Alfred Black
Self-hosted AI agent on Linux and Docker that triages email, tracks ongoing work, and keeps an Obsidian-compatible vault. Uses external model services.
Alfred Black is a self-hosted AI agent for solo business owners and consultants who need help with inbox triage, follow-ups, and keeping track of ongoing work. It runs continuously on a Linux server through Docker, with a web dashboard and conversations through Telegram, Slack, email, or web chat.
It groups related messages, documents, people, and tasks into ongoing concerns called Matters. Each Matter has an updated summary, so a contract discussion or client relationship has a current record instead of scattered threads. Incoming meeting transcripts can become linked records and tasks. Background workers flag contradictory notes, repair broken links, and connect related material in an Obsidian-compatible Markdown vault that you can read and edit yourself.
Its autonomy depends on permissions you grant. Alfred records its actions, requests for approval, and decisions to suppress notifications. It can propose broader permission based on patterns in your decisions, but it can't approve that permission itself. You remain responsible for supervision when you self-host.
The vault and databases stay on your server. Model requests go to your chosen external provider, with OpenAI Codex as the default; this isn't a fully offline system. Composio connects services such as Gmail, Notion, and Linear and holds their integration credentials on its servers. The full platform needs at least 16 GB of RAM. A separate managed service at alfred.black handles supervision, quality checks, and repairs for clients.
