# vellum-ai/vellum-assistant

An AI Assistant that’s easy to setup, does your work 24/7, knows your preferences and gets better over time.

Repository: https://github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vellum-assistant
Homepage: https://vellum.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai-assistant, anthropic, macos, open-source, openai, telegram-bot, agent, agentic-ai, autonomous-agents, claude, claude-code, ios, memory, openclaw, proactive-ai, slack, vellum-ai
Last push: 2026-09-03T02:09:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 207, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 1, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 148}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 168 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:20.262755+00:00)

## What it is
Vellum is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs 24/7, learns your preferences through eight types of persistent memory, and takes real actions across your apps and channels (macOS, iOS, web, Slack, Telegram, email). It ships with identity/personality files, proactive hourly check-ins, sandboxed tool execution, and OAuth integrations, and can be self-hosted or run on Vellum Cloud.

## Use cases
- set up a personal AI assistant that remembers my preferences
- AI assistant that works for me 24/7 and messages me proactively
- self-host an AI agent with persistent long-term memory
- one AI assistant across Slack, Telegram, email and iOS
- alternative to building a personal AI on Claude Code or OpenClaw
- AI assistant that can send emails and manage my calendar
- assistant with its own identity and email address

## When to choose
- you want an out-of-the-box personal AI assistant instead of assembling one yourself
- you need rich multi-type memory with local embeddings and per-user isolation
- you want proactive behavior like reminders and follow-ups across channels
- you want to self-host on your own hardware with full data control

## When to avoid
- you need a fully local/offline assistant with no cloud dependency
- you want a simple stateless chatbot without memory or proactivity
- you require Windows or Linux desktop apps (macOS/iOS/web are the clients)
- you need strict data residency and can't accept a managed cloud option

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, chatbot, rag, auth, webhook, scheduling
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: personal-ai-assistant, memory-systems, proactive-agent, openclaw, claude-code, oauth-integrations, multi-channel, typescript, memory, ai-agents, automation, macos, ios, web-server, telegram, discord

## Member repositories
- vellum-ai/vellum-assistant (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:20.262755+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:38:27.964606+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:20.262755+00:00, sha 1c3abb313f42)
  - homepage: https://vellum.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.520171+00:00, sha 7a86ac0c0b0f)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/docs/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.531842+00:00, sha 41c4b958a993)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.534149+00:00, sha 7ebbc1f3fa0d)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.536562+00:00, sha a817c552fdfe)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/docs/privacy-policy (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.538673+00:00, sha 7e2dddfc9fb9)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/docs/vellum-terms-of-use (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.540859+00:00, sha 88441309bb80)
  - site_page: https://www.vellum.ai/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:16.529493+00:00, sha 558e99376035)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.