Desktop app
The new desktop app is a full rebuild of the axiom.ai desktop application. It runs your automations on your own machine, adds a built-in scheduler and webhook triggers, and includes an MCP server that gives AI agents access to axiom.ai's tool set.
Nothing about your existing automations changes. Every automation you have runs exactly as before, and all existing desktop features, including concurrency, are still present. We rebuilt the app because the new version is lighter, more modern, and easier to maintain, which lets us ship new features like the ones below.
Upgrade from the old desktop app
We encourage all desktop users to upgrade.
- Quit and delete the old desktop app.
- Download the new desktop app.
- Install and open it, then sign in with your existing account.
Warning: Delete the old app before running the new one. The new app does not work while the old version is still installed.
Running your automations
Use the desktop app to run automations on your local computer, your own server, or a remote server. Runs can be triggered manually, through the API, on a schedule, or via MCP.
Data processed by the desktop app always remains local to the machine it's deployed to. Processed data is encrypted, and none of it is replicated or shared with any third party, including AI services. No data is shared with axiom.ai.
MCP server
The desktop app includes an MCP server, which gives AI agents such as Claude access to axiom.ai's tool set. Connect it to the axiom.ai Claude skill, or to any agent that supports MCP.
Through the MCP server, an agent can:
- Trigger runs and monitor the results.
- Build automations on your behalf.
- Use the Step API to extract HTML, generate selectors, and read form elements from a page.
This is an early release and the tool set will grow. Try it with your existing automations and tell us what you'd like agents to be able to do.
Scheduler
The scheduler now lives in the desktop app. Scheduled runs are more reliable and simpler to set up: pick an automation, choose how often it runs, and the app handles the rest on your machine.
Learn more about managing scheduled and running automations and the schedule run option.
Trigger a run with a webhook
You can now trigger desktop runs with a webhook, one of our most requested features and not previously possible. Send a request to your automation's webhook URL from any external service, such as Zapier, Make, or your own code, and the automation runs on your desktop.
Learn more about webhooks.
What's next
The desktop app is where much of what we build next will land. Coming up:
- The Builder inside the desktop app, so you can create and edit automations without opening the Chrome extension.
- Orchestration features for both no-code and coded automations.
Keep an eye on the release notes for what ships in each version.