Macro

What is Macro?

Macro is an open-source, all-in-one team workspace and modern operating system for startups and high-velocity engineering organizations. Engineered to eliminate the chaotic fragmentation of running separate tools for communication, documentation, project tracking, customer management, and email, Macro unifies Email + Messages + Docs + Tasks + Agents + CRM into a single lightning-fast interface with shared, team-level memory. Developed in NYC and Toronto and built on a high-performance SolidJS frontend and 167 modular Rust crates, Macro connects every workspace object into a bidirectional graph so teams and autonomous AI agents never have to switch contexts or stitch together brittle Zapier integrations.

Key Modules & Architectural Highlights

• Superhuman-Inspired Keyboard-First Mail: Multi-account unified inbox for Google Workspace and Gmail. Features j, k, and e keyboard triage, native split-window multitasking, AI-driven PDF attachment parsing, and direct in-chat email drafting and sending.
• High-Focus Technical Team Chat: Designed as a focused alternative to Slack where long discussions collapse neatly into threads to keep main channels legible. Channels maintain independent permissions, and messages automatically link bidirectionally to tasks, support tickets, and CRM records.
• Chat-Coupled Task Management: Lightweight, Linear-inspired issue tracking that naturally lives where conversations happen. Tasks can be spawned with one click from an email, markdown document (/task), checklist item, or channel mention, preserving complete audit trails from inception to GitHub PR merge.
• CRDT-Powered Collaborative Docs: Real-time collaborative Markdown editing backed by Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) and Cloudflare Durable Objects. Supports version history scrubbing, offline editing, multimodal @mentions, and agent-native peer editing where AI swarms collaborate on documents concurrently.
• Colocated Auto-Updating CRM: Replaces rigid external CRMs like Salesforce or HubSpot by embedding deals, contacts, and companies directly into your communication layer. Every deal receives its own pinned channel and automatically aggregates all emails, notes, and task history across the company.
• Unified Team-Level Memory & Native MCP Server: A nightly synthesis pass compiles company conversations, emails, calls, and completed tasks into structured markdown memory. AI models and coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) can query this team memory and take actions via Macro’s native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Comparison: Macro vs. Traditional Fragmented Tooling

Quickstart & Agent MCP Integration

Get started with the hosted cloud version or point your AI coding assistant directly at Macro’s MCP server:

# Connect Claude Code or Cursor to Macro via HTTP MCP transport
claude mcp add --transport http macro https://mcp-server.macro.com/mcp

Configure Macro in your local .mcp.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macro": {
      "url": "https://mcp-server.macro.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

For self-hosting the full local stack with Pulumi and Docker Compose:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/macro-inc/macro.git
cd macro

# Spin up local development infrastructure
docker compose up -d

Technical Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions