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CorvidLabs · A workshop that compounds

Crows build tools.
So do we.

Corvids are the only birds that make their own tools. They shape sticks into hooks and keep the good ones. We do the same with software: developer tools, encrypted protocols, and the agent platform our own team runs on. Open source where it makes sense, Algorand-native throughout.

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The idea

A workshop that compounds. Four humans, a flock of agents, and one rule: every project sharpens the next. fledge runs the builds, spec-sync keeps the specs honest, AlgoChat ships inside corvid-chat, and Merlin runs the agents that help build all of it.

Tools that benefit from outside adoption go public. Tools that are still being dogfooded stay private until they are ready for outside hands. Neither is the default. Both are deliberate. Algorand sits underneath for identity, payments, and settlement, because three-second finality and $0.001 fees only work on a chain shaped like that.

96 public repos 57 private 11 languages 6 AlgoChat impls 38 fledge plugins
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Tools

Released and in use. These are what you can install, fork, run, depend on.

v1.5.1 Rust

fledge

One CLI for the whole dev lifecycle

Zero-config task runner + project scaffolding + AI review. The single CI gate across every CorvidLabs project. 38 official plugins.

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v4.5.0 Rust

spec-sync

Spec-to-code validation, CI-enforced

Markdown .spec.md files are contracts. Validates bidirectional drift between specs and code across 12 languages. GitHub Action + CLI + VS Code extension.

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6 impls · pre-1.0 Swift · TS · Rust · Kotlin · Go · Python

AlgoChat

Encrypted messaging protocol on Algorand

Cross-language E2EE messaging protocol. Six implementations: Swift, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Kotlin, Go. Protocol-stable; impls pre-1.0; cross-conformance tested.

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12★ · public Swift

MacNTop

macOS menu bar system monitor

CPU, memory, network, disk. All in your menu bar with retro CRT aesthetics. The most-starred CorvidLabs repo.

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Apps

Active work that has not shipped a 1.0. Listed so you can watch the repos, not to be relied on yet. Each launches publicly when its version makes the case.

closed alpha

Quill

Local-first voice dictation

Whisper STT + embedded llama.cpp polish + system-wide paste. Paper-first app UI, universal macOS .dmg, and Linux x86_64 .AppImage/.deb ship as invite-only binaries; Windows next.

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1.0 hardening

Merlin

AI agent runner

Multi-provider, tier-aware, plugin-shaped. The Claude Code replacement we're dogfooding. Sub-agents, long-task durability, and the safety chain all shipped; hardening to 1.0.

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v0 · in dev

corvid-chat

Privacy-first federated chat

v0 dogfoodable. AlgoChat E2EE + Merlin bridge + USDC tips planned. Launches publicly when the M5 plugin runtime ships.

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scaffolded

Podo + Rita

Multi-platform weather app + Rust backend

The mobile consumer surface. iOS, Android, web, shared KMP, with the Rita Rust API behind it. The rest of the team's main focus.

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Now

Shipped

  • fledge v1.5.1 shipped yesterday (Jun 11, 2026)
  • spec-sync v4.5.0 shipped yesterday (Jun 11, 2026)
  • MacNTop 12★. Most-starred CorvidLabs repo, shipped + maintained
  • AlgoChat 6 implementations + cross-conformance tests. Protocol-stable, impls pre-1.0

In flight

  • Merlin 1.0 hardening. HMAC audit chain, OS-keychain session key, daily spend caps, 13 of 59 specs promoted to stable as the public contract
  • corvid-chat M0 to M3 + M8 edit/delete dogfoodable; M5 plugin runtime next

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Open source

Read the source. It's short on purpose. The public org carries the tools, the protocol implementations, and the swift-* library family. Strict concurrency, zero dependencies where we can manage it, Linux-tested where it counts.

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