibility — Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, ChatGPT Apps, Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, any OAuth2 client

Infrastructure

• Queue Management — Laravel Horizon with 6 priority queues and auto-scaling
• Testing — regression test suites for agent outputs with automated evaluation
• Per-Call Working Directory — local/bridge agents can operate in a configured working directory per-agent, isolated project contexts

Use Cases

FleetQ is built for teams running AI agents in production, not toy demos.

• Autonomous dev pipelines — agent opens PR → CI runs → reviewer agent approves → merge → deploy. Human approves only on risk signals.
• Customer support triage — bug report widget → agent extracts reproduction steps from console/network log → experiment runs → notifies reporter with fix or agent-generated workaround.
• Multi-agent research — crew of Strategist + Researcher + Writer with QA reviewer. Each step weighted by domain rubric.
• Scheduled content ops — continuous project runs daily, each run executes a DAG: draft → review → SEO-check → publish → schedule social.
• Incident response — PagerDuty/Sentry signal → trigger rule → diagnosis agent → human approval on runbook action → Slack notify.
• GPU workloads — agent calls gpu_compute skill on RunPod serverless (Whisper, FLUX, Bark) as part of a larger workflow, with cost accounting.
• Local-first agent dev — Ollama + Codex + Claude Code auto-detected, zero API cost for prototyping; switch to cloud providers for production.
• Bring FleetQ into Claude — expose your internal data + tools as MCP server, Claude Desktop/ChatGPT/Cursor can drive the platform programmatically.

How FleetQ compares

	FleetQ	n8n	CrewAI	LangGraph	Make.com
Open source	✅ AGPLv3	✅ Sustainable Use	✅ MIT	✅ MIT	❌ Proprietary
Visual DAG builder	✅ 8 node types	✅ (not AI-first)	❌	❌	✅
Multi-agent crews	✅ 7 process types	❌	✅	✅ (build-your-own)	❌
MCP server (native)	✅ 493+ tools	❌	❌	❌	❌
Human-in-the-loop	✅ native	⚠️ workaround	⚠️ code	⚠️ code	⚠️ approve-node
Budget ledger + locks	✅ pessimistic	❌	❌	❌	❌
Audit trail	✅ every action	✅	❌	❌	✅
BYOK + local LLMs	✅ both	⚠️ BYOK only	⚠️ depends	⚠️ BYOK	❌
Self-hosted	✅ Docker Compose	✅	n/a (library)	n/a (library)	❌
Agent evolution (self-improve)	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
OpenTelemetry tracing	✅ native	❌	❌	⚠️ partial	❌
Credit/usage metering	✅ per-team/project	❌	❌	❌	per-workspace

TL;DR — if you're building production agent systems with LLMs and want visual workflows + MCP + human oversight, FleetQ is the only platform that bundles all of it.

Quick Start (Docker)

git clone https://github.com/escapeboy/agent-fleet-o.git
cd agent-fleet
make install

This will:

1. Copy .env.example to .env
2. Build and start all Docker services
3. Run the interactive setup wizard (database, admin account, LLM provider)

Visit http://localhost:8080 when complete.

Quick Start (Manual — Web Setup)

Requirements: PHP 8.4+, PostgreSQL 17+, Redis 7+, Node.js 20+, Composer

git clone https://github.com/escapeboy/agent-fleet-o.git
cd agent-fleet
composer install
npm install && npm run build
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set DB_HOST, DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, REDIS_HOST
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate
php artisan horizon &
php artisan serve

Then open http://localhost:8000 in your browser. The setup page will guide you through creating your admin account.

Alternative: Run php artisan app:install for an interactive CLI setup wizard that also seeds default agents and skills.

Authentication

• No email verification — the self-hosted edition skips email verification entirely. Accounts are active immediately on registration.
• Single user — all registered users join the default workspace automatically.

