# Backant > Two free tools for autonomous software engineering: Kairos (an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code against your repo) and backant-memory (local-first, repo-scoped memory for AI agents). URL: https://backant.io Docs: https://docs.backant.io GitHub: https://github.com/backant-io Discord: https://discord.gg/6GNzK2SAeC --- ## Kairos — autonomous developer Runs Claude Code against a repo continuously: picks its own tasks from issues/CI/production state, builds small PRs, verifies deploys, remembers outcomes. Free; Google sign-in for auth. Claude Code usage costs remain the user's own. Install: `npx backant-kairos` (first run: auth, project analysis, daemon start) Attach in a repo: `backant` Daemon: `backant start` / `backant stop` / `backant watch` / `backant status` Access control (.backant.toml at repo root): - [permissions] merge, merge_migrations, create_issues, create_epics, strategic_work, modify_dependencies, modify_ci, modify_infrastructure, security_fixes (booleans) - [scope] include / exclude (path globs) - [branches] target, prefix - [behavior] max_cycles_per_day, max_cost_per_cycle, min_sleep, deploy_verification - [gates] actions (always wait for human), timeout_minutes, timeout_policy = "requeue" | "auto_deny" Steering from chat (Hermes addon): focus, pin, ban, goal, pause, resume; approval gates; journaled reasoning. See https://backant.io/blog/kairos-hermes Requirements: macOS/Linux, Claude Code, GitHub CLI, Docker. --- ## backant-memory — memory for AI agents Free npm package. Repo-scoped namespaces from git origin; libSQL store per repo; embeddings always local (Qwen3 via Ollama in Docker); no remote embedding APIs. Elastic-2.0. Install: `npm install -g backant-memory && backant-memory install` Verify: `backant-memory status` / `backant-memory doctor` Other MCP clients: `backant-memory print-config` Tools: memory_recall, memory_recall_with_edges, memory_write_stm, memory_write_episode, memory_write_ltm, procedure_grounding, procedure_propose, memory_reinforce, memory_promote. Graph edges: supports / contradicts / related_to, proposed → approved lifecycle. --- ## Pages - https://backant.io/kairos — Kairos - https://backant.io/memory — backant-memory - https://backant.io/blog — engineering notes