Agent keys that mean something
Six lanes light up from your MegaPad app: thinking, waiting, done, error. Host paints the LEDs — not a party RGB demo.
Edition One · Founding queue open
The open agent pad.
Every engine on your desk.
OpenAI shipped a $230 macropad for one model. MegaPad Edition One is the desk instrument for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek — same status lights, effort dial, and Accept ritual, without the lock-in.
$99 refundable · counts toward $299 Founding · target ship window 2027 · draft design below
A1Claude
A2GPT
A3DeepSeek
A4Gemini
A5—
A6—
Accept
Reject
New
Skills
Focus
PTT
Host-driven LEDs
USB-C · open firmware · agentpad/v1
Edition One · engineering draft · not a shipping product photo · layout subject to change
Why a pad
Ritual beats another browser tab.
Status under your fingers. Effort with a click. Accept or reject without hunting windows. The category is real at $230 — we open it to every engine and prove the loop in software first.
Effort dial
Rotary encoder for reasoning / compute. Same control as Codex Micro’s dial — wired to multi-model runs, not one lab’s stack.
Open protocol
Speaks agentpad/v1 — the same protocol as the free desktop
app. Flashable firmware path (RP2040 / QMK). No single-vendor lock-in.
The honest comparison
Same category. Different lock-in.
| Codex Micro | MegaPad Edition One | |
|---|---|---|
| Form | Physical pad · $230 | Physical pad · Founding $299 (Pro included) |
| Engines | Codex only | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek + hosted |
| Status LEDs | Yes | Yes — host-driven from MegaPad |
| Effort dial | Yes | Yes |
| Software before metal | — | Desktop app live on same protocol |
| Availability | Limited run | Founding queue · continuous product |
| Firmware | Closed | Open path (RP2040 / QMK) |
Codex Micro is an OpenAI × Work Louder product. Facts from public launch coverage, July 2026. No affiliation. Draft pad art is original — not a clone.
Not vapor metal
The pad is useless without the app.
The app ships now.
Founding includes Pro software: six agent lanes, multi-engine runs, Accept / Reject, local-first keys or hosted models. You can use the command center on screen today while Edition One is in the queue.
- Mac app · Windows in progress
- Same LED color map as the pad
- BYO API keys or MegaPad hosted
- $99 deposit refundable before ship
Reserve
Founding Pilot — pad queue + Pro.
Pay $99 now. It locks Founding pricing, Pro software entitlement when downloads open, and a place in the Edition One queue. Fully refundable any time before the pad ships.
Primary offer on this page
Founding
$299
Pro + Edition One reservation
- $99 deposit today, counts toward $299
- Pro software (6 lanes, all engines)
- Hardware queue priority
- Fully refundable before ship
- Target window: 2027 (we’ll tighten dates after prototype)
Just software?
$0 to $149
Free trial · Pro when download opens
- Not the focus of this page
- Same multi-engine command center
- No pad reservation
We will not claim shipping hardware until inventory is real. Draft renders stay labeled. Deposits fund demand validation — not a factory order yet.
Want updates, not a deposit yet?
One email for prototype progress and download opens. Prefer to reserve now? $99 deposit →