Bohan Jiang 37f3bb7dd9 MUL-5587: fix(autopilots): tell the user which required field blocks Create (#6231) (#6237)
* fix(autopilots): tell the user which required field blocks Create (MUL-5587)

The create dialog gated its submit button with native `disabled` on an
empty title, an unpicked assignee, or a server-rejected schedule. A
natively disabled button is neither hoverable nor focusable, so a user
who had not picked an assignee got a dead grey control and no hint about
what was missing (GitHub #6231) — the assignee picker looks exactly like
the optional Project and Subscribers pickers beside it, and nothing said
only that one was required.

An unmet requirement now uses `aria-disabled` instead: the button still
takes the hover that shows a tooltip naming the missing field, and still
takes the click, which reveals an inline error under the field at fault
and focuses it. `handleSubmit` is the real gate either way, so nothing
can be submitted that could not be before. The assignee section also
carries a required marker up front, so the dead end is avoided rather
than only explained.

The three states come from one `submitBlock` value shared by the button,
the tooltip, the inline errors and `handleSubmit`, so a rendered
affordance cannot disagree with what submitting actually does.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

* refactor(autopilots): stop dimming Create at all — the click is the feedback (MUL-5587)

Follow-up on review. The previous commit kept the button greyed via
`aria-disabled` and explained the grey with a tooltip. Since a blocked
click now intercepts and points at the offending field, the greying earns
nothing: drop `aria-disabled`, the dimming classes and the tooltip, and
let the button be an ordinary live button whenever a save isn't already
in flight.

The schedule case no longer scrolls to the editor's inline error and
returns. It falls through to `scheduleGate.ensureAccepted`, which re-asks
the server and toasts its actual reason — visible feedback where the
scroll could be a no-op, and it self-heals when a stored expression the
server once rejected is accepted again.

That leaves nothing in this dialog reading the gate's `scheduleValid`, so
its `onValidityChange` / `clearRejection` wiring goes too rather than
sitting inert. The shared hook keeps them for the detail page's
add-trigger dialog, which still gates on it.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

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Co-authored-by: Bohan-J <bohan@devv.ai>
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
2026-08-01 11:04:10 +08:00

Multica — humans and agents, side by side

Multica

Multica

Your next 10 hires won't be human.

The open-source managed agents platform.
Turn coding agents into real teammates — assign tasks, track progress, compound skills.

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What is Multica?

Multica turns coding agents into real teammates. Assign issues to an agent like you'd assign to a colleague — they'll pick up the work, write code, report blockers, and update statuses autonomously.

No more copy-pasting prompts. No more babysitting runs. Your agents show up on the board, participate in conversations, and compound reusable skills over time. Think of it as open-source infrastructure for managed agents — vendor-neutral, self-hosted, and designed for human + AI teams. Works with Claude Code, Codex, CodeBuddy, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi, Cursor Agent, Kimi, Kiro CLI, Antigravity, Qoder CLI, and Trae CLI.

For larger teams, Squads add a stable routing layer: assign work to a group led by an agent, and the leader delegates to the right member.

Multica board view

Why "Multica"?

Multica — Multiplexed Information and Computing Agent.

The name is a nod to Multics, the pioneering operating system of the 1960s that introduced time-sharing — letting multiple users share a single machine as if each had it to themselves. Unix was born as a deliberate simplification of Multics: one user, one task, one elegant philosophy.

We think the same inflection is happening again. For decades, software teams have been single-threaded — one engineer, one task, one context switch at a time. AI agents change that equation. Multica brings time-sharing back, but for an era where the "users" multiplexing the system are both humans and autonomous agents.

In Multica, agents are first-class teammates. They get assigned issues, report progress, raise blockers, and ship code — just like their human colleagues. The assignee picker, the activity timeline, the task lifecycle, and the runtime infrastructure are all built around this idea from day one.

Like Multics before it, the bet is on multiplexing: a small team shouldn't feel small. With the right system, two engineers and a fleet of agents can move like twenty.

Features

Multica manages the full agent lifecycle: from task assignment to execution monitoring to skill reuse.

  • Agents as Teammates — assign to an agent like you'd assign to a colleague. They have profiles, show up on the board, post comments, create issues, and report blockers proactively.
  • Squads — group agents (and humans) under a leader agent and assign work to the squad. The leader decides who should pick it up, so routing stays stable as the team grows. @FrontendTeam instead of @alice-or-bob-or-carol.
  • Autonomous Execution — set it and forget it. Full task lifecycle management (enqueue, claim, start, complete/fail) with real-time progress streaming via WebSocket.
  • Autopilots — schedule recurring work for agents. Cron triggers, webhooks, or manual runs — each autopilot creates the issue and routes it to an agent automatically, so daily standups, weekly reports, and periodic audits run themselves.
  • Reusable Skills — every solution becomes a reusable skill for the whole team. Deployments, migrations, code reviews — skills compound your team's capabilities over time.
  • Unified Runtimes — one dashboard for all your compute. Local daemons and cloud runtimes, auto-detection of available CLIs, real-time monitoring.
  • Multi-Workspace — organize work across teams with workspace-level isolation. Each workspace has its own agents, issues, and settings.

Quick Install

macOS / Linux
brew install multica-ai/tap/multica

Use brew upgrade multica-ai/tap/multica to keep the CLI current.

