# Features

Everything AQBot can do today, grouped by area. The list follows the project README and is updated with each release.

Source: https://app.aqbot.top/features

## Chat & Models

- **Multi-provider chat**: Connect OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with custom Base URL, API Path, headers and proxy rules.
- **Provider onboarding**: Use aqbot:// provider links and CC Switch import to bring provider profiles into AQBot after user confirmation.
- **Model management**: Sync remote model lists, organize groups, test latency and configure capabilities, context length, sampling defaults, reasoning profiles and per-model extra_body fields.
- **Conversation workflows**: Stream replies with thinking blocks, compare message versions, branch conversations, show title-generation status, compress long chats and ask multiple models in parallel.

## AI Agent

- **Two ways to use agents**: AQBot provides both a built-in agent inside Chat and a separate ACP agent workbench. The first uses your configured provider APIs; the second connects to external ACP-compatible agent processes, so you can choose the right path for each model and workflow.
- **Chat agent (provider API)**: Switch a regular conversation to Agent mode and use any configured provider and model API to read or edit files, run commands and analyze code in a chosen working directory. That directory is the process starting CWD, not a filesystem sandbox.
- **Chat agent controls**: Choose permission modes such as ask every time, accept edits or full access, review tool calls and approvals in real time, and track token and cost usage for each run.
- **ACP agent workbench**: Run compatible coding agents through Agent Client Protocol (ACP) in a dedicated workbench, with streaming responses, reasoning and tool calls.
- **ACP Registry and custom integrations**: Add agents such as Codex, Claude Agent, Gemini CLI, Cline, OpenCode and Grok Build from the Registry, or configure a custom command, arguments, environment variables and icon; agents can be enabled and reordered freely.
- **ACP projects and direct chats**: Organize threads by project, pin important sessions and restore your last workspace automatically, or start a direct chat without selecting a project in an isolated working directory.
- **Complete ACP session interaction**: Switch models, modes and options exposed by each agent, and work with attachments, questionnaires, plan reviews, plan progress and persisted state across reloads; tool requests can be allowed once or set to “Always Allow” for the current session.

## Roles

- **Local role templates**: Save system prompts, avatars, tags, opening messages, starter questions, temperature and Top P as reusable conversation templates.
- **One-click use**: Start a new role conversation by default, or apply a role to the current conversation from the dropdown; role chats keep the role name, avatar and blue Roles badge.
- **Marketplace**: Search and install roles from prompts.chat and PlexPt 中文 sources, then use them locally.

## Skills Management

- **Multi-source skill directories**: Manage AQBot, Codex, Claude and Agents skill roots, including ~/.aqbot/skills, ~/.codex/skills, ~/.claude/skills and ~/.agents/skills.
- **My Skills**: Filter by source, enable or disable skills, view details, copy names, open directories and uninstall.
- **Skill groups and install targets**: Collapse skills by group, bulk enable/disable, open group folders, uninstall whole groups, and install from owner/repo or GitHub URLs into a chosen target.
- **Marketplace**: Search skills.sh and GitHub sources, preview details, jump to GitHub and see installed status.

## Content Rendering

- **Markdown and math**: Render Markdown, code highlighting, tables, task lists and LaTeX formulas in streaming conversations.
- **Code, diagrams and artifacts**: Use Monaco code blocks, Mermaid, D2 diagrams and an Artifact panel for code, Markdown notes, reports and previews.
- **HTML fragment rendering**: Preview generated HTML fragments safely, including the streaming fixes added in the recent releases.

## Search & Knowledge

- **Web search**: Use Tavily, Exa, Zhipu WebSearch, Bocha and other search providers with cited sources and generated search queries.
- **Local knowledge bases**: Index private documents with sqlite-vec, tune retrieval/rerank options and inspect retrieval feedback.
- **Context management**: Attach files, search results, knowledge snippets, memories and tool output to the conversation context.

## Tools & Extensions

- **MCP protocol**: Run Model Context Protocol servers over stdio, SSE or StreamableHTTP.
- **Built-in tools**: Use built-in MCP tools such as @aqbot/fetch and file search without installing a separate server.
- **Tool loop limit**: Configure the maximum MCP tool-call loop count and recover more cleanly from interrupted or stuck tool sessions.

## API Gateway

- **Local gateway**: Expose OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, Claude-native and Gemini-native endpoints from the desktop app.
- **Access and observability**: Manage gateway keys, SSL/TLS certificates, request logs and usage analytics locally.
- **Client templates**: Use ready-made templates for Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and custom clients.

## Data Import & Backup

- **Third-party imports**: Import ChatGPT official exports, Cherry Studio backups and Kelivo backups with preview counts, warnings and duplicate handling.
- **Provider and file migration**: Cherry Studio and Kelivo import can optionally migrate linked providers, API keys and file attachments.
- **Backups**: Back up and restore local data through local folders, WebDAV or S3-compatible storage.

## Desktop & Security

- **Local encryption**: Store app state under ~/.aqbot/ and user files under ~/Documents/aqbot/, with API keys protected by AES-256 and a local master key.
- **Desktop integration**: Use tray mode, always-on-top, global shortcuts, auto-start, proxy settings and automatic update checks.
- **11 interface languages**: Switch between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and Arabic.