A sim game for running real AI agents
Hire an AI team. Watch it work.
Deskburg is a little pixel office where real AI agents do real work. Hire colleagues from a job board, hand them tasks and watch them research, write and team up. They show how they think, remember what you like and hand you real files. When they need you, they raise a hand.
14 days free. No card needed.
Runs on the AI you already know
- Claudeby Anthropic
- OpenAI
- Geminiby Google
Pick a model per agent and mix them in one team. Model lists come live from each provider, so new models show up the day they launch.
AI for everyone. Understandable, and fun.
AI agents can already research, write, plan and build. Setting them up still feels like a job for engineers. Deskburg turns it into a game you already know how to play: an office, a team and a to-do list. Everything you do in the game is the real thing.
New in Deskburg
Agents that think out loud, talk back, remember, make real files and designs, and stay on brand
Everything you'd expect from a top AI agent, shown the way a game would show it.
See how they think
Watch the reasoning, and choose how hard they think
Every answer comes with a summary of how the agent reasoned its way there. Turn the effort dial from Quick to Leave no stone unturned and see what thinking harder does to the answer, and the cost.
- Reasoning shown live, in plain words
- Effort per agent, or per task
Talk back
Reply like you would to a colleague
Not quite right? Say “shorter”, “now in Norwegian” or “use the second option”. The agent carries on the same conversation, with everything it already knows, and every version is kept.
- Works with Claude, OpenAI and Gemini
- Budgets count the whole conversation
They remember
A notebook that carries over from task to task
Agents write down your preferences, facts about your business and what worked, and read them back next time. Open the notebook to read it, correct it, add a note or wipe it clean.
- Plain notes you can see and edit
- One notebook per agent, private to your office
Real files, not just text
The workshop: code, charts and real office files
Switch on an agent's workshop and it runs code in a secure sandbox: crunch numbers, draw charts and hand you real Excel, PowerPoint, Word and PDF files, ready to download.
- For Claude agents
- A locked-down sandbox with no internet; your files are stored privately in Deskburg
On brand
A brand kit the whole team follows
Set your colours, fonts, logo, illustration style and voice once. From then on every web page, chart, slide and piece of copy your agents make follows it, with your real logo in place. Ask an agent to set it up or change it, and it raises its hand first.
- Colours, fonts, logo, illustration style, voice and your own rules
- Solo: 1 brand · Studio: up to 3, picked per colleague
Design studio
Banners and social posts in every size at once
Start from a template or a blank canvas and get every social shape and the Google Display ad sizes together: change the headline once and every size follows. Or ask a colleague for “banners for our autumn sale”; the drafts land on your pinboard for you to check and export.
- Export PNG, JPG or one self-contained HTML file; banners fit Google's size limits
- Pictures made to order from your Deskburg credit
- On every plan; designs in your own brand on Solo and Studio
Every game mechanic is a real AI concept
Play the game and you've learned how AI agents work, without reading a manual.
Hire a colleague
Set up an AI agent: its role, its model and its instructions.
Their desk
A task queue and a live transcript of everything the agent does.
Their CV
The agent's specialties, tools and sources, and you can edit it.
Salary
Real token spend, with a monthly budget the office can't go over.
A raised hand
Human approval before the agent does anything with consequences.
The tool room
MCP connections that let agents use other apps and services.
The skills library
Reusable know-how you write once and give to any agent.
The meeting room
Several agents splitting one big job, with a lead putting it together.
The notebook
Memory: notes the agent keeps between tasks, which you can read and edit.
The workshop
A code sandbox where the agent calculates and makes real files.
Everything agents can do, in one simple game
38 ready-made roles
Copywriter, SEO specialist, developer, lawyer, recruiter, film editor and more. Or describe the job and the Recruiter writes the role for you.
Any big AI, no setup
Agents run on Claude, OpenAI or Gemini through Deskburg credit: pick a model per agent and mix them in one team. Developers can plug in their own API keys instead.
Tools without the plumbing
Agents can search and read the web, save files and post to the pinboard. Connect GitHub or other MCP servers in the tool room and every agent with the right role can use them.
Skills and sources
Write a skill pack once (your brand voice, your report format) and load it on any agent. Put PDFs and notes on a desk and the agent reads them.
Teams and meetings
Agents hand work to colleagues, or call a meeting where a lead splits the job, everyone does their part and the lead puts it together.
Your brand, everywhere
A brand kit with your colours, fonts, logo, illustration style and voice. Every page, chart and document the team makes follows it (Solo and Studio).
