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Floatboat DeepSeek Agent – AI with Real Browser Access

Floatboat is an independent desktop client that gives DeepSeek direct access to your files, browser, memory, and automation tools. It turns a chat-only AI into an agent that can finish real work on macOS and Windows.

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Put DeepSeek to work on your actual desktop

Put DeepSeek to Work on Your Actual Desktop

Floatboat DeepSeek Agent Workstation is an independent desktop client — not built by DeepSeek — that gives the model eyes, hands, memory and initiative. It reads your real folders, drives a real browser, remembers your standards, and drops finished work back where you keep the rest of your files.

macOS 13+ & Windows 10+No API key or VPNProactive automationLocal-file workflows

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Scroll to see why the same model works differently here

Same brain. A body that can finish the work.

DeepSeek Is the Sea. Floatboat Is the Boat.

DeepSeek is a phenomenal brain. On its own, it lives inside a chat window — it can reason about your work, but it cannot open a folder, click a link, or remember what you decided last week. Floatboat adds context, tools, memory and initiative. Same model — but now it finishes work.

DeepSeekThe brain+FloatboatThe workstation=DeepSeek AgentReal work, finished

Floatboat = Context · Tools · Memory · Action

What changes when DeepSeek moves from a chatbox into a Floatboat workstation

CapabilityDeepSeek in a chatboxFloatboat DeepSeek Agent

WorkspaceA conversation windowA persistent desktop workstation

FilesUpload copies one at a timeRead, create and organize local files in place

BrowserYou open links and copy results backA signed-in browser the agent can operate directly

MemoryContext fades with the conversationStandards, files and workspace state persist

AutomationWaits for the next promptRuns from schedules, events and reusable Skills

OutputAn answer in chatFinished files and actions delivered on your computer

Why this harness wins on the same model

Give DeepSeek a body that can work, and four things happen at once

That is why the same model performs so differently here.

MMore · A wider range of work

More Work It Can Take On

Not just code. Files, browsers, calendars, documents, multimodal input, automation. One body absorbing the everyday work of dozens of professions — with almost a hundred underlying atomic capabilities.

One workstation for the work that usually spills across apps

FFaster · Without watching over it

Faster, Without Watching Over It

The agent calls files, browser and tools in one continuous run — no copy-pasting between apps, no waiting on you. Hand it the task, walk away, come back to the result.

The task keeps moving while your time stays yours

BBetter · Outputs that compound

Better Outputs That Compound

Full context, real tools, and the ability to act let DeepSeek keep judging and correcting mid-task. Memory persists across sessions, so it gets sharper on your standards over time.

More context, stronger judgement, less repeated explanation

LLeaner · Tokens and setup

Leaner Tokens, Leaner Setup

Sharper context and cleaner tool use mean fewer re-explanations and less rework — same task, fewer tokens. Models, tools and workspace are wired up on install; open the app and go.

Fewer tokens, fewer retries, less setup

Keep scrolling — here is what that looks like in practice ↓

Six connected capabilities

The workstation around DeepSeek is what turns intelligence into finished work

Automation, local files, browser action, durable memory, reusable workflows and team integrations all live in one continuous workspace.

01 · AI Automation

AI Automation That Doesn't Ghost You

Scheduled runs launch inside a fresh chat, so results land next to a live thread you can question and revise. Nothing is a fire-and-forget notification — every run is a workspace you can pick back up.

💬

Runs Land in a Real Chat

Every scheduled run opens its own thread. Ask follow-ups, tweak the output, iterate — in-context, not in a black box.

🧭

Judgement, Not Just Timers

It decides whether something is worth automating and hands the call back to you. Ten minutes before an interview, the brief is already prepared.

📁

Deliverables Filed for You

Outputs drop into the folder you chose — a daily HTML report next to yesterday's, a new sub-folder when the volume grows.

Scheduled runs that finish inside a folder you own.

Fresh chat per runJudgement before executionIM + system + audio notifyAuto-filed by date

02 · Local Files

Work on Local Files Without Uploading Anything

Files stay on your disk. The agent reads, writes, edits and organises them in place — no upload dialogs, no downloads, no 'save as'. Your folder tree is the interface.

🫳

Drop-Anywhere Ingest

Drag files, folders, Combos or highlighted web text straight into the chat — each one behaves the way you'd expect.

👀

Universal Preview

One window opens images, audio, video, PDFs, Office, HTML, EPUB and fonts. Markdown and code stay editable in place.

🪟

Multi-Folder Workflows

Panel out up to eight folder tabs side by side, tick files across directories, hand the whole selection to the agent at once.

Your folders, your file names — the AI just moves in and helps.

Auto-save, auto-nameV2, V3 iterations preservedDrag anything inEverything is a file

03 · AI Browser

A Browser the Agent Actually Uses

Toss in a link and the agent opens it in a built-in browser, extracts what matters, and keeps working. Inherit your Chrome, Edge or Firefox session and it walks into logged-in dashboards, paywalled pages and private feeds as you.

🔗

Links as Context

One sentence, one URL — it visits the page, pulls what's relevant, and continues into the writing or analysis you asked for.

🔓

Session Inheritance

Import login state from your everyday browsers and share it across workspaces. Signed-in from the first click.

👁️

Ambient Awareness

Files, browser and chat share one screen. What you open is what it looks at — no re-explaining which document you meant.

Give the agent its own tabs — yours stay yours.

Link = contextInherit browser sessionSee what you seeExtract, don't screenshot

04 · AI Memory

Memory & Workspaces That Actually Persist

Every project keeps its own rules, files and conversations. Standards you set once stay set. Work and personal spaces don't leak into each other. Close the app; open it a week later; you're right where you left off.

