Installation

LynxAI runs on Windows and installs in under a minute. Download the latest setup file and follow the steps below.

1. Download LynxAI_Setup.exe from the link on the homepage or from the GitHub releases page.
2. Run the installer. Windows may show a SmartScreen prompt — click More info → Run anyway.
3. The installer places Lynx in your Program Files folder and creates a desktop shortcut.
4. Launch Lynx from the shortcut. A login screen will appear on first run.
5. Create a free account with your email, or sign in with Google.

First Launch

On first launch, Lynx plays a welcome message and shows a quick onboarding screen. After that, the main chat interface appears and Lynx is ready.

What happens at startup

• Lynx calibrates your microphone's ambient noise level for 2 seconds — you'll see a "Calibrating…" status. Speak normally after that.
• Your saved settings and chat history are loaded from the local database.
• Lynx signs you in automatically using your saved token — you won't need to log in again unless you log out manually.
• If you have any connected MCP plugins, they are loaded and made available to the AI immediately.

The Interface

The main Lynx window is a full-screen chat UI. On the left you have your chat history. In the center is the conversation area. At the bottom is the input bar.

Voice Commands

Lynx has a two-stage voice engine. The first stage listens cheaply in the background for your wake word. Only after hearing it does the second stage activate for high-quality transcription of your actual command.

Waking Lynx

Simply say "Lynx" anywhere in a sentence and the app will activate. You don't need a specific phrase — "Hey Lynx", "Lynx, open…", or just "Lynx?" all work. Lynx replies with "Yes?" when it's listening.

Voice States

Lynx's voice engine has four states, visible in the app's status indicator:

• Idle — waiting for the wake word. No microphone data is sent to any server.
• Listening — Lynx heard its name and is now recording your command. Speak naturally. It stops recording after ~1.4 seconds of silence.
• Thinking — your audio is being transcribed and the AI is processing your request.
• Speaking — Lynx is reading the response aloud via TTS.

Interrupting

You can interrupt Lynx at any time — while it's thinking or speaking — by speaking loudly for about 350ms. Lynx will stop and go back to listening immediately. You can also click the stop button in the UI.

Ending a voice session

Say any of the following to put Lynx back to idle:

Voice Models

Lynx uses AI-generated voices for TTS. You can change the voice in Settings. Available voices:

• Alex — Male, professional (default)
• Ashley — Female, bright
• Oliver — Male, friendly
• Elena — Female, calm
• Hades — Male, deep

Desktop Control

Lynx can control your PC like a human would — clicking elements on screen, typing into applications, running commands, browsing the web, and managing files — all from a single natural language request.

How it works

When you give Lynx a task (not just a question), a specialized Executor takes over. It runs a step-by-step action loop: read the screen, decide what to do, act, verify the result, and continue until the task is complete. You see a live status update with each step.

Permissions

Before performing actions that modify your system (writing files, sending emails, submitting forms, etc.), Lynx shows a permission prompt by default. You can approve or deny each action.

You can change this in Settings under Tool Execution:

• Always Ask (Default) — Lynx prompts before each significant action. Recommended.
• Always Approve — Lynx acts without asking. Faster, but use with care.

Browser automation

Lynx has a dedicated browser agent that can open websites, read page content, fill out forms, and click through multi-step web flows — all from one command.

Mobile App

The Lynx mobile app is a companion that lets you control your desktop from your phone. Commands sent from the phone run through the same AI pipeline as if you were sitting at your computer.

Setup

1. Install the Lynx mobile app on your phone.
2. Sign in with the same account you use on the desktop app.
3. Make sure the desktop app is running on your PC. The mobile app shows a live PC Online / Offline status indicator at the top.
4. Type or speak a command. The PC picks it up, executes it, and sends a reply back to your phone.

What you can do from mobile

• Send text commands to Lynx on your PC, just like you would from the desktop chat.
• Use the microphone button to speak commands directly on your phone.
• After Lynx executes a task, a screenshot of your PC screen is automatically captured and sent to the mobile app so you can see what happened.
• Receive live status updates as Lynx works — you see the same "Thinking…", "Opening app…" status messages on mobile.
• Approve or deny permission prompts remotely. If the PC app is set to "Always Ask", the prompt appears on your phone and you tap Allow or Deny.

