LobsterAI saves pages into your Showspace from its Mac desktop app, and its MCP settings give it all twenty of the app's commands.
LobsterAI is an open-source desktop agent from NetEase Youdao, built on the OpenClaw runtime. It works with your local files, terminal and browser, and it makes documents, spreadsheets and slides. It suits people who want help making reports and summaries.
The app runs on Macs with Apple Silicon or Intel, and on Windows. You can set up several agents, each with its own working folder, and send them tasks from the app or from a chat app on your phone.
Made byNetEase Youdao
Runs onmacOS, Apple Silicon or Intel
Where pages goInto the agent's working folder on your Mac
App commandsYes, all twenty
Standing instructionsThe system prompt in each agent's settings
CostThe LobsterAI software is free and open source
Also calledLobster AI, Youdao Lobster
Set it up
In lite.computer, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and open the Agent Helper. Copy the paragraph it gives you and paste it into the system prompt in the agent's settings in LobsterAI.
Open LobsterAI's MCP settings and import the server below as JSON.
Keep lite.computer open on your Showspace and ask Use the lite.computer tool to list every page in my Showspace. It lists the pages in your folder.
Every weekday morning, build an interactive report from the spreadsheets in this folder: charts that animate in, filters for product and region, a sortable table of the day's numbers, and a generated cover image at the top. Save it as a single self-contained HTML file in my Showspace, then open it in lite.computer.
Good to know
Each custom agent has its own working folder and its own system prompt. Paste the Agent Helper paragraph into every agent you want making pages.
You can send tasks from WeChat, WeCom, DingTalk, Feishu or Lark, QQ, Telegram, Discord and email. The desktop app on your Mac does the work, so the pages land in your Showspace.
Scheduled tasks can be set up by asking in conversation or in the app, so a page can be rebuilt on a regular schedule.
Download LobsterAI from lobsterai.youdao.com or its GitHub releases page.
LobsterAI's Seedream skill creates images, using your Volcengine Ark API key. Ask for photos or illustrations in a report, and it builds them into the page.
We have not tested LobsterAI with lite.computer ourselves. These instructions are based on research. Try saving one HTML page to your Showspace first. If a step needs correcting, email hello@lite.computer.
Questions
Does LobsterAI work with lite.computer?
Yes. LobsterAI on your Mac saves HTML pages into your Showspace, and lite.computer shows each one as it lands. With the server imported in its MCP settings, it can also open pages and arrange windows in the app.
Where does the lite.computer instruction go for LobsterAI?
In the system prompt in each agent's settings. Every agent keeps its own, so add the paragraph to each one that makes pages.
Can I use LobsterAI from my phone?
Yes, through a chat app such as WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk or Telegram. The desktop app on your Mac does the work and saves the pages into your Showspace.