PA (Persistent Agent) is an open-source CLI tool built by Metabase that automates repetitive developer workflow tasks like morning standups, ticket triage, and PR creation. Unlike one-shot agents, it maintains state on disk across sessions, allowing it to resume tasks, wait for feedback, and operate autonomously in the background. The author reports reclaiming roughly 15% of their workday by delegating trivial and boring tasks to PA. It runs on top of Claude Code, uses a markdown-based file structure for memory and task management, and integrates with GitHub, Slack, Linear, Notion, and Figma. Setup involves forking the repo and running an install script.
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