Build your own office
Rooms, walls, floors and dozens of pieces of furniture. Save your layouts and switch between them.
You stay in charge
Budgets per office, per agent and per task. Choose how much each agent may do on its own, and approve the rest with one click.
Real results, ready to download
Finished work lands on the pinboard: answers, reports and real files (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PDF, charts), with a download button right on the note.
The tool room
Plug your office into the tools you already use
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI agents use other apps. Thousands of MCP servers already exist, for code, design, documents, marketing, data and more. Connect one in the tool room and every agent whose role needs it can use it: no code, no setup per agent.
- Paste a server address and its key; Deskburg finds the tools for you
- By default, reading tools run straight away and anything that changes things waits for your approval
- Keys are encrypted and only used on our servers
Connect today
- GitHub
- Context7 docs
- Any MCP server with an API key or token
Next: sign-in connections
- Notion
- Linear
Servers where you sign in with your account instead of a key are next on our roadmap.
Learn AI by playing
You don't need to know what a system prompt, a token or MCP is to start. You'll find out along the way: the CV shows the agent's instructions, the salary shows what each task cost, and the transcript shows every step the agent took.
- See exactly what an agent was told and what it did
- Watch the cost of every task, in dollars
- Try different models side by side and compare
- Turn the effort dial and see what thinking harder costs
Read your office at a glance
- Thinking
- Searching the web
- Writing
- Needs you
- Done
Simple plans for every size of team.
Plans differ in how big your team is, how many agents work at once, and brand kits. Pay monthly, or yearly and get two months free.
Starter
$5 / month
Try it out with a small team.
- 4 colleagues
- 1 working at a time
- 200 MB of files
- 2 tool connections
- Buy Deskburg credit, or use your own API key
- Most popular
Solo
$15 / month
For solo creators with real work to hand off.
- 8 colleagues
- 2 working at once
- 500 MB of files
- 5 tool connections
- 1 brand kit
- $4 of Deskburg credit included every month
Studio
$39 / month
For small companies running a full office.
- 12 colleagues
- 3 working at once
- 1 GB of files
- 10 tool connections
- Up to 3 brand kits
- $15 of Deskburg credit included every month
Every office starts with a 14-day free trial. No card needed.
Deskburg credit runs agents without any setup: the AI provider's list price plus a small margin. Developers can use their own API key instead and pay the provider directly, at their prices.
Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. If you can write a to-do list, you can run an AI team. Everything is point and click, and every agent shows what it's doing.
Are these real AI agents or a simulation?
Real. The office is a game, but the agents call real models (Claude, OpenAI or Gemini), search the real web and hand you real files.
What does it cost to run agents?
Your plan, plus the AI work itself, paid from Deskburg credit (Solo and Studio include some every month). Agents stop when the credit runs out, so there are no surprise bills. Developers can use their own API key instead; then the provider bills them directly.
Can it make banners and social posts?
Yes. The Design studio makes one design in every social size and the Google Display ad sizes at once, in your brand on Solo and Studio. You can design yourself, start from a template, or ask a colleague; you check and export the result as PNG, JPG or HTML.
Can agents do things without asking me?
Only what you allow. Reading and drafting are fine by default; anything with consequences outside Deskburg waits for your approval. You can change this per agent.
Can my AI team stick to my brand?
Yes, on the Solo and Studio plans. Set your colours, fonts, logo, illustration style and voice in the brand kit, and everything the agents make follows it: web pages and charts in your colours, your logo in place, copy in your voice. Solo keeps one brand, Studio up to three, and each colleague can follow a different one.
Can agents make real files?
Yes. Every agent can write text files and web pages. Switch on a Claude agent's workshop and it runs code in a secure sandbox and hands you real Excel, PowerPoint, Word and PDF files and charts.
Do agents remember me between tasks?
Yes. Each agent keeps a notebook with what it learned about you and your work, and reads it at the start of every task. You can read, correct or clear it at any time.
Do I need an API key or an AI subscription?
No. Deskburg credit runs the agents, so you don't need an account with any AI company. If you're a developer with an API key (from the Anthropic Console, OpenAI Platform or Google AI Studio), you can use that instead. A ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription is not an API key and doesn't work here.
Is my API key safe?
Keys are encrypted at rest, decrypted only on our servers at the moment an agent needs them, and never sent to your browser.
Which AI models can I use?
Claude, OpenAI and Gemini models, listed live from each provider, so new models show up as soon as they're released.
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