When "building an AI t...
When "building an AI to help you work" becomes as easy as creating a group chat
Have you ever had this experience: you want to use AI to build a little assistant that automatically replies to emails, only to find you first have to learn prompt engineering, then figure out API calls, and finally deploy a server yourself – by the time you've gone through all that, you're already too exhausted to even start using the AI.
In February 2024, ByteDance launched a platform called Coze (known in China as Kouzi). Its ambition was straightforward: make "building an AI to help you work" as simple as creating a WeChat group.
Two years later, it has evolved from an all‑in‑one AI bot development platform into an "Agent‑native collaborative operating system" that can assemble AI teams and autonomously execute complex tasks.
What is it?
Coze is an all‑in‑one AI agent development platform from ByteDance. The domestic Chinese version is called "Kouzi" and integrates ByteDance's in‑house Yunque large model, while also supporting connection to other domestic Chinese models. The international version, Coze, supports connection to overseas models. In July 2025, Coze was officially open‑sourced under the Apache 2.0 licence (commercially usable).
Think of it this way: it transforms "developing AI applications" from writing code into dragging and dropping modules. You don't need to understand prompt engineering or deploy large models yourself – with drag‑and‑drop and configuration, you can quickly build conversational bots, personal assistants, enterprise customer service agents, and automated workflows.
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What can it do?
Coze's capabilities have evolved from "chatting with you" to "working for you." Its core features cover several areas:
🧩 No‑code agent building
Through a graphical interface, you define the agent's behaviour logic by dragging and dropping. You don't need to write code – just set roles, configure plugins, and orchestrate workflows, and an AI agent is born.
🔌 Rich plugin and tool ecosystem
The platform offers a powerful plugin system that connects to HTTP API calls, database queries, and third‑party services (Feishu, WeChat Work, DingTalk, etc.). You can connect the AI to real business systems and let it actually get work done.
🧠 Knowledge base and memory system
Supports uploading doc...
Supports uploading documents to build a private knowledge base, allowing the AI to answer questions based on your data. Agents also have cross‑channel long‑term memory, remembering your habits, past conversations, and preferences – so you don't have to restate your needs every time.
⚙️ Workflow orchestration
Through a visual process editor, you can define complex multi‑step tasks. The AI can automatically invoke plugins or workflows according to your specified logic to execute business processes and generate responses.
🤝 Multi‑agent collaboration
Coze 3.0, released in June 2026, supports both one‑person‑with‑multiple‑agents and multiple‑people‑with‑multiple‑agents collaborative work models. Users can create dedicated project spaces, assembling multiple custom agents into a professional team that divides and collaborates on tasks toward a shared goal.
What happened in 2026?
Coze underwent two major upgrades in 2026, fundamentally transforming both its positioning and capabilities.
Coze 2.5 (April 2026):...
Coze 2.5 (April 2026): The most significant upgrade to date. Agents gained independent digital identities (dedicated email addresses), autonomous cloud devices, and long‑term memory, enabling them to run automatically 24/7 in the background. They truly evolved from "dialog‑box Q&A" into digital colleagues that can independently go online, operate computers and phones, and work autonomously.
Coze 3.0 (June 1, 2026): The core breakthrough was the leap from a single AI to an army of agents. Full updates across all three clients (mobile, desktop, and web). You can now form your own agent team, with multiple agents dividing and collaborating within a single project space. Humans are responsible for judging direction and validating results, while all remaining detailed work is independently handled by the corresponding agents.
The platform also supports integration with local agents such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenClaw, while simultaneously launching a cloud‑based agent solution to ensure continuous online availability and stable computing power. It comes with built‑in industry skill packs for vertical domains including investment, social media, legal, scientific research, and e‑commerce.
Who is it for?
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If you're an ordinary person with no coding experience: you want to build a customer service bot that automatically replies to messages, an assistant that organises your emails, or a bot that writes your weekly report – Coze's no‑code approach is probably the lowest‑barrier option.
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If you're a developer or technology enthusiast: you want to quickly validate AI application ideas or build complex automated workflows with low‑code – Coze's open‑source nature (Apache 2.0, commercially usable) and rich plugin ecosystem are worth exploring.
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If you're a team leade...
If you're a team leader or entrepreneur: you want AI to truly "join" the team and get work done, not just act as a chat window – Coze 3.0's project space and multi‑agent collaboration model are probably the closest thing available to "AI colleagues."
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If you're a student or educator: you want to learn AI agent development without being put off by complex programming environments – Coze offers detailed official tutorials and an active community, with an extremely low barrier to entry.
To be honest
What surprised me most about Coze isn't how powerful its features are – it's that it has lowered the barrier to "developing AI applications" to the point where "if you can use a computer, you can do it."
From its launch in February 2024 to now, Coze has evolved from an "AI bot development platform" to an "Agent‑native collaborative operating system." It's not just a tool; it's more like an entry point that gives everyone access to "AI employees."
If you also want to experience what it feels like to "have AI work for you," head over to coze.cn, sign up, and start by copying a template. Building your own custom agent might not take longer than a cup of coffee.