Install script

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/multica-ai/multica/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Use this if Homebrew is not available. The script installs the Multica CLI on macOS and Linux by using Homebrew when it is on PATH, otherwise it downloads the binary directly.

Then configure, authenticate, and start the daemon in one command:

multica setup          # Connect to Multica Cloud, log in, start daemon

Self-hosting? Add --with-server to deploy a full Multica server on your machine:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/multica-ai/multica/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- --with-server
multica setup self-host

This pulls the official Multica images from GHCR (latest stable by default). Requires Docker. See the Self-Hosting Guide for details. If the selected GHCR tag has not been published yet, fall back to make selfhost-build from a checkout.

Windows (PowerShell)

PowerShell

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/multica-ai/multica/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Then configure, authenticate, and start the daemon in one command:

multica setup          # Connect to Multica Cloud, log in, start daemon

Self-hosting? Set the MULTICA_MODE environment variable to with-server before running the installer to deploy a full Multica server on your machine:

$env:MULTICA_MODE="with-server"; irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/multica-ai/multica/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
multica setup self-host

This pulls the official Multica images from GHCR (latest stable by default). Requires Docker. See the Self-Hosting Guide for details.


Getting Started

1. Set up and start the daemon

multica setup           # Configure, authenticate, and start the daemon

The daemon runs in the background and auto-detects agent CLIs (claude, codex, codebuddy, copilot, opencode, openclaw, hermes, pi, cursor-agent, kimi, kiro-cli, agy, qodercli, qoderclicn, traecli) on your PATH.

2. Verify your runtime

Open your workspace in the Multica web app. Navigate to Settings → Runtimes — you should see your machine listed as an active Runtime.

What is a Runtime? A Runtime is a compute environment that can execute agent tasks. It can be your local machine (via the daemon) or a cloud instance. Each runtime reports which agent CLIs are available, so Multica knows where to route work.

3. Create an agent

Go to Settings → Agents and click New Agent. Pick the runtime you just connected and choose a provider (Claude Code, Codex, CodeBuddy, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi, Cursor Agent, Kimi, Kiro CLI, Antigravity, Qoder CLI, or Trae CLI). Give your agent a name — this is how it will appear on the board, in comments, and in assignments.

4. Assign your first task

Create an issue from the board (or via multica issue create), then assign it to your new agent. The agent will automatically pick up the task, execute it on your runtime, and report progress — just like a human teammate.


CLI

The multica CLI connects your local machine to Multica — authenticate, manage workspaces, and run the agent daemon.

Command Description
multica login Authenticate (opens browser)
multica daemon start Start the local agent runtime
multica daemon status Check daemon status
multica setup One-command setup for Multica Cloud (configure + login + start daemon)
multica setup self-host Same, but for self-hosted deployments
multica workspace list List your workspaces (current is marked with *)
multica workspace switch <id|slug> Switch the default workspace for this profile
multica issue list List issues in your workspace
multica issue create Create a new issue
multica update Update to the latest version

See the CLI and Daemon Guide for the full command reference.


Architecture

┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   Next.js    │────>│  Go Backend  │────>│   PostgreSQL     │
│   Frontend   │<────│  (Chi + WS)  │<────│   (pgvector)     │
└──────────────┘     └──────┬───────┘     └──────────────────┘
                            │
                     ┌──────┴───────┐
                     │ Agent Daemon │  runs on your machine
                     └──────────────┘  (Claude Code, Codex, CodeBuddy, GitHub Copilot CLI,
                                        OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi, Cursor Agent,
                                        Kimi, Kiro CLI, Antigravity, Qoder CLI, Trae CLI)
Layer Stack
Frontend Next.js 16 (App Router)
Backend Go (Chi router, sqlc, gorilla/websocket)
Database PostgreSQL 17 with pgvector
Agent Runtime Local daemon executing Claude Code, Codex, CodeBuddy, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi, Cursor Agent, Kimi, Kiro CLI, Antigravity, Qoder CLI, or Trae CLI

Development

For contributors working on the Multica codebase, see the Contributing Guide.

Prerequisites: Node.js v20+, pnpm v10.28+, Go v1.26+, Docker

make dev

make dev auto-detects your environment (main checkout or worktree), creates the env file, installs dependencies, sets up the database, runs migrations, and starts all services.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full development workflow, worktree support, testing, and troubleshooting.

An iOS mobile client lives in apps/mobile/ — see its README for how to build it onto your own iPhone.

License

Multica License — the complete Apache License 2.0 text incorporated together with additional conditions — see NOTICE for attribution notices.

  • Providing Multica as a hosted service to third parties, or embedding it in a commercially distributed product, requires a commercial license obtained from the producer (condition 1a).
  • Unless the producer has granted a written branding waiver, the Multica LOGO, product name, and copyright information may not be removed or modified in a Multica user interface. The user interface is defined by derivation — including apps/web/, apps/desktop/, apps/mobile/, packages/views/, and packages/ui/ — and covers raw source, the frontend container image, and compiled desktop and mobile binaries (condition 1b).
  • Non-interface use (running only the server/ backend, the daemon, or the CLI) is exempt from the branding condition, but must retain the source and NOTICE attribution and state that the product is built on Multica, with a link back to this repository (condition 1c).
  • A branding waiver and a commercial license are separate grants; neither implies the other (condition 1d).
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