Zinley's computer
Zinley's Computer is your agent's separate cloud workspace. It can run commands and keep project files without requiring one of your devices to be awake.
Available on Plus and above. On the Free plan Zinley works on your connected devices instead — see Plans & limits.
Why it exists
Your own devices are the right place for anything that touches your files, your apps, or your screen. But plenty of work doesn't need any of that — and shouldn't stop just because you closed your laptop.
| Your device | Zinley's Computer | |
|---|---|---|
| Your files, your apps, your screen | ✅ | ❌ |
| Runs while everything of yours is off | ❌ | ✅ |
| Long or heavy jobs | Ties up your machine | Runs out of the way |
| Reached from email, phone, Telegram | Only if the device is online | Always |
Ask Zinley to use it
There is no manual provisioning step. The first time Zinley uses it, the workspace is created automatically.
- "Do that on your computer instead of mine."
- "On your own machine, clone this repo and run the test suite — tell me what fails."
- "Build the site on your computer and deploy it."
When a job starts away from your devices, tell Zinley to use Zinley's Computer if the work needs files or terminal commands. Name the execution surface when location matters.
Your files stay put
The workspace is persistent. Files you or Zinley put there survive between sessions, so you can come back a week later and pick up where you left off: "what's in the project folder on your computer?"
It sleeps when idle
The machine stops itself after a few minutes of inactivity and wakes automatically the next time it is needed. Startup can take a moment; you do not need to manage it manually.
Very occasionally a long-dormant machine gets recycled. When that happens Zinley tells you plainly — you'll see a note that its computer was reset — so you know the workspace started clean rather than silently losing something.
What it can and can't do
It can: run terminal commands, read, write, and edit files, search across a project, upload and fetch files, and publish a page or site straight from the workspace.
It can't: control a screen, drive a browser, or use Mac-only automation — there's no display attached. Ask for any of those and Zinley will suggest running that part on one of your devices instead.
For a long command, ask Zinley to keep the result in the related conversation and verify the final exit status. A sleeping or reset workspace is not proof that a command completed.