FAQ

Questions, answered.

Everything about Yukkai, your AI team on the Mac.

The basics

What is Yukkai?

Yukkai puts a whole team of specialised AI agents on your Mac. Each agent has a job, skills and its own tools. Together they answer your customers, produce your content, follow up on your quotes and deliver checked work, day and night, with the software you already use. Yukkai is free to start, and Pro costs $100 a month. See what you gain →

Do I need to know about AI?

No. If you can write a message, you can use Yukkai. Say what you want in your own words: writing the right instructions is the agents’ job, and Quick Actions start a complete piece of work in one click. See how simple it is →

How is Yukkai different from ChatGPT or Claude?

A chat assistant answers your questions. Yukkai brings together a team of agents that act: they work with your files and Mac apps, share out the work and deliver a result. You are not tied to one provider either: you choose from more than 300 models, including OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s.

Which Mac do I need?

A Mac running macOS 26 or later. To run AI models locally with MLX, you need a Mac with Apple silicon. Cloud models don’t depend on your hardware.

How do I get Yukkai?

Download it for free from the home page. It installs in about two minutes and there is no account to create: yours is created automatically and stored in your Mac’s keychain. On first launch, Yukki asks you a few questions, recommends the agents your business needs and starts your first missions.

Plans & pricing

Is Yukkai really free?

Yes. Yukkai is free to download and use, with no account to create: the free AI models and Yukkai Free are available to everyone, along with agents, teams and workflows. To generate images, videos, music or voices, you need the Pro subscription, a pay-as-you-go top-up or your own key — or an open-source model installed on your Mac in MLX mode. Compare the plans →

What does Yukkai Pro include?

Pro costs $100 a month and gives your team the full power of Yukkai: every business team, Shopify among them; Yukkai Fusion and Yukkai Frontier, to get the right model for every task; and images, videos, music and voices. Your usage is renewed every month, and a gauge shows how much you have left.

What happens when my Pro allowance runs out?

Yukkai Free takes over until your subscription renews. Unused allowance does not carry over to the next month.

How does pay as you go work?

Top up whenever you like, from $20, and pay only for what you use, with no subscription. Pay as you go gives you more than 300 models, media included, along with Yukkai Fusion and Frontier. Full details are in our Terms of Sale.

What is the Yukkai Key?

It is the key Yukkai creates for you on first launch and keeps in your Mac’s keychain, so there is nothing to set up. It gives you Yukkai Free, and your Pro allowance or pay-as-you-go credit is used through it.

Can I use my own API key or local models?

Yes. Add your OpenRouter key to use more than 200 models through OpenRouter, billed directly by OpenRouter at the price of the model you use. Yukkai Fusion and Frontier are not available with your own key.

You can also install open-source models and run them locally on your Mac with Apple MLX — private and offline.

What’s the difference between Yukkai Fusion and Yukkai Frontier?

Both pick the right model for every task. Yukkai Fusion balances quality, speed and cost for everyday creation, research and action. Yukkai Frontier brings in the most capable models, with more reasoning and more verification, for the work that matters most. Both come with Pro and pay as you go, not with your own key.

Do prices include tax?

No. Prices are shown before tax. VAT or sales tax is calculated for your country at checkout.

Your team of agents

What are agents?

Agents are AI specialists with a name, a job, skills and their own tools. They work as a team: a Team Leader understands your request, shares the work out between the specialists and reports back to you. The library holds more than 100 pre-trained agents in 10 job families, from legal to data, from sales to code. Meet the team →

How many agents can I have?

As many as you like: there is no limit. During setup, Yukki analyses your website and recommends up to 12 agents to get you started. You then add more from the library or create your own.

Can I create my own agents?

Yes. Describe the role you need to Yukki: it helps you define the mission, skills and tools. Your trade doesn’t have its team yet? Describe it to Yukki and it will put yours together from the library.

Does my team work when I’m away?

Yes, as long as your Mac stays on and Yukkai is open. Every agent has missions and goals: a regular heartbeat wakes it up to check them and move on to the next step, and agents write to each other to pass work along. They leave you a report. There is no server to rent: everything runs on your Mac. Learn more →

Do agents work with the apps on my Mac?

Yes. Agents work with the apps and files on your Mac, just like you. They also use the tools you connect, such as Stripe, PayPal, Klaviyo or Google Ads — during setup or later.

Is there a team for Shopify?

Yes. The Shopify team is a Team Leader and six specialists for everything you do on Shopify: catalogue, orders, customer care, marketing, content, SEO and analytics. Only Shopify Admin needs to be connected. They prepare, you approve. It is included in Pro, like every business team. Discover the Shopify team →

Does Yukkai remember my work?

Yes. Yukkai learns your preferences, standards, working methods and recurring decisions over time, and that memory stays on your Mac. Every interaction makes the next one more relevant.

Does Yukkai work offline?

Partly. Open-source models running locally with Apple MLX work entirely offline, on your Mac. Cloud models — Yukkai Free, Pro, pay as you go or your own key — need an internet connection.

Privacy & security

Does my data stay on my Mac?

Your conversations, files and creations are kept on your Mac. Only the information a task needs is sent to the AI model you use; with a local model, nothing leaves your Mac. The keys and passwords of your tools are encrypted in a vault whose key stays in the macOS keychain. We don’t read your conversations or files, and we don’t sell your personal data. Read the Privacy Policy →

Is it safe to let Yukkai act on my Mac?

You stay in charge. Payments, outgoing messages and deletions always wait for your approval, and you choose what else does — prices, discounts or public review replies, for example. Agents receive only the capabilities their mission requires, and automatic snapshots let you restore a file if an automated change produces the wrong result.

Can AI output be wrong?

Yes — like any AI, output can be inaccurate or incomplete. Yukkai includes verification and review mechanisms, and sensitive actions wait for your explicit approval, but you remain responsible for evaluating results before relying on them.

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