Nova¶

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Nova is a local personal AI agent assistant. It runs on your machine, uses your LLM of choice (local or cloud), remembers context across sessions, and can execute code, browse the web, search files, run shell commands, and more.

Getting Started¶

• Installation -- install Nova and its dependencies
• Quickstart -- your first chat with Nova

Introduction¶

• What is Nova? -- non-technical introduction, written for general users

Configuration¶

• Providers & Models -- set up Ollama, OpenAI, or other LLM providers
• Settings -- runtime paths, env vars, and config file shape

Web UI¶

• Quickstart -- start the web UI with nova web

API¶

• Server API -- HTTP API, SSE streaming contract, and how the frontend is served

Tools¶

• Tool Overview -- what Nova can do for you

Skills¶

• Skills Overview -- extend Nova with reusable skills

Desktop App¶

• Desktop Overview -- run Nova as a desktop application

TUI Reference¶

• TUI Commands -- all TUI commands and options

Memory¶

• Memory Overview -- how Nova remembers across sessions

Advanced¶

• Multi-Agent -- delegate tasks to sub-agents
• MCP Integration -- connect MCP servers
• Context Compaction -- two-layer compaction and tuning keys
• Security Model -- shell approval, threat detection, tool guardrails
• WeChat ClawBot -- drive Nova from a WeChat conversation

Troubleshooting¶

• FAQ -- common questions and solutions