Task execution

Tellnova separates the conversation from the machine that performs the work. Choose the execution target in the task composer.

This machine

The desktop runner executes the agent on your computer. It can access the selected local workspace and the tools installed on that machine. Closing the runner stops it from starting new local work.

Tellnova Cloud

Cloud execution runs without keeping your computer online. It uses a cloud workspace and account-scoped task state. A cloud task cannot silently fall back to your local machine if the cloud target is unavailable.

Self-hosted runner

Tellnova can also run the web transport and runner host on infrastructure you control. Build the app and start the server:

pnpm build
pnpm serve:web

The server binds to loopback by default and creates a bearer token on first boot. Treat that token as an administrator credential because it grants access to execution, model configuration, and task history. Put any network-accessible deployment behind TLS.