PC Status

The mobile app shows a green dot and "Online" when your desktop is running Lynx. If the PC is off or the app is closed, it shows "Offline". The status is updated every 30 seconds via a cloud heartbeat.

Mobile Settings

From the mobile app's sidebar you can adjust:

• Phone Voice — enable or disable Lynx reading responses aloud through your phone's speaker.
• Theme — Original, Light, or Dark.
• AI Personality — changes Lynx's conversational style (same options as desktop).
• Voice Model — the TTS voice used on mobile.
• Tool Execution — Always Ask or Always Approve (same as desktop).
• MCP Plugins — toggle plugins on or off. API keys must be configured on the desktop app.

Memory

Lynx has a Long-Term Memory system that stores facts about you across sessions. This means it can remember things like your name, your preferred tools, your OS, your job, or your project context — and use that automatically in future conversations without you having to repeat yourself.

How facts are saved

Every 10 messages within a session, Lynx's Memory Writer runs in the background and analyzes the recent conversation. It extracts facts that meet all of the following criteria:

• You stated it explicitly in your own words — not an inference.
• It will likely still be true in 30+ days.
• It is specific and actionable (e.g. "user builds in Python 3.11 on Windows 11", not "user likes coding").
• It is genuinely about your identity, environment, preferences, or long-term context.

How memory is used

At the start of each session, Lynx retrieves the most relevant saved facts based on what you say in your first message, and injects them into its system context. This makes it aware of your background from the first reply.

Capacity and management

Memory can hold up to 60 facts. When it's full, Lynx will notify you with a message in the chat and stop adding new facts. To free up space, open the Memory page from the sidebar and delete any facts you no longer need.

Stale facts (those that haven't been relevant or updated in a long time) are automatically removed on startup.

Managing your memory

The Memory page shows all stored facts with their text and the original quote from your conversation that was used to save it. You can delete individual facts at any time. Deletion is permanent.

Proactive Intelligence

Lynx watches your activity in the background and can offer suggestions, warnings, and helpful nudges without you having to ask. This is opt-in and fully configurable.

What triggers a suggestion

• App switch — Lynx notices you switched applications and may offer context-relevant help (e.g. resuming a task you were working on).
• Error detection — If an error message appears in a window title, Lynx flags it and offers to help immediately (high priority).
• Struggle detection — Rapid switching between many apps is detected as a sign you might be stuck. Lynx offers to help.
• System alerts — Low battery, high CPU/RAM usage, low disk space, and network issues trigger health warnings.
• Temporal patterns — Lynx checks your activity habits every 30 minutes and may suggest routine tasks at the time you normally do them.
• Morning briefing — Once per day on the first app switch, Lynx gives a brief system health summary.

When Lynx stays quiet

The system is designed to know when not to interrupt:

• If you're deeply focused in one app for 5+ minutes, Lynx stays silent.
• If you've dismissed the same suggestion type before, Lynx waits 24 hours before trying again.
• If you've blocked a suggestion type, it's permanently silenced.
• If Lynx's confidence in a suggestion is low, it won't deliver it.
• If your historical acceptance rate for a type drops below 15%, Lynx stops offering it.

Do Not Disturb

You can enable Do Not Disturb mode from Settings to pause all proactive suggestions. Critical system alerts (e.g. critically low battery) will still appear even in DND mode.

MCP Plugins

Lynx supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external services. You can install MCP plugins to give Lynx access to tools and data from other platforms.

Available plugins

The following plugins are available in the Plugin Store (accessible from Settings on both desktop and mobile):

Enabling a plugin

1. Open Settings in the desktop app.
2. Find the MCP Plugins section and click on a plugin to configure it.
3. Enter the required API key or token for that service.
4. Enable the plugin with the toggle. Lynx loads it immediately — no restart needed.

Settings Reference

All settings are stored locally in a SQLite database. Changes take effect immediately — no restart required.