Kosmos

Using Kosmos on a second computer

Your agents run on one computer. From a second computer, such as a laptop, Kosmos can open those same agents, so you can talk to them and check on them wherever you are.

What you need

• Kosmos Plus, signed in on both computers with the same account.
• The computer your agents run on switched on and awake. Its Kosmos window does not need to be open.

Setting it up

The second computer needs to be a Mac for now (Windows is below). Do this the first time with both computers in front of you: one step happens on each.

1. On the computer your agents run on, open Settings, then Kosmos+, and sign in.
2. On the second computer, install Kosmos from installkosmos.com and open it.
3. Kosmos asks how you would like to set it up on this computer. Choose Connect to agents on another computer.
4. Sign in to Kosmos Plus with the same account.
5. The new computer shows a code and says what to do with it. Follow its steps. They end with pressing Allow on the computer your agents run on.
6. Your agents open. If you have more than one computer, choose which Kosmos to open.

Choosing this means the second computer does not run agents of its own. If you want both, choose Run agents on this computer and connect to agents on another computer instead.

If Kosmos already runs agents on this computer

Kosmos asks that question only until setup is finished. If you chose the wrong one, the Welcome screen's Back button returns to it, until you quit Kosmos. After setup, a computer that runs agents cannot switch to connecting only, yet.

It can still reach your other computers. Sign in to Kosmos Plus here too (Settings, then Kosmos+). Once your account has another computer, the button at the top left lists your other computers: choose one to open it. On a Mac it opens in this window, and View, then Back to This Computer, brings you back.

What works, and what does not yet

• Talking to your agents, projects, tasks and the agents list all work as they do on the other computer.
• Settings are the other computer's. A change you make there changes that computer, not this one.
• Pictures, PDFs and text files open inside Kosmos. Other files download to this computer instead of opening in Finder. Buttons that would open a window on the other computer are hidden, because nobody there would see it.
• Downloading a file in this window on a Mac may not work yet. If Kosmos asks to allow downloads from your computer, allow it only if it is one of your own.
• On Windows, Kosmos does not offer the choice yet: a Windows computer runs agents. Signed in to Kosmos Plus, it can still open your other computers from the button at the top left, as above.

Going back to running agents

On a Mac, open the Kosmos menu at the top of the screen and choose Run agents on this computer. Kosmos then takes you through setting up agents here.

Still stuck? The docs cover the rest, and the fastest route for anything else is an issue on GitHub.