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Fig. 01 - The Imago StagemacOS · 26+

A two-brained agent for the Mac

One agent does
the work. One agent
runs the show.

Imago pairs a desktop agent that lives on your machine - clicking, typing, reading screens - with a mobile agent that thinks, plans, and dispatches from your pocket. The same specimen, two brains, caught mid-metamorphosis.

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Maria Sibylla Merian engraving showing the metamorphosis of a butterfly, 1705
Plate 1705 · M. S. Merian · Metamorphosis Insectorum

02The Two Brains

Caught in the same net
Brain I - Hands on the machine

The Desktop Agent

Cerebrum operans
I
Merian plate VI, classical engraving of caterpillars and a butterfly on a plant

Lives natively on macOS. It sees the screen, moves the cursor, types, files, scrubs through apps, and finishes the tasks you would otherwise do by hand - with a real, clicky mechanical feel for every action it takes.

  • 01Native macOS automation
  • 02Reads the screen, drives the cursor
  • 03Works inside your real apps
  • 04Audit log of every click
Brain II - Brain in your pocket

The Mobile Agent

Cerebrum dirigens
II
Merian plate LX, classical engraving of a moth and its larval stages on foliage

Orchestrates from the phone the way a good chief of staff would - reading context, breaking down intent, deciding what happens next, and dispatching the desktop agent. You talk to it; it runs the show.

  • 01Plans and decomposes intent
  • 02Dispatches the desktop agent
  • 03Always-on, conversational
  • 04Knows when to ask, when to act
intent → dispatch → execution

03The Mechanism

Clicky, mechanical, legible
STEP 01

You speak intent

Tell the mobile agent what you want in plain language. No commands to memorize.

STEP 02

The brain decomposes

It breaks intent into a plan, decides the order, and figures out what the desktop hands need to do.

STEP 03

It dispatches

The plan is handed to the desktop agent on your Mac as a sequence of concrete, observable actions.

STEP 04

The hands click

Every action lands with a satisfying mechanical certainty - and a full log you can replay.

imago - live tracepid 0x1F · captured
mobile › intent: "send the Q3 deck to the board, then book a review"
  plan ─┬─ resolve "Q3 deck" in Files
        ├─ compose mail → board@
        └─ open Calendar → propose 3 slots

desktop › exec[1/3] open Finder ............... ✓ click
desktop › exec[2/3] attach deck → Mail ........ ✓ click  click
desktop › exec[3/3] Calendar → hold 3 slots ... ✓ click

mobile › done. 3 actions, 0 errors. log → ⌘L

04Field Studies

On classical entomology

Three centuries ago, Maria Sibylla Merian sat with her specimens and drew every stage of the change - egg, larva, pupa, imago - on a single plate. We build software the same way: observe the whole life of a task, then render it precisely. These are her plates.

Merian plate XLVIII, classical engraving of insects and plant
Plate XLVIIIOrder in the chaos
Merian Surinam engraving of spiders and insects on a branch, 1705
Plate XVIIIThe full web of tasks
Joseph Mulder classical etching of insects
Mulder etchingEngraved, not generated

05Specification

What it is, exactly
PlatformmacOS desktop agent + iOS / mobile brain[private beta]
ArchitectureTwo coordinated agents, one shared context[core]
Desktop controlNative cursor, keyboard, screen reading[native]
OrchestrationPlan → dispatch → execute, fully traced[core]
Latency feelClicky, mechanical, sub-second feedback[tuned]
TransparencyEvery action logged, replayable, revocable[by default]
PrivacyActions run on your machine, not a far server[local-first]
InterfaceConversational on mobile, observable on desktop[dual]

06The Cabinet

One specimen, many stages

07Early Access

Limited specimens

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the collection.

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Merian plate XLVIII, a classical entomological study
Specimen no. 0007 · awaiting label