🧠

Portable, Plain-Text Memory

Preferences crystallise into AGENTS.md files inside your folders. Your memory, in text you can open, edit and take with you.

🗂️

Isolated Spaces

Every Agent Space is its own sealed world. Life, work, side project — separate models, separate memory, no cross-contamination.

🔎

Nothing Lost in the Log

A task overview surfaces every chat across every workspace. Search history once, jump straight into the exact conversation.

Say it once. Next time, it remembers — and so do you.

AGENTS.md per folderIsolated Agent SpacesSession-persistentCross-space search

05 · Reusable Workflows

Turn One Good Run Into a Reusable Combo Skill

Any conversation that finally worked can be frozen as a Combo — a repeatable, one-click workflow. Ideas start faster because you're not rebuilding context; new hires start faster because the SOP is already runnable.

💎

Freeze a Conversation

Turn a chat you nailed into a Combo Skill in one gesture. Reuse it yourself, share it, or submit it upstream.

👆

Guided Next Steps

IACT proposes clickable, expert-grade next actions inline. You don't need to write prompts — you just keep pressing forward.

⌨️

Chat as Command Surface

Type your intent and the right Combos surface as suggestions. @-mention to search. Every capability lives one keystroke away.

Freeze the run. Ship the SOP. Fire it again tomorrow.

Combo SkillsIACT guided stepsNative Obsidian supportChat is the command bar

06 · Integrations

Take the Agent Into Lark, Slack, Discord and WeChat

Your configured, memory-aware desktop agent doesn't have to stay on your computer. @-mention it inside the IMs your team already uses and it shows up to work — with your Combos, context and files behind it.

📱

Reach the Agent From Your Phone

In Lark, Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, WeCom or WeChat — @ your agent and it answers with the same tools it has at your desk.

🤝

Link Mode for Teams

Pull your configured agent into a group chat so teammates share one workflow. Schedule it to join on a cadence for recurring meetings.

🧩

Just-in-Time Combos

Combos load on-demand, so the context window stays clean. Ship a CLI + Combo pipeline into a shared table without opening the app.

The agent is on your computer. Its shortcut is in every chat.

Lark · Slack · DiscordTelegram · WeChat · WeComLink Mode for group workCombos on demand

Enough words. Watch it work.

See It Run — Seven Real Screen Recordings

Watch Floatboat DeepSeek Agent do real work on a real desktop.

Scroll for the recordings ↓

EP 01 · FloatSchedule

Let Your Calendar Do the Work

Sync once, and the agent starts preparing ahead of every event, reminding you at the right moment, and pushing tasks forward. Calendar items stop being alerts and become finished deliverables in your folder.

$1 Download →

RECCalendar sync → auto-generated deliverable packsYouTube ↗

EP 02 · Timeshop

Clone a Workflow Someone Else Already Proved

Subscribe to a shared automation calendar and inherit a battle-tested workflow. The system spins up matching prep files; you tune the details in plain conversation.

$1 Download →

RECSubscribe → prep pack → conversational tuningYouTube ↗

EP 03 · File Manager

Stop Uploading Files. Let the AI Come to Yours.

The file manager you already know — now with global search, tabs, split view, and universal preview, plus an agent that can act across files, browser and chat in the same window. Files stay put. The AI walks over to them.

$1 Download →

RECSearch → split view → drag to chat → new file on diskYouTube ↗

EP 04 · Automation Calendars

Turn a Sentence — or an Event — Into a Recurring Workflow

Start in chat or build directly on the calendar. Either path turns your intent into an AI workflow that keeps running. Review checklists, quiz packs, morning briefings — it just keeps going.

$1 Download →

RECChat-to-automation · calendar-to-automation · HTML briefsYouTube ↗

EP 05 · Built-In Browser

The Agent Gets Its Own Browser. Yours Stays Yours.

A dedicated browser for the agent so it can research and act online without hijacking your session. It can inherit your Chrome logins, bookmarks, and history — signed-in from step one.

$1 Download →

RECImport session → research → save results as local filesYouTube ↗

EP 06 · Cross-Tool Workflow

Hand Off Between Claude, ChatGPT and DeepSeek — Zero Copy-Paste

One task, passed automatically from Claude to ChatGPT to DeepSeek to Genspark. The agent drives each web app itself and pulls the final artifacts back to your computer — even images without a download button.

$1 Download →

RECClaude → GPT → DeepSeek → Genspark, saved locallyYouTube ↗

EP 07 · Agent Spaces

Every AI Workspace, Exactly as You Left It

Each Agent Space remembers its files, browser, conversations and layout. Switch away, come back later, resume mid-thought. Files, Obsidian, browser and chat stay wired together, waiting for you.

$1 Download →

RECState-preserving spaces · layouts · Obsidian workspaceYouTube ↗

Real roles. Real work.

From VC Analysts to TCM Practitioners, the avoided task finally gets done

Every role below is a real user. Their jobs could not be more different — they all found the same thing here: the one task they had been avoiding, finally worth trying.

📈VC Analyst

600-page S-1 due diligence

🏢Corp Dev Lead

Meeting notes → investor deck

🚀Solo Founder

Weekly ops on autopilot

🧑‍💼Recruiting Ops

40 candidates batched at once

📋HR Generalist

Performance reviews in minutes

📚Book Publisher

SKU sheet → finished reading list

🗂️Obsidian Power User

Vault-native knowledge work

💻Indie Developer

PR triage + release notes

🎨Non-coder Builder

Ship prototypes in an afternoon

🌍Content Marketer

Overseas launch kits

📄Document Worker

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