Bring Benaiah into your terminal.

A terminal-first coding agent for complex work, powered by your choice of frontier model.

Models from

OpenAI

Anthropic

Z.ai

$curl -fsSL https://benaiah.ai/cli/install.sh | bash

Available to try for free

Desktop view of the installed Benaiah Alpha terminal interface with its worktree menu, command prompt, Benaiah Auto model and local API-key session.

Mobile view of the live Benaiah terminal harness, showing its worktree menu, command prompt and Benaiah Auto model.

Run Benaiah on your Mac. Control it securely from your phone. No mock-up. No generated interface.

Inside the harness

From first thought to shipped code.

Benaiah keeps the workspace familiar while you choose the intelligence, tools, context, and control needed for serious engineering work.

Model selector

Change the brain. Keep Benaiah.

Benaiah stays familiar while you swap the AI model underneath it. Choose a different brain for speed, depth, or cost from one simple menu.

Switch models with /model inside the terminal
Frontier and open models from leading AI labs
Keep the same tools, context, and workflow

~/project · model selector Benaiah Auto

❯/model

Choose the intelligence9 available

●Benaiah AutoRecommended

○GPT 5.6 SolOpenAI

○Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle

○Claude Fable 5Anthropic

○Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic

○Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic

○Grok 4.5xAI

○GLM 5.2Z.ai

○Kimi K3Moonshot AI

↑/↓ choose · Enter confirmone harness · any brain

Plan

Plan before you build.

Start complex work with an explicit implementation plan. Review the approach, challenge assumptions, then approve the build.

Architecture and sequencing before files change
Approval gates for controlled execution
Readable diffs after every implementation step

~/commerce-api · main 18.4%

❯Migrate authentication to rotating tokens without downtime.

◆ Analysed routes, middleware, tests and deployment config

plan.mdready for review

1Bottom line

2Introduce rotation behind a feature flag with a compatibility window.

3Implementation

4• Add signing and verification helpers.

5• Add refresh-token rotation and replay protection.

6• Cover rollout and rollback paths in integration tests.

a approve c commentplan mode

Skills

Reuse what works.

Package repeatable workflows as skills so Benaiah can apply the same standards across repositories and sessions.

Invoke skills directly or let matching tasks trigger them
Carry project conventions through AGENTS.md
Combine instructions, scripts, and reference material

~/web-app · feature/checkout 22.1%

❯/interface-review checkout confirmation

Skill loadedinterface-review

✓Read the established component and token system

✓Check keyboard, focus, contrast, and reduced motion

✓Compare desktop and mobile visual hierarchy

→Prepare a reviewable patch with browser evidence

Skill context is scoped to this task and repository.

4 references · 2 scriptsskill active

Integrations

Connect your tools.

Extend the harness with plugins, hooks, and MCP servers while keeping project-level trust and permissions explicit.

Bundle tools and workflows behind one installation
Connect external services through MCP
Run hooks around file edits and tool calls

~/platform · integrations 16.7%

❯Open project integrations

HooksPluginsSkillsMCP

github-flow
reviews · branches · pull requestsactive

browser-review
responsive UI verificationactive

project-database
MCP · 12 toolsconnected

release-guard
pre-deploy hooktrusted

/ to searchworkspace scope

Clarity

Choose with confidence.

When a decision materially changes the outcome, Benaiah pauses and presents the choice in a form that is quick to answer.

Surface architecture and product decisions early
Keep options concrete and mutually exclusive
Feed the answer directly into the working plan

~/dashboard · design system 12.9%

One decision is needed before implementation.

Navigation model1 of 1

1Command centre
Dense, keyboard-first, operational

2Guided workspace
Progressive disclosure for mixed teams

3Developer canvas
Code and output remain primary

↑/↓ navigate · Enter selectwaiting

Subagents

Share the workload.

Delegate bounded research, implementation, and review tasks to specialised agents, each with isolated context and clear ownership.

Investigate multiple parts of a system concurrently
Use isolated worktrees for independent changes
Bring findings back into one accountable session

~/services · latency investigation 31.2%

❯Find the source of the checkout p99 regression.

request-path
Trace slow endpoints and middlewarerunning

database
Compare queries, plans, and locksrunning

deploy-diff
Review changes across recent releasescomplete

cache
Audit hit rate and invalidation pathsrunning

◆ Correlating findings against the production trace.

4 delegated taskssubagent mode

Start in your terminal.

One command installs the public beta on macOS, Linux, or Windows. Your free Benaiah access pass is created securely on first launch.

$curl -fsSL https://benaiah.ai/cli/install.sh | bash

One connected workspace

Everything needed.

Explore, decide, edit, execute, and verify without stitching together a different tool for every stage.

Model selector

Switch the intelligence without changing the harness.

Plan mode

Review a structured approach before implementation begins.

Subagents

Delegate parallel research, building, and review tasks.

Skills

Make specialised workflows reusable across sessions.

Hooks

Run trusted automation around edits and tool calls.

MCP servers

Bring external tools and business systems into context.

AGENTS.md

Set durable repository instructions and conventions.

Project memory

Carry decisions and working context between sessions.

Code search

Navigate unfamiliar repositories and trace behaviour fast.

Multi-file edits

Coordinate precise changes across an entire codebase.

Git workflows

Inspect diffs, manage branches, commit, and publish.

Web research

Check current documentation and primary sources.

Terminal execution

Run builds, tests, scripts, and diagnostics with live output.

Headless mode

Use the harness in repeatable scripts and pipelines.

Code review

Surface defects and risks before changes are shared.

Sandboxed tools

Constrain execution when a task needs tighter boundaries.

Background tasks

Keep long-running processes visible and manageable.

Themes

Choose the terminal appearance that suits your environment.

Session rewind

Return to earlier checkpoints when the direction changes.

Bring Benaiah into your terminal.

Install the macOS, Linux, or Windows beta and start building inside any repository.

$curl -fsSL https://benaiah.ai/cli/install.sh | bash

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