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Get WorkBuddy working, one step at a time.
Plain guides to WorkBuddy, Tencent’s desktop AI agent: installing it, signing in, choosing a model, reading your credits, adding skills and MCP servers. Each guide links the official page it was checked against, with the date.
What do you need to do?
6 tasks- 01 Install it and sign inWhere to download, which edition you are looking at, and how the account sign-in works.
- 02 Pick a model and read your creditsWhich models are offered, what a credit is, and how to see what a task cost you.
- 03 Add a skill or connect an MCP serverExtending what the agent can do, and what to check before you give it access.
- 04 Run it from the command line or on a scheduleHeadless runs, scripting and scheduled tasks, with the flags written out.
- 05 Compare it with similar toolsSide-by-side reading of official feature and pricing pages, with the date we read them.
- 06 Fix an errorSign-in failures, empty replies, rate limits: the symptom, the cause when known, and what to try.
At a glance
What WorkBuddy is
Each line below comes from an official public page. Follow “source” to read the original.
- Who makes it
- Tencent. The international site brands it “Tencent WorkBuddy”.source ↗
- Official sites
- workbuddy.cn (mainland China edition) and workbuddy.ai (international edition).source ↗
- Systems
- macOS 12 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows 10 or later (x64).source ↗
- Sign-in
- Mainland edition: WeChat scan, phone, email or SSO. International edition: Google or GitHub.source ↗
- Mainland plans
- Free tier with 500 credits a month; paid plans list from 99 yuan a month (70 with monthly auto-renewal).source ↗
- International plans
- Free plan with 100 credits a month; Pro at US$10.00 a month.source ↗
- MCP configuration
- In the app, or in ~/.workbuddy/mcp.json (all projects) or <project>/.workbuddy/mcp.json (one project).source ↗
- Scheduled tasks
- Automations can run hourly, daily, weekly or once.source ↗
Checked on 2026-10-02. The vendor can change any of this; the linked page is the authority.
Sections
Find a guide by task
Six sections for the six things people most often need when using WorkBuddy.
Install & sign in
Where to download, which edition you are looking at, and how the account sign-in works.
02Models & credits
Which models are offered, what a credit is, and how to see what a task cost you.
03Skills & MCP
Extending what the agent can do, and what to check before you give it access.
04CLI & automation
Headless runs, scripting and scheduled tasks, with the flags written out.
05Comparisons
Side-by-side reading of official feature and pricing pages, with the date we read them.
06Troubleshooting
Sign-in failures, empty replies, rate limits: the symptom, the cause when known, and what to try.
Latest
Latest guides
The first guides are being written. They will appear here when published.
Method
How each guide is written
Official pages first
Features, prices and limits come only from official documentation, the official pricing page and official announcements, and each is linked.
Dated
The product changes quickly. Every guide shows the date it was checked; outdated guides are rewritten, not left standing.
Untested means we say so
If we have not run a step ourselves, the guide says so. A guess is never written as a finding.
Questions
Is this the official WorkBuddy website?
No. This is an unofficial guide site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Tencent or the WorkBuddy team. Download, sign in and pay only through the official channels.
Who runs this site?
It is run by the Arrivau team. See the About page.
Does this site earn money from WorkBuddy?
Not at present. The site has not joined any affiliate programme and carries no affiliate links. If that changes, the Disclosure page and the affected guides will say so.
Are the prices and limits in the guides accurate?
Prices, credits and free allowances change. A guide reports what the official page said on the date shown and links to it; check the official page before you pay.
Have a specific question?
Ask the guide assistant. It answers from official WorkBuddy pages and says when it does not know.