mcp-server

Dex: AI‑Powered Personal OS to Streamline Your Founder Tasks

Dex delivers an AI chief‑of‑staff that molds to your role, handling knowledge‑management and productivity without any coding—ideal for busy startup founders.

From the repo · “Your AI Chief of Staff — a personal operating system starter kit that adapts to your role. No coding required.”

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501 stars+6★ this week131 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 20Updated 10/19/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Create your own personal AI operating system with no coding required.

Real use case example

"A founder struggling to manage incoming business inquiries can configure Dex to automatically extract customer information and route it to their project manager's task list, saving about an hour each day. They set up a few simple steps in the Dex interface: first, set up the email address to watch; then, create a new task in their project management tool; finally, connect the email account to Dex using the API key."

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When to use it
  • •You need a tailored workflow management system that adapts to your specific role or industry
  • •You want to automate repetitive tasks and focus on high-priority decisions
  • •You're looking for a unified interface to integrate multiple tools and services
Ready-to-paste prompt
Create a workflow that sends a daily summary of tasks to my email by adding a 'Send Email' action and configuring it with my email address
Heads up: Make sure you have Python 3.8 or later installed, as Dex relies on specific Python features and libraries that may not be compatible with earlier versions
Saves to your device
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🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dex && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/dex/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/dex/SKILL.md
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Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How Dex: AI‑Powered Personal OS to Streamline Your Founder Tasks works
Codeflow
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Dex: AI‑Powered Personal OS to Streamline Your Founder Tasks is a very large Python project (~188k lines across 566 code files, plus 376 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~188k lines · 566 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Python · Node.js
Needs API keys (.env)
Python 82%JavaScript 14%Shell 3%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    env.example
    The API keys and settings you must provide
  5. 5
    core/__init__.py
    Inside core/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
core/Core code — the actual logic716 files
packages/Sub-packages / plugins337 files
docs/Documentation72 files
scripts/Helper scripts75 files
System/Folder24 files
06-Resources/Folder20 files
05-Areas/Folder6 files
07-Archives/Folder6 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
davekilleen
Language
Python
Category
mcp-server
Published
1/26/2026

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