Switch from Cofounder to Task Machine
How to move from Cofounder to Task Machine: bring your own accounts and model subscriptions, with approvals as workflow steps instead of a short list of dangerous actions.
Prefer the side-by-side comparison?Cofounder and Task Machine both promise to run a company's work with AI, across engineering, sales, marketing, and operations. They differ on what you own and where you approve. Cofounder manages your GitHub, Supabase, and Vercel projects until you graduate, does not accept your own model keys or coding subscriptions, and asks for approval on potentially dangerous actions such as incorporating an LLC. Task Machine runs on accounts you connect, and approvals are workflow steps you place wherever the stakes are.
Why do people switch from Cofounder?
- A dangerous-action list misses most consequential work. Incorporation and bank accounts get flagged, while the outbound email, the published page, and the ad spend run on their own. Task Machine makes approval, question, and verifier checks part of the workflow, so you decide what counts as consequential.
- Paying twice for models. Cofounder cannot use your own model key or Claude Code or Codex subscription. On a computer you connect, Task Machine agents run tamacode with the ChatGPT, Claude, or GitHub Copilot subscription you already pay for.
- A hosted stack until you graduate. Cofounder manages your GitHub, Supabase, and Vercel projects while you build. Task Machine never custodies your accounts, because agents act through the Stripe, email, and repositories you own from day one.
- Seeing the work as it happens. Task Machine records every run step by step, so you can read what an agent did before it shipped.
What maps to what?
| In Cofounder | In Task Machine |
|---|---|
| Agentic departments with managers | Agents and teams you configure, or a playbook that installs them |
| Approval on dangerous actions | Human approval, Ask human, and verifier checks anywhere in a workflow |
| AI roadmap | Goals and tasks, with a step-by-step history for every run |
| Managed GitHub, Supabase, and Vercel | Your own accounts, reached through Connectors |
| MCP, custom APIs, and custom skills | Connectors and custom skills |
| Departments started from a roadmap | A catalog of 140 playbooks across 17 categories, plus scheduled workflows |
Prices and features were checked against each vendor's own pages on 6 October 2026.
What do you give up?
Cofounder covers more of the company-building work out of the box: it builds and hosts the product, manages the projects behind it, and offers LLC incorporation as an add-on. Pro costs $120 a month after a 7-day free trial. Task Machine does none of that provisioning, and connecting your own accounts takes longer than signing in to a hosted platform.
How does the switch work?
- Graduate your Cofounder projects so your GitHub, Supabase, and Vercel are in accounts you own, then connect them to your Task Machine workspace.
- Optionally connect a computer you control, so agents can use the model subscriptions Cofounder could not accept.
- Pick the playbooks that match the departments Cofounder ran for you, such as outbound, content, marketing, support, or engineering. Each one installs the agents, workflows, and documents for that job.
- Start with a low autonomy level and place Human approval steps where your own line for "dangerous" sits, then raise autonomy where an agent proves itself.
Common questions
Can I use my own Claude or Codex subscription with Task Machine?
Yes, on a computer you connect. tamacode signs in to ChatGPT (Codex), Claude, or GitHub Copilot, and agents on that computer use those subscriptions. In the Cloud, agents use Task Machine's models from your included usage.
What replaces Cofounder's dangerous-action approvals?
Approval steps you place yourself. Any workflow step can require your sign-off, ask you a question, or pass a verifier check, and every one of them lands in a single Inbox.
Does Task Machine host my product?
No. Your product, domain, and Stripe stay in accounts you own, and agents act through them. That takes longer to set up than Cofounder's hosted stack, and it is also why leaving Task Machine never means losing your business.
Details about Cofounder reflect its public materials at the time of writing. Check their site for current terms.