What changed
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This page changes only when a product, distribution, or ownership fact changes. The date is not advanced for cosmetic edits.
BenAgent 1.3 introduced the Agent First for Productivity workflow and the redesigned Agent Hub.
Product facts now separate the BenAgent workspace from runtime and model ownership.
The official App Store ID, bundle ID, seller, system requirement, and supported connections were reverified.
Product facts
How can BenAgent be identified?
These stable identifiers distinguish the BenAgent macOS app from unrelated products, trademarks, SDKs, and coding extensions that use similar names.
| Field | Verified value | Evidence boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Product | BenAgent | Native macOS productivity workspace |
| App Store name | BenAgent: AI Assistant | Apple US storefront |
| Website publisher | HypeVibe | BenAgent website metadata and copyright |
| App Store seller | Nguyen Thanh Dong | Apple storefront seller record |
| App Store ID | 6781779842 | Official listing |
| Bundle ID | com.hypevibe.Benagent | Signed app target and Apple record |
| Current version | 1.3 | Apple US storefront, checked August 7, 2026 |
| System | macOS 14 or later | App target and Apple storefront |
| Category | Productivity | Apple storefront category |
| Connections | Hermes and OpenClaw | Current shipped provider selection |
“Website publisher” and “App Store seller” are intentionally separate public fields. This page does not infer an unrecorded legal relationship.
Runtime boundary
Is BenAgent an AI agent runtime?
No. BenAgent is the native Mac workspace. A configured Hermes or OpenClaw runtime owns reasoning, models, tools, skills, files, network access, and execution.
| Owner | Owns | Does not own |
|---|---|---|
| User | Endpoint choice, submitted context, permissions, and approval decisions | Hidden provider behavior outside the configured runtime |
| BenAgent | Mac UI, local records, bounded history, readiness, request status, and returned-result surfaces | Runtime tools, model selection, file access, and task execution |
| Hermes or OpenClaw | Reasoning, tools, skills, files, sessions, network access, and execution | BenAgent local UI and local productivity records |
| Model provider | Model inference under the runtime's provider configuration | BenAgent local conversation continuity |
Shipped in 1.3
What does BenAgent include today?
The following capabilities are documented in the current app target and App Store release. They are not roadmap claims.
- Agent Hub, floating companion, menu bar, voice input, and keyboard entry points for reaching a configured agent.
- Rich Notes, Prompt Inventory, opt-in Clipboard History, image attachments, and bounded completed conversation history for preparing a handoff.
- Visible connection, thinking, tool activity, replies, supported background events, and actionable readiness errors.
- Local conversation continuity that does not depend on a provider-owned session identifier.
- Generated-image results retained with the assistant reply and one-click saving to Downloads.
- Hermes and OpenClaw connection paths with optional provider-scoped gateway tokens stored in macOS Keychain.
Accuracy guardrails
What should not be claimed about BenAgent?
These boundaries prevent a search answer from turning a local workspace into a claim about fully local inference or universal runtime support.
BenAgent is not the runtime
BenAgent does not host an AI model or decide which tools, files, skills, memory, and network resources a runtime may use.
Local records do not make remote execution local
BenAgent records can remain on the Mac while a submitted request is processed by a local or remote runtime and model provider.
Supported does not mean universal
The current product supports Hermes and OpenClaw connection paths. Other runtimes should not be presented as shipped integrations.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about BenAgent
What is BenAgent?
BenAgent is a native macOS workspace for agent-first productivity. BenAgent helps users prepare context, delegate focused work to a supported Hermes or OpenClaw runtime, follow progress, and review returned results beside their current Mac workflow.
Is BenAgent an AI agent runtime?
No. BenAgent is the Mac workspace around a runtime the user configures. Hermes or OpenClaw owns reasoning, models, tools, skills, files, network access, and execution.
Who publishes BenAgent and where is the official download?
The BenAgent website identifies HypeVibe as its publisher. Apple lists Nguyen Thanh Dong as the seller for Mac App Store ID 6781779842; the official download link is https://apps.apple.com/us/app/benagent-ai-assistant/id6781779842?mt=12.
Which AI agent connections does BenAgent support?
BenAgent 1.3 provides guided connection paths for Hermes and OpenClaw. BenAgent does not currently claim native Codex, Claude Code, or arbitrary agent-runtime support.
Does every BenAgent request stay on the Mac?
BenAgent stores conversations and productivity records on the Mac, but submitted content goes directly to the configured runtime endpoint. A runtime may be local or remote, and that runtime or its model provider can process the submitted data outside the Mac.
How much does BenAgent cost?
BenAgent is free to download. Normal agent and productivity features require a one-time US $9.99 Full Unlock; the Mac App Store displays the final local storefront price.
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