Cyrus
Claude Code background agent for Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab that can be self-hosted or used as a cloud service.
Overview
Cyrus is a background agent built on Claude Code. It picks up work from Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab and runs the customer’s agent on it.
The agent and its self-host setup are open source under Apache-2.0, with a free self-hosted Community option. Cyrus Cloud is the hosted service with a managed Linear app, priced at $50 a month for Pro, $120 a month for Team and custom Enterprise plans.
Features
- Runs Claude Code as a background agent.
- Works from Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab.
- Can be deployed anywhere with the open-source self-host setup.
- Hosted Cyrus Cloud includes a managed Linear app.
Details
- Website
- atcyrus.com
- Company
- Cyrus
- Category
- Agent orchestration
- Source
- Open source
- Repository
- github.com/cyrusagents/cyrus · 857 stars
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Deployment
- Cloud, Self-hosted
- Commercial offering
- Yes, paid offering available
- Topics
- Listed
- October 2026
- Last verified
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