Daemons by Charlie Labs

Daemons run around the clock without waiting for a prompt. You define the role and the goal, and the daemon keeps working across Slack, Linear, and GitHub on its own schedule. That's the core shift from prompt-driven tools, which only move when someone types something. Slack AI automation that never sleeps is the short version.

You describe a daemon by the role it plays and the outcome you want, not by a list of to-dos. That framing lets the daemon decide how to reach the goal rather than following a fixed script, so you spend less time rewriting instructions every time the underlying work changes shape. Daemons are proactive AI agents first and task runners second.

Each daemon keeps org-wide memory that carries from one run to the next. Over time it has more context about your repositories and how your team works, so its output fits better with less repeated setup. This is what separates a daemon from a fresh chat every morning.

A daemon lives in a plain Markdown file. There's no configuration UI to learn and no YAML schema to memorize, which keeps setup readable and easy to review in a pull request, even for teammates who have never touched the tool before. Anyone on the team can read what a daemon is supposed to do. No hidden settings.

Adding a daemon to a repository means the whole team inherits it, with no separate rollout or onboarding step. That's a real difference from tools where each person configures their own workspace. One file, shared benefit.

When developers lean on coding agents, they generate more pull requests, more stale branches, and more loose ends than a small team can reasonably track by hand. Daemons keep those pieces up to date, patched, and ready, so the productivity gain doesn't quietly turn into a maintenance tax. That's the point.

Billing is team-based. A shared token budget covers daemon work, so each person's allocation isn't the deciding factor. Plans scale from a free tier through Starter, Team, and Growth, each multiplying the daily and weekly usage limits. Unlimited team members are included on every plan, which keeps the cost predictable as a group grows.