openhands

OpenHands (Agent Canvas) is a leading agent runtime in the 2026 AI agent engineering landscape (79.1k★).

When to use this skill

• Self-hosted developer control center (Agent Canvas) for coding agents and automations
• Runs OpenHands agent out-of-the-box; also drives Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or any ACP-compatible agent
• Multiple agent backends: local, Docker, VMs, company infra, OpenHands Cloud/Enterprise
• Automations: scheduled/webhook workflows integrating Slack, GitHub, Linear, Notion
• Agent/Server SDK split: OpenHands/software-agent-sdk hosts the agent + agent server source
• Bring-your-own-model via LLM profiles
• Ecosystem overlap: Complements agent-manager (tmux lifecycle) with a product-grade control center; ACP angle complements a2a-protocol/mcp-server-design

Installation

npm install -g @openhands/agent-canvas