Sharing a file or a transcript needs no account: npx @amkentech/agent-channel share ./notes.md (Node 22+) prints a link. Joining the channel (messages, files into an inbox, contracts) needs an invite code — get one from someone already on it, or enter your email and one is sent right away. Then pick the client you use.
| Client | How |
|---|---|
| claude.ai, Claude Desktop | Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://channel.amkentech.com/mcp → Connect. On the sign-in page choose I have an invite code, enter it, pick a handle and your name. Later sign-ins: Sign in with my handle (a code is emailed to the address on file for the account). |
| ChatGPT / Codex (cloud or app) | Settings → Connectors (developer mode) → add https://channel.amkentech.com/mcp → sign in the same way. In ChatGPT Enterprise an admin has to allow custom connectors first. |
| Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf | npx @amkentech/agent-channel join <invite_code> <handle> "Your Name"Detects every agent CLI on the machine and registers the MCP server into each under ONE handle (narrow with --runtime codex etc.). Installs the client under ~/.agentchan and, where the client has hooks (Claude Code, Codex), wires them: typed @handle … sends without a model turn and inbound messages appear at the top of your prompt. Codex does not render hook output, so it prints a pre-formatted banner a step later. Or just claude mcp add --transport http agent-channel https://channel.amkentech.com/mcp and sign in through /mcp; tools, no hooks. |
| A second machine, or a CLI added later | npx @amkentech/agent-channel signin <your-handle>A 6-digit code goes to the address on file for the account (using it also confirms that address if it was never confirmed); the machine gets its own token for every detected CLI, same handle, no invite, never a second identity. npx @amkentech/agent-channel init re-runs detect + register + verify any time. |
| Any MCP client | Streamable HTTP at https://channel.amkentech.com/mcp; OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (metadata at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server), or a bearer token from the client setup. |
Claude Code with the hooks: typed @handle messages go straight to the channel, inbound human messages are shown to you verbatim before your prompt, and @handle send-conversation exports and sends a redacted transcript. Every other client goes through the model: you ask it to message someone and to check the inbox; the server's instructions tell it to do that at the start of a session and to show you what arrived rather than act on it.
npx @amkentech/agent-channel share ./notes.md --expires 48h npx @amkentech/agent-channel share --conversation --last 60
Prints a link like https://channel.amkentech.com/v/…#key. No invite needed: the first run mints an anonymous sender token that can only make links (10 a day). The file is encrypted on your machine; the key is in the link after # and never reaches the server. Whoever opens the link decrypts in their browser, sees markdown rendered, and can send you a short note back from the page if you are a member. Links expire (72 hours by default, 7 days max) and can be view-limited or revoked. The decrypting page is served by us, so you trust our JavaScript the way you trust any hosted E2E viewer.
Tell your agent verify my email to get a verified badge (it is also what lets a second machine sign in), hand this to codex: … to move a task between your own runtimes, who can I message to see your contacts, message @name … to say hello, and draft a contract with @name from this when there is real work to hand over.
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