No-Password Mode (local installs)

If you're running FleetQ locally on your own machine and don't want to enter a password on every visit, set APP_AUTH_BYPASS=true in .env:

APP_AUTH_BYPASS=true   # Auto-login as first user
APP_ENV=local          # Required — bypass is disabled in production

With bypass enabled, the app logs you in automatically on every request. A logout link is still shown but you'll be logged back in on the next page load — this is intentional.

Warning: Never set APP_AUTH_BYPASS=true on a server accessible from the internet.

Configuration

All configuration is in .env. Key variables:

# Database (PostgreSQL required)
DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=postgres
DB_DATABASE=agent_fleet

# Redis (queues, cache, sessions, locks)
REDIS_HOST=redis
REDIS_DB=0          # Queues
REDIS_CACHE_DB=1    # Cache
REDIS_LOCK_DB=2     # Locks

# LLM Providers -- at least one required for AI features
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
OPENAI_API_KEY=
GOOGLE_AI_API_KEY=

# Auth bypass -- local no-password mode (never use in production)
APP_AUTH_BYPASS=false

Additional LLM keys can be configured in Settings > AI Provider Keys after login.

To use local models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM):

LOCAL_LLM_ENABLED=true
LOCAL_LLM_SSRF_PROTECTION=false  # set false if Ollama is on a LAN IP (192.168.x.x)
LOCAL_LLM_TIMEOUT=180

Then configure endpoints in Settings > Local LLM Endpoints.

SSH Host Access

Agents can execute commands on the host machine (or any remote server) via SSH using the built-in SSH tool type. This is useful for running local scripts, interacting with the filesystem, or orchestrating host-level processes from an agent.

How it works

1. The platform stores SSH private keys encrypted in the Credential vault.
2. An SSH Tool is configured with host, port, username, credential_id, and an optional allowed_commands whitelist.
3. On the first connection to a host, the server's public key fingerprint is stored via TOFU (Trust On First Use). Subsequent connections verify the fingerprint — a mismatch raises an error to prevent MITM attacks.
4. Manage trusted fingerprints via Settings > SSH Fingerprints or the tool_ssh_fingerprints MCP tool.

Setup (Docker — connecting container to host)

The containers reach the host machine via host.docker.internal, which is pre-configured in docker-compose.yml via extra_hosts: host.docker.internal:host-gateway.

Step 1 — Enable SSH on the host

OS	Command
macOS	System Settings → General → Sharing → Remote Login → On
Ubuntu/Debian	sudo apt install openssh-server && sudo systemctl enable --now ssh
Fedora/RHEL	sudo dnf install openssh-server && sudo systemctl enable --now sshd
Windows	Settings → System → Optional Features → OpenSSH Server, then Start-Service sshd

Step 2 — Generate an SSH key pair

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "fleetq-agent@local" -f ~/.ssh/fleetq_agent_key -N ""

Step 3 — Authorize the key on the host

cat ~/.ssh/fleetq_agent_key.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Step 4 — Create a Credential in FleetQ

Navigate to Credentials → New Credential:

• Type: SSH Key
• Paste the contents of ~/.ssh/fleetq_agent_key (private key)

Or via API:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/credentials \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Host SSH Key",
    "credential_type": "ssh_key",
    "secret_data": {"private_key": "<contents of fleetq_agent_key>"}
  }'

Step 5 — Create an SSH Tool

Navigate to Tools → New Tool → Built-in → SSH Remote, or via API:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/tools \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Host SSH",
    "type": "built_in",
    "risk_level": "destructive",
    "transport_config": {
      "kind": "ssh",
      "host": "host.docker.internal",
      "port": 22,
      "username": "your-username",
      "credential_id": "<credential-id>",
      "allowed_commands": ["ls", "pwd", "whoami", "uname", "date", "df"]
    },
    "settings": {"timeout": 30}
  }'

Step 6 — Assign the tool to an agent

In the Agent detail page, go to Tools and assign the SSH tool. The agent will now have an ssh_execute function available during execution.

