BackAnt Kairos
Backant's Kairos, an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code against your repository.
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About BackAnt Kairos
BackAnt Kairos is listed in our coding category and is aimed at builders. Backant's Kairos, an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code against your repository. Pricing, as the maker states it: Free; uses your existing Claude Code or other coding-agent subscription. Maturity: Active. We last checked the official link on 2026-10-18.
What is BackAnt Kairos?
BackAnt Kairos is an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code (or another coding harness you already use) against your repository continuously. It picks work, ships small pull requests, remembers what failed before and can watch production after deploys; what it is allowed to do is set in a config file.
The maker states Kairos is free: sign in at backant.io, run npx backant-kairos, with no tier to buy and no card to enter. You still pay for your existing AI subscription or usage. A companion package, backant-memory, provides local-first memory that can also be used with other MCP agents.
Sources: the official site and our directory listing, checked 2026-10-18. Official site: backant.io.
Who is BackAnt Kairos for?
Teams who want a coding agent to keep working on a repo with persistent memory, permission gates and PR-sized changes, without babysitting every session.
Key features
- Runs Claude Code (or similar) against your repo continuously
- Persistent per-repo memory of failures and conventions
- Permission gates and cost caps in .backant.toml
- Free product; uses your existing AI subscription
BackAnt Kairos FAQ
What is BackAnt Kairos?
BackAnt Kairos is an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code (or another coding harness you already use) against your repository continuously. It picks work, ships small pull requests, remembers what failed before and can watch production after deploys; what it is allowed to do is set in a config file.
Who is BackAnt Kairos for?
Teams who want a coding agent to keep working on a repo with persistent memory, permission gates and PR-sized changes, without babysitting every session.
Is BackAnt Kairos free?
BackAnt Kairos's pricing, as the maker states it: Free; uses your existing Claude Code or other coding-agent subscription. Check the official site for current plans.
Is Kairos free?
Yes. BackAnt states Kairos is free with no subscription tier; you sign in, run one command, and still pay only for the coding agent or model usage you already use.
What does Kairos add on top of Claude Code?
Planning what to work on next, memory that persists across sessions, verification after merges and configurable gates for actions like merging PRs.
Where does my code go?
BackAnt says Kairos drives the same Claude Code you already use, so code goes to Anthropic as it does today, while memory, journal and embeddings stay local.
What are alternatives to BackAnt Kairos?
Similar tools include Claude Code, Cline, Ralph for Claude Code, Cloudroom, Runcell and MonoCode.
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