HagiCode is a proposal-driven AI coding workbench that turns a request into a reviewable proposal, runs it through agent CLIs such as Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot, and keeps the outcome as team knowledge.
CodeBuddy Code is Tencent Cloud's terminal coding agent, installed from npm, Homebrew or a native binary. HagiCode is a desktop workbench that runs CodeBuddy as its executor and adds parallel sessions, proposals and AI commits around it.
CodeBuddy Code is the command-line coding agent from Tencent Cloud's CodeBuddy product line, which also includes an IDE and editor plugins. HagiCode is a desktop and web workbench that runs CodeBuddy as one of its executors. It does not replace CodeBuddy and does not host models.
If you want an agent in your terminal, you use your CodeBuddy account, and you work on one task at a time, CodeBuddy alone is enough. HagiCode is for the point where you want several CodeBuddy tasks running side by side, written proposals before code changes, or one workspace across several repositories.
Terminal AI coding agent from Tencent Cloud; sibling products are the CodeBuddy IDE and editor plugins
Desktop and web workbench that runs Agent CLIs, CodeBuddy among them; not a model or an agent itself
Terminal, with -p for scripted runs; native binary for macOS, Linux and Windows (beta), or npm and Homebrew
Desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux; Docker Compose container; Microsoft Store edition
Free, Pro (about $10 per month) and Team (about $40 per seat) plans, credit-based; as of October 2026, per Tencent Cloud's billing page
Desktop and Container editions are free; Store edition is free with an optional one-time TurboEngine purchase
Models come with your CodeBuddy account and site; extra models via models.json with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Hosts no models; uses whatever your CodeBuddy install is signed in to; optional OmniRoute model catalog
Sub-agents inside a session, and Agent Teams exposed over ACP
Several sessions side by side, each an Agent with a visible status
Plan permission mode, /init for project context, hooks and skills
OpenSpec proposals: propose, validate, apply, archive; free editions allow 3 concurrent proposals
Built-in Git operations; can generate commit messages in the terminal
AI-composed commits, repository locked while committing, per-repo targeting with Monospecs
One npm, Homebrew or script install, then sign in to the China, International or enterprise site
Needs CodeBuddy installed and signed in first, then HagiCode Desktop on top
Terminal users in Tencent Cloud's ecosystem, scripts and CI
Parallel tasks, proposal-driven work and multi-repo projects
CodeBuddy Code installs with npm install -g @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code (Node.js 18.20 or later), or through Homebrew with brew install Tencent-CodeBuddy/tap/codebuddy-code. Homebrew does not need Node.js, and a beta native binary does not either, and codebuddy install migrates an npm install to it.
The command is codebuddy (the docs also mention a cbc alias); check it with codebuddy --version. codebuddy update upgrades it, and auto-update is on by default.
On first launch you choose where to sign in: the China site, the International site, an enterprise domain for dedicated deployments, or iOA for Tencent staff. The China and International sites expose different model sets, so check which one your account belongs to before comparing models.
codebuddy -p runs a single prompt and accepts piped input, so it works in shell pipelines, for example cat error.log | codebuddy -p "...". Shift+Tab cycles permission modes (default, bypass, accept edits, plan), and -y skips confirmations for runs that need file or command access.
Docs cover MCP servers, sub-agents, plugins, skills, hooks, Python and TypeScript SDKs, GitHub Actions and a web UI. Models can be added in ~/.codebuddy/models.json or per project, and enterprise deployments can run in containers. codebuddy --acp exposes it as an ACP server with a context-window option and Agent Teams status, which is the interface HagiCode uses.
codebuddy -p, piped input or GitHub Actions;HagiCode sits on top of the CLI. It starts your CodeBuddy install over ACP, so your account, region and credits stay with CodeBuddy and HagiCode does not take over its sign-in.
Nothing is locked in. Your repositories and your .codebuddy settings stay where they are, and you can run codebuddy on the same project whenever you like.
codebuddy --version.codebuddy once and sign in on the site that matches your account (China, International or enterprise).codebuddy command on your PATH.codebuddy in the same folder; nothing needs to be undone.Each CodeBuddy session becomes an Agent with its own context and a status you can scan, instead of one more terminal running codebuddy. That helps most when you start tasks across several folders.
A task can begin as an OpenSpec proposal you write, validate, apply and archive. CodeBuddy implements within it, and the proposal keeps the reasoning that a terminal scrollback loses.
HagiCode drafts the commit message from CodeBuddy's changes and locks the repository while it commits. The embedded Code Server editor opens the files CodeBuddy touched next to the conversation.
Monospecs lists the repositories of a multi-repo workspace so a CodeBuddy task sees all of them. Vault keeps reference projects and notes available to later sessions, including those started in a fresh codebuddy process.
CodeBuddy's tool calls are shown in the same typed shape as every other CLI, live and in history. OmniRoute can supply a model catalog per Agent CLI, and an optional TokenMonitor readout in the status bar shows today's tokens and cost.
codebuddy directly at any time.Run `npm install -g @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code` (Node.js 18.20 or later), or on macOS and Linux `brew install Tencent-CodeBuddy/tap/codebuddy-code`. A beta native binary needs no Node.js. Then run `codebuddy --version` and `codebuddy` to sign in. See the docs at codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/installation.
CodeBuddy has a free plan with a small monthly credit allowance, plus Pro and Team plans (Pro about $10 per month, Team about $40 per seat, as of October 2026). Tencent Cloud's billing page does not say which plans include the CLI, so check it before relying on the free tier.
Yes. Install and sign in to CodeBuddy Code, then choose it as the Agent CLI in HagiCode. HagiCode drives it over ACP, and your account and credits stay with CodeBuddy.
No. HagiCode runs CodeBuddy as its executor and adds sessions, proposals, commits and multi-repo tools around it. You can still run `codebuddy` on the same repositories.
The command is `codebuddy`, with `cbc` mentioned as a short alias in the docs. The npm package is @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code.
Pick CodeBuddy alone for terminal, solo or scripted work. Add HagiCode when you want parallel sessions, OpenSpec proposals or multi-repo workspaces on top of CodeBuddy.
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