Boatman Desktop

Boatman Desktop is a native desktop application built with Wails (Go + React) that provides a rich GUI for interacting with Claude AI on your codebase, with specialized Firefighter Mode for production incident investigation.

Features

Claude AI Agent

Interactive Chat: Ask questions, request changes, get explanations about your codebase
Code Analysis: Deep understanding of your project structure and patterns
Autonomous Actions: Edit files, run commands, create commits with your approval
Sub-Agents: Spawns specialized agents for complex multi-step tasks
Project Management: Open and manage multiple coding projects
Task Tracking: View and monitor tasks created by the agent

Firefighter Mode

Linear Integration: Monitors triage queue for production incidents
Error Investigation: Connects Bugsnag errors with Datadog logs and git history
Root Cause Analysis: Correlates deployments, code changes, and error patterns
Auto-Fix: Creates isolated worktrees, attempts fixes, runs tests, opens PRs
Slack Integration: Responds to @mentions for urgent production issues

BoatmanMode Integration

One-Click Execution: Execute Linear tickets through BoatmanMode's full pipeline
Live Progress: Real-time tracking of planning, execution, review, and refactoring
Event-Driven: Structured JSON events streamed from CLI to desktop UI

MCP Integration

Extensible: Connect to any MCP-compatible tool or service
Built-in Servers: GitHub, Datadog, Bugsnag, Linear, Slack
OAuth Support: Authenticate via Okta SSO for enterprise integrations
Custom Servers: Build your own MCP servers

Project Structure

desktop/
├── frontend/              # React TypeScript frontend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/    # UI components
│   │   │   ├── approval/  # Approval bar for agent actions
│   │   │   ├── boatmanmode/  # BoatmanMode integration UI
│   │   │   ├── chat/      # Chat view and message bubbles
│   │   │   ├── diff/      # Diff viewer and batch approval
│   │   │   ├── firefighter/  # Firefighter mode UI
│   │   │   ├── layout/    # Header, sidebar, layout
│   │   │   ├── logs/      # Agent logs panel
│   │   │   ├── onboarding/  # First-run setup
│   │   │   ├── project/   # Project management
│   │   │   ├── search/    # Search interface
│   │   │   ├── session/   # Session management
│   │   │   ├── settings/  # Settings modal
│   │   │   └── tasks/     # Task list display
│   │   ├── hooks/         # React hooks (useAgent, etc.)
│   │   ├── store/         # State management
│   │   └── types/         # TypeScript type definitions
│   └── wailsjs/           # Wails-generated bindings
├── agent/                 # Agent session management (Go)
├── boatmanmode/           # BoatmanMode CLI integration (Go)
├── config/                # Configuration and preferences (Go)
├── diff/                  # Diff parsing and rendering (Go)
├── git/                   # Git integration (Go)
├── mcp/                   # MCP server management (Go)
├── project/               # Project and workspace management (Go)
├── app.go                 # Main application logic
└── main.go                # Application entry point

Supported Models

Model	ID	Recommended For
Claude Opus 4.6	`claude-opus-4-6`	Complex analysis, thorough reviews
Claude Sonnet 4.5	`claude-sonnet-4-5`	General development, balanced quality
Claude Haiku 4	`claude-haiku-4`	Quick tasks, fast responses

FAQ

Q: What OS is supported? A: Currently macOS (M1/M2/M3). Windows/Linux support planned.

Q: How much does it cost? A: Boatman Desktop is free. You pay for Claude API usage.

Q: Is my code secure? A: Code is sent to Claude API following Anthropic's privacy policy. Use Google Cloud for private VPC.

Q: Can I use it offline? A: No, requires internet for Claude API and MCP servers.

API Reference Installation