Give Web AI local hands and eyes
Deterministic work uses first-class file, search, patch, Git and shell tools directly. The Web model can keep ownership of goals, trade-offs and verification instead of routing every action through another agent.
Web AI reasons · Herdr keeps the workspace · herdr-mcp connects both sides
Connect ChatGPT to the real development machine.
herdr-mcp is a remote development control plane between Web AI and a local Herdr workstation. ChatGPT can read and edit code, inspect Git, run shell commands, observe persistent workspaces, and delegate to local agents when independent reasoning is useful—while code and execution stay on your machine.
ChatGPT / Web AI
↓ MCP + OAuth
Cloudflare Edge
↓ authenticated WSS
herdr-link + herdr-mcp
↓ local control
Herdr persistent workspaces
↓
files · Git · shell · panes · agents
Herdr keeps the real workspace alive
Workspaces, panes, PTYs and agents outlive individual browser requests. Long tests, servers and parallel agents keep stable identities that later turns can inspect again.
Delegate only when another reasoning process helps
Focused investigation, parallel implementation and review can go to Herdr agents such as Pi or Grok. Reading files, checking Git and running tests remain direct operations.
The browser extension closes the working loop
Continuity sends progress and recovery back to the right conversation; Browser Control Center shows live workspaces and explicit pane targets in Chrome Side Panel; Queue saves the next ChatGPT instruction without interrupting the current reply.
No public inbound workstation port
Cloudflare Edge provides the stable OAuth/MCP origin while the workstation creates an authenticated outbound WSS link. ChatGPT never needs the local bearer.
Upgrade the local runtime independently
Runtime A/B validates candidates, switches traffic, drains old generations and supports rollback within the same public contract—without changing the Connector URL.
First setup
With Herdr already installed, use Quick Start to bring up the local runtime, a workers.dev Edge, the ChatGPT Connector and a real herdr_inspect validation.
Browser workspace
Bind the Web conversation, observe the local Herdr worksite in Side Panel, read bounded pane output, and keep explicit next-turn user intent queued while a reply is still running.
Go deeper
Learn why the public MCP contract stays compact, why runtime truth belongs to Herdr, and how Edge, Link, Runtime and the extension divide responsibilities.