Tempo

The IDE where agents draft specs, designs and pull requests

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What is Tempo?

Tempo is a team IDE where AI agents triage feedback, write specs, draft designs from real components and open reviewed pull requests, giving designers, PMs and engineers one shared workspace on the actual codebase.

Tempo is a desktop IDE built around a simple premise: agents do the drafting, humans do the crafting. Specs, design canvases, issues and pull requests live in one workspace that reads from the real codebase rather than a slide deck or a mockup file. A designer, a product manager and an engineer can each open the same project and see the same source of truth. The product rests on agents with narrow, named jobs. A Triage agent watches feedback channels and converts ideas and bug reports into prioritized issues. A Spec and Design agent turns a triaged issue into a PRD and a clickable canvas built from your own components and tokens. A Feature Builder picks up the spec and works on its own branch, opening a PR ready for review, while a Bug Fixer reproduces a report, finds the cause and ships a tested fix. Agents run on any model in any harness, with the issue and its designs already loaded as context, and multiple worktrees can run at once with PR and CI status collected in a single view. Design work is unusual here because canvases are code in the repository. You prompt an agent for a first pass, then adjust spacing, type and layout by hand using real props from real components. What ships is a pull request rather than a handoff, which removes the translation step that normally sits between design and engineering. The same logic applies to specs: a PRD links straight to the canvases and the issue it belongs to, so reviewers can click through from requirement to implementation. The tool suits product teams that already have a component library and a review culture, and where feedback arrives faster than the backlog can absorb it. It is a heavier commitment than a prompt-and-copy editor: the value comes from wiring agents into your repository and letting them work in parallel. Teams that want a lightweight browser playground for quick experiments are better served by hosted vibe coding tools, while Tempo is aimed at squads shipping reviewed code every day.

How do you use Tempo?

  1. 1Install Tempo for your platform
    Grab the build for macOS, Windows or Linux from the site. The download page handles the architecture choice, including separate Apple Silicon and Intel builds.
  2. 2Open your repository as a workspace
    Point Tempo at an existing project so canvases and agents read your real components, tokens and file structure rather than a generic template.
  3. 3Connect a feedback channel
    Route bug reports and feature ideas into the Triage agent so each one becomes a prioritized issue with a clear description.
  4. 4Assign a spec or design task
    Hand an issue to the Spec and Design agent, which drafts a PRD and a clickable canvas. Refine the layout by hand afterward using real props.
  5. 5Review the pull request
    Let the Feature Builder or Bug Fixer open a branch and PR, then check CI status and review the diff inside Tempo before merging.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Agents have concrete assigned roles (triage, spec and design, feature building, bug fixing) instead of one general assistantAI
  • Design canvases are code in the repository, so output arrives as a pull request rather than a mockupAI
  • Runs agents on any model and any harness, with parallel worktrees and PR plus CI status in one viewAI
  • Specs link directly to issues and canvases, keeping requirements and implementation in the same contextAI

Cons

  • Heavy setup expected: agents need a real component library, repo access and review conventions to be usefulAI
  • The agent-heavy workflow may be more structure than a solo developer or small project needsAI
  • No public pricing or plan detail on the homepage, so budget has to be settled before adoptionAI
  • Value depends on disciplined PR review and CI, since agents open pull requests that still need human judgementAI

How much does Tempo cost?

Features

Triage, Spec and Design, Bug Fixer and Feature Builder agents; canvases stored as code and built from your own components and tokens; PRDs linked to issues and designs; agents running on any model or harness; parallel worktrees with PR and CI status in one view; downloadable desktop builds for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Frequently asked questions about Tempo

  • How do you use Tempo?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 5 steps: 1. Install Tempo for your platform 2. Open your repository as a workspace 3. Connect a feedback channel 4. Assign a spec or design task 5. Review the pull request.
  • What platforms does Tempo support?
    Tempo is available on MacOS, Windows and Linux.
  • What are the limitations of Tempo?
    Heavy setup expected: agents need a real component library, repo access and review conventions to be useful. The agent-heavy workflow may be more structure than a solo developer or small project needs. No public pricing or plan detail on the homepage, so budget has to be settled before adoption.

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Added10/21/2026

Platforms

MacOSWindowsLinux

Pricing

Free