Command security policy

The platform enforces a multi-layer security hierarchy for bash and SSH commands:

1. Platform-level — always blocked: rm -rf /, mkfs, shutdown, reboot, pipe-to-shell patterns
2. Organization-level — configure in Settings → Security Policy or via the tool_bash_policy MCP tool
3. Tool-level — allowed_commands whitelist in the tool's transport config
4. Project-level — additional restrictions in project settings
5. Agent-level — per-agent overrides on the tool pivot

More restrictive layers always win. A command blocked at the platform level cannot be unblocked by any other layer.

SSH fingerprint management

Trusted host fingerprints are viewable and removable via:

• API: GET /api/v1/ssh-fingerprints / DELETE /api/v1/ssh-fingerprints/{id}
• MCP: tool_ssh_fingerprints with list or delete action

Remove a fingerprint when a host's SSH key is legitimately rotated — the next connection will re-verify via TOFU.

Architecture

Built with Laravel 12, Livewire 4, and Tailwind CSS. Domain-driven design with 33 bounded contexts — table below shows the 17 primary domains:

Domain	Purpose
Agent	AI agent configs, execution, personality, evolution
Crew	Multi-agent teams with lead/member roles
Experiment	Pipeline, state machine, playbooks
Signal	Inbound data ingestion
Outbound	Multi-channel delivery
Approval	Human-in-the-loop reviews and human tasks
Budget	Credit ledger, cost enforcement
Metrics	Measurement, revenue attribution
Audit	Activity logging
Skill	Reusable AI skill definitions
Tool	MCP servers, built-in tools, risk classification
Credential	Encrypted external service credentials
Workflow	Visual DAG builder, graph executor
Project	Continuous/one-shot projects, scheduling
Assistant	Context-aware AI chat with 28 tools
Marketplace	Skill/agent/workflow sharing
Integration	External service connectors (GitHub, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Linear, Stripe, Generic)

Docker Services

Service	Purpose	Port
app	PHP 8.4-fpm	--
nginx	Web server	8080
postgres	PostgreSQL 17	5432
redis	Cache/Queue/Sessions	6379
horizon	Queue workers	--
scheduler	Cron jobs	--
vite	Frontend dev server	5173

Common Commands

make start          # Start services
make stop           # Stop services
make logs           # Tail logs
make update         # Pull latest + migrate
make test           # Run tests
make shell          # Open app container shell

Or with Docker Compose directly:

docker compose exec app php artisan tinker       # REPL
docker compose exec app php artisan test          # Run tests
docker compose exec app php artisan migrate       # Run migrations

Upgrading

make update

This pulls the latest code, rebuilds containers, runs migrations, and clears caches.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Laravel 12 (PHP 8.4)
• Database: PostgreSQL 17
• Cache/Queue: Redis 7
• Frontend: Livewire 4 + Tailwind CSS 4 + Alpine.js
• AI Gateway: PrismPHP
• Queue: Laravel Horizon
• Auth: Laravel Fortify (2FA) + Sanctum (API tokens)
• Audit: spatie/laravel-activitylog
• API Docs: dedoc/scramble (OpenAPI 3.1)
• MCP: laravel/mcp (Model Context Protocol)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss proposed changes.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/my-feature)
3. Make your changes and add tests
4. Run php artisan test to verify
5. Submit a pull request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for coding conventions, commit style, and PR checklist.

Community & Support

• Issues — Bug reports + feature requests
• Discussions — Ask a question or share what you built
• Changelog — What changed in each release
• Cloud version — fleetq.net (free tier, no credit card)

Star History

If FleetQ saves you time, a ⭐ helps others find it. GitHub ranks repos by star velocity.

License

FleetQ Community Edition is open-source software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.

TL;DR of AGPLv3: You can self-host, modify, and run FleetQ for free — including commercial use. If you offer FleetQ as a hosted service to others, you must open-source your modifications. Questions? See our AGPLv3 FAQ.