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Orca Agent

Orca Agent is a local terminal coding agent for DeepSeek-compatible provider configurations. It offers an interactive interface for following activity and reviewing approvals, local history and workflow state, plus command-line tools for non-interactive tasks and persisted workflows.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Orca when you want to keep coding work in a terminal and choose between interactive review, a single non-interactive task, or persisted workflows.

Who it is for

  • Developers who want a terminal-based agent for coding work.
  • People who need to review agent activity and approval decisions.
  • Users who want command-line options for bounded tasks or persisted workflows.

Documented uses

  • Work on a coding task through an interactive terminal interface.
  • Submit one non-interactive task with optional limits, a verifier and JSONL output.
  • Launch and control persisted workflow programs.
  • Inspect a local diagnostic report or a folder-trust decision.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The interactive interface is presented as the best surface for reviewing approvals, live activity, local history and workflow state.
  • The command-line surface separates one-off tasks (orca exec) from persisted workflow control (orca workflow).
  • The runtime evaluates approval, permission, folder-trust and sandbox policy before proposed actions execute.
  • The documentation recommends a verifier for code-changing work and cautions that a successful model response is not completion proof.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Orca Agent and open a project

Install the public package, run its local diagnostic, and open the interactive terminal interface for a project.

Before you start

  • A terminal environment.
  • A project directory to pass to the interactive command.

Steps

  1. Install the package globally with the command below.

    Documented command
    npm install -g @blade-ai/orca

  2. Run orca doctor for a read-only local diagnostic report.

  3. Open the interactive interface for a project with orca --cwd ./my-project.

Expected outcome

The interactive terminal interface opens for the specified project and provides a surface for reviewing approvals, live activity, local history, and workflow state.

Guide limitations

  • This setup sequence does not document provider configuration or completion of a coding task.
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These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.

ProjectDocumented purposePlatformAccess and requirements
Orca AgentWork on a coding task through an interactive terminal interface.CLI, macOS, Linux, Windows
ClawCodexUse a terminal coding agent to work with code through tool calls.CLI, DesktopThe official homepage describes ClawCodex as open-source.
DAO CodeAsk an agent to inspect, edit, or debug code in a local project.CLI, Linux, macOS, WindowsThe project is open source under the MIT license. The documented setup uses a DeepSeek API key; the repository describes npm usage and multi-platform binaries.
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Sources & review

orcaagent.dev ↗Guide documentation ↗
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Orca Agent - DeepSeek-native terminal coding agent · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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