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BasicOps

BasicOps

Projects, tasks, and chat in one connected workplace where your team and AI agents plan, collaborate, and get work done together.

Rank
#45
All-time votes
4

Collaboration tool by Justin Oberbauer on Smol Launch.

Pricing
10/month
Launched
October 2026
Website
basicops.com

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Most teams keep AI agents in a chat window off to the side. Someone prompts the agent, copies the answer out and pastes it into the project, then explains the background all over again next time. The agent never sees the project, never owns the task and never shows up in the record of who did what. BasicOps puts agents where the work already lives.

BasicOps is the Workplace for Humans and Agents. It brings projects, tasks, conversations and files together in one place, for people and AI agents alike.

One workplace for the whole team. Plan projects in list, board or timeline views, assign tasks with due dates and priorities, and keep the discussion attached to the task it’s about. Chat in channels, group chats and direct messages, share and comment on files, and search everything at once, from messages and tasks to files. Track progress with status reports, and stay connected with Slack, Zoom, Webex, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Gmail, Outlook, GitHub, Jira and more. Use it on the web, on Mac, and on iOS and Android.

Agents as team members, not tools. Add an agent the same way you add a person. It gets a name, a role and its own permissions, and it introduces itself like a new hire. Assign it a task and it owns it, posting updates and results back on the task. @mention it in a conversation and it answers right there, with the project’s context in front of it. It remembers what it’s responsible for, so nobody has to brief it again.

You stay in control. Agents work under the same roles and permissions as people, and they only see the projects you add them to. Everything an agent does is visible and on the record, and a person approves what matters. Nothing happens without the workplace owner’s permission.

Ready-made roles. Start from nine role skills that tell an agent how to do the job:
Project Manager: runs the daily standup, spots slipping tasks and turns messages into drafted tasks for review.
Research Analyst: returns findings with sources, ranked by confidence, on the task that asked for them.
Support Manager: triages incoming requests and escalates the complex ones to a person.
Plus Executive Assistant, Writer, Legal Counsel, Billing Clerk, SEO Analyst and Web Designer.

Bring the agents you already have. BasicOps doesn’t build agents, it gives them somewhere to work. Connect agents from Guild, OpenClaw, Gumloop, Claude or your own stack over MCP, with no rebuild. With Guild, BasicOps sets the agent up in your own Guild account and adds it to your team in under a minute. You don’t need to be a developer.

How teams use it.
Agencies: a project manager agent keeps client projects on schedule and drafts weekly status updates for the account lead to review.
Operations teams: a support agent turns incoming requests into prioritized tasks, so nothing gets lost in a shared inbox.
Founders and small teams: a research agent pulls together market and competitor findings, while an executive assistant agent keeps follow-ups from slipping.
Marketing teams: writer and SEO agents draft content and optimization notes as tasks, ready for a person to edit and approve.

Plans start at $10 per user per month, agent seats are included in every plan, and every plan has a 14 day free trial with no credit card.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is BasicOps?
Projects, tasks, and chat in one connected workplace where your team and AI agents plan, collaborate, and get work done together.
How much does BasicOps cost?
BasicOps pricing: 10/month.
Who made BasicOps?
BasicOps was built by Justin Oberbauer. Projects, tasks, and chat in one connected workplace where your team and AI agents plan, collabor...
What category does BasicOps belong to?
BasicOps is a Collaboration tool, listed and launched on Smol Launch.
When did BasicOps launch?
BasicOps launched on Smol Launch the week of October 19, 2026. It has received 1 community vote so far.

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