# Harsh Patel releases Bits, an open-source always-on local agent

> Original title: I was trying to learn how always-on agents work: how they survive crashes, remember things, and stay safe without asking you every five s...

- Source: X search: indie AI launches (I built, solo founder)
- Published: 2026-11-02T20:31:58.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/m0qzt25hxxmyop08s64k38qnv
- Original: https://x.com/harshpatel071/status/2117354050371092815

## Summary

Harsh Patel says he built Bits, an open-source personal agent that runs on the user's own machine and keeps working when the app is closed. It is about 14,000 lines of TypeScript with 25 built-in tools and 41 tests, and it saves each step to SQLite so a crash resumes where it stopped. Memory is stored as readable Markdown files, and a reviewer called the Sentinel checks risky actions before they run.

## Post

I was trying to learn how always-on agents work: how they survive crashes, remember things, and stay safe without asking you every five seconds. So I built one and wrote up every decision along the way. https://x.com/i/article/2117351725963366400