Open source runtime. Managed platform on top.
Start free with the OSS runtime and every integration. Add the managed platform when you need it in production.
Pipelex Open Source
Free forever · MIT-licensed
The open standard, the reference runtime, and every integration to ship anywhere.
BUILD
- Methods Language - the MTHDS open standard
- Methods Visualization
- VS Code Extension
- Plugins for Claude Code and Codex
- MCPComing soon
RUN
- Methods execution runtime — Python package, CLI, REST API
- Client SDKs — Python, TypeScript
INTEGRATIONS
- Automations: n8n node (OSS + cloud)
- Workflow orchestration: Temporal, Mistral Workflows
- Observability: Langfuse, Posthog, OpenTelemetry
INFERENCE
- Bring your own keys — 17+ providers
- Local inference (Ollama, any OpenAI-compatible server)
Pipelex Business
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The managed platform on top of the OSS runtime — for teams running Pipelex in production.
BUILD
- Pipelex Studio
- Premium Support
- ◦12 business-hours P0 response
- ◦1h/month 1:1 dedicated support
RUN
- Pipelex Cloud
- ◦durable methods workflow execution
- Managed hosting on AWS, GCP, Azure, dedicated serversComing soon
- Methods libraries and sharing
- Methods Certification & Conceptual Validation
- Methods OptimizerComing soon
- ◦one-shot or continuous tuning to maximize ROI across performance, cost, and ESG
INFERENCE
- Pipelex Gateway
We deploy 3 AI automations on your infrastructure in 3 weeks.
Fixed-price Pipelex AI Sprint. Reliability threshold contractual. Code is yours.
Add AI methods to Claude Code in minutes
Install. Define. Execute. No boilerplate, no configuration, no lock-in.
Install mthds: run bash -c 'npm install -g mthds && mthds-agent bootstrap && claude plugin marketplace add mthds-ai/mthds-plugins && claude plugin install mthds@mthds-plugins'. Then tell me to /reload-plugins.
npm install -g mthds mthds-agent bootstrap claude plugin marketplace add mthds-ai/mthds-plugins claude plugin install mthds@mthds-plugins
Build. Package. Run. Observe.
One method. Any model. Anywhere.
Build
Author methods in the MTHDS open standard. Readable by engineers and domain experts alike.
Combine the perfect model for each task
Concepts for typed data, pipes for transformations — 5 operator types and 4 controllers built into the language
Data schemas with full type safety, structured outputs, and concept refinement hierarchies
Agents can write, edit, compose, and discover methods via typed signatures autonomously
Every AI Model, One Pipeline
Chain LLMs, OCR engines, and image generators from any provider in a single method. Always pick the best model for each task — that’s how Claude Code uses Pipelex to read scanned PDFs and generate images.
Gateway
Instant access to every major provider through a single endpoint
Bring Your Own Keys
Use your existing API keys from any provider — full control, zero markup
Local / Self-hosted
Run models on your own infrastructure with Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible server
Pipelex Cloud
Coming SoonManaged infrastructure, team workspaces, and built-in observability — so you can focus on methods, not ops.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Pipelex and how it works.
Agents need a format they can reliably generate and execute — not free-form code. .mthds files are declarative, deterministic, and portable: agents write them, humans review them, Pipelex runs them. Python stays in the runtime; the method definition stays agent-readable.
MTHDS is an open standard for defining, packaging, and distributing AI methods. It has two pillars: the Language (typed concepts, pipes, and domains in .mthds files) and the Package System (versioned dependencies, lock files, cross-package references, and a federated registry at mthds.sh). The standard is maintained at mthds.ai and anyone can implement a runtime. Pipelex is the reference implementation.
Yes. MTHDS is an open standard with a public specification, not a proprietary format. Any platform can parse .mthds files, validate typed signatures, and execute methods. Pipelex is the reference runtime, but the standard is designed for broad adoption — your methods are never locked to a single tool.
Those are code-first frameworks with proprietary formats — humans write Python or TypeScript. Pipelex implements the MTHDS open standard: a portable, typed language with a real package system. Your methods aren’t locked to any runtime.
GUI-based platforms lock methods in their ecosystem. MTHDS methods are plain-text files — version them in Git with semantic versioning, compose them across packages with cross-package references, deploy them anywhere.
No. Pipelex provides deterministic methods that agents call as tools via MCP or API. We make agents reliable at repeatable business tasks — we don’t replace your agent stack.
Repeatable, deterministic AI tasks: invoice processing, contract analysis, report generation, compliance review. If it needs consistent results at scale, Pipelex fits. Not designed for creative exploration or open-ended tasks.
Fully. The MTHDS standard and Pipelex runtime are MIT-licensed. The open-core model means enterprise features (managed cloud, advanced observability, certification) are commercial, but the runtime and the standard stay open.
Yes — the Pipelex AI Sprint is a fixed-price, 3-week engagement to ship three automations on your infrastructure. €20,000 (excl. VAT), reliability threshold contractual, 20% malus if we miss it. See the Sprint section for the full offer.
You walk away with code, methods, and a Docker image — yours. Three paths from there: run it autonomously, keep an Extended Pipelex Support contract (monthly), or migrate to Pipelex Cloud when it launches. Sprint clients get priority access to Pipelex Cloud.
Heads of AI, AI Engineering leads, and COOs in regulated or sensitive environments — banking, insurance, capital markets / PE, freelance platforms — who need repeatability, handle document volume, want to keep control of the code, and can’t afford a 6-month build cycle.