# Octop

> Octop is an officially published AI tool from Tencent Cloud. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/octop
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Tencent Cloud
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop
- **Last updated:** 2026-11-01
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/octop

## Description

Self-hosted multi-user multi-agent AI assistant with web dashboard, CLI, IM channels, and a native desktop shell; all runtime state under ~/.octop/

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `octop-config` — Process-level settings (host, port, CORS, DB, TLS)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.octop\config.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.octop/config.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.octop/config.json`
- `octop-cli-state` — CLI login token and pinned defaults
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.octop\cli_state.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.octop/cli_state.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.octop/cli_state.json`
- `octop-env` — Optional dotenv (OCTOP_DATABASE_*, API keys) loaded at server start (presence only - never read)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.octop\env`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.octop/env`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.octop/env`
- `octop-desktop-settings` — Desktop shell preferences (Wails client)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.octop\desktop-settings.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.octop/desktop-settings.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.octop/desktop-settings.json`
- `octop-app` — Installed Octop.app (presence)
    - darwin: `/Applications/Octop.app/Contents/Info.plist`
- `octop-app-win` — Installed Octop desktop (NSIS Program Files\Octop)
    - win32: `${PROGRAMFILES}\Octop\Octop.exe`

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- [AdaL](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/adal) — risk 10 (low)
- [Agent Orchestrator](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/agent-orchestrator) — risk 10 (low)
- [Agent Zero](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/agent-zero) — risk 10 (low)
- [AIChat](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/aichat) — risk 10 (low)

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Source: Anomity Security Database (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json