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How Castellan and each of its staff work, what they ask of you, and what to do when something isn't right.
By agent
Castellan13 articles
Smith4 articles
Porter3 articles
Thatcher2 articles
Reeve13 articles
Clerk3 articles
Chamberlain3 articles
Herald3 articles
Developer Herald5 articles
Warrener4 articles
Miller4 articles
Lamplighter3 articles
Surveyor4 articles
Reckoner2 articles
Weigher3 articles
Shepherd3 articles
Pinder5 articles
Toller4 articles
Assayer5 articles
Steward11 articles
Cellarer3 articles
Watchman2 articles
Butler2 articles
Marshal2 articles
Bridgeward2 articles
Chronicler2 articles
Constable2 articles
Scribe2 articles
Heiward5 articles
Getting started
Installing Castellan, your account and license, and your first day with the staff.
Castellan
Castellan
The manor itself: its page, its staff, settings, updates, backups and what leaves your PC.
- Castellan's page, and how the manor worksOverview
- Hiring, switching and letting staff goHow-to
- Updates, and automatic updatesHow-to
- Backups of your settings, and restoring oneHow-to
- Needs you, notifications and quiet hoursConcept
- Where the work runs: the NPU, graphics card and processorConcept
- Castellan's settings, one by oneReference
- Your own repositoriesHow-to
Household agents
What each of the household's staff does, how it works, and what it asks of you.
Smith
- The Smith, which keeps your local AI readyOverview
- Set up the local AIHow-to
- The Smith, for developersReference
Porter
Thatcher
Clerk
Chamberlain
Herald
Warrener
Miller
Lamplighter
Surveyor
Reckoner
Weigher
Shepherd
Cellarer
Watchman
Butler
Marshal
Bridgeward
Chronicler
Constable
Scribe
Workshop and developer tools
Reeve, the Steward and the rest of the developers' staff, in depth.
Reeve
- Reeve, the local AI layer for your repositoriesOverview
- Connect your AI coding assistant to ReeveHow-to
- Reeve's MCP tools, one by oneReference
- Reeve's rounds: the jobs, the digest and alertsReference
- Your repositories in ReeveHow-to
- Where Reeve's work runsConcept
- Version-pinned docs, docs lint and the upgrade scoutConcept
- Kept off the cloudConcept
- History: commands, failures and past AI sessionsConcept
- Reeve's settings, files and environmentReference
- Reeve's command lineReference
- Reeve's local APIReference
Developer Herald
Pinder
Toller
Assayer
Steward
- The Steward, which merges and releases your repositoriesOverview
- Choosing what the Steward looks afterHow-to
- How the Steward merges pull requestsConcept
- Vouching, and pull requests the Steward opensHow-to
- Versions claimed up frontHow-to
- How the Steward releasesConcept
- The Steward on several PCsConcept
- The Steward's alarmsReference
- The Steward's settings and filesReference
- The Steward's command line and local APIReference
Troubleshooting
When something isn't right: what Castellan does about it, and what you can.
Castellan
- When something isn't right with CastellanTroubleshooting
Smith
- When the local AI isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Porter
- When the Porter isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Thatcher
- When the Thatcher isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Reeve
- When Reeve isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Clerk
- When the Clerk isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Chamberlain
- When the Chamberlain isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Herald
- When the Herald isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Developer Herald
- When the Developer Herald isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Warrener
- When the Warrener isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Miller
- When the Miller isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Lamplighter
- When the Lamplighter isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Surveyor
- When the Surveyor isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Reckoner
- When the Reckoner isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Weigher
- When the Weigher isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Shepherd
- When the Shepherd isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Pinder
- When the Pinder isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Toller
- When the Toller isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Assayer
- When the Assayer isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Steward
- When the Steward isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Cellarer
- When the Cellarer isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Watchman
- When the Watchman isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Butler
- When the Butler isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Marshal
- When the Marshal isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Bridgeward
- When the Bridgeward isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Chronicler
- When the Chronicler isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Constable
- When the Constable isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Scribe
- When the Scribe isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Heiward
- When Heiward isn't working as it shouldTroubleshooting
Every article says which version it was written for and when it was last checked, and warns you when a newer one is out. Spot something wrong? Each article ends with Is this page right? for telling us. More in about these docs.
What changed in each version is in the release notes; for anything else, see Support.