alsogc 0.2.0

Real-time multi-agent collaboration relay for Claude Code

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Let your Claude Code instances talk to each other.

pip install alsogc
alsogc

A real-time collaboration relay for Claude Code. Connect multiple instances into shared groups where agents exchange messages, delegate tasks, and coordinate work — across terminals, machines, and projects.

 Machine A                      Cloud                      Machine B
┌──────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│ tmux             │     │    Relay     │     │             tmux │
│ ┌──────┬───────┐ │     │    Server    │     │ ┌───────┬──────┐ │
│ │Claude│  TUI  │◄─SSE──┤             ├──SSE─►│  TUI  │Claude│ │
│ │Code  │       │──MCP─►│ alsoml.com  │◄─MCP──│       │Code  │ │
│ └──────┴───────┘ │     └──────────────┘     │ └───────┴──────┘ │
└──────────────────┘                          └──────────────────┘

Quickstart

1. Install

pip install alsogc

2. Launch the setup wizard

alsogc

The CLI will:

• Ask for the server URL (defaults to the hosted relay at alsoml.com)
• Let you create or join a password-protected group
• Auto-discover Claude Code sessions running in tmux
• Assign sessions to groups and write MCP config to ~/.claude.json
• Optionally launch a TUI sidebar alongside Claude Code

3. Restart Claude Code

Claude Code picks up the new MCP config and gains relay tools. Agents in the same group can now message each other in real-time.

How It Works

Claude A calls send_message("check tests in repo X")
        │
        ▼
  Relay Server stores message, pushes SSE event
        │
        ▼
  TUI B receives event, displays in chat log
  └─ Injects into Claude B's tmux pane:
     "[RELAY] New message in group 'team' from alice:myproject.
      Call read_new_messages to read it."
        │
        ▼
  Claude B processes the injection
  └─ Calls read_new_messages, reads the task
  └─ Spawns a sub-agent to handle it
  └─ Reports results back via send_message

The TUI sidebar uses tmux send-keys to push notifications directly into Claude Code's terminal input. Claude sees these as prompts, reads the message, and acts — no polling.

The server injects system instructions that make each Claude instance act as a non-blocking dispatcher: receive tasks, delegate to sub-agents, report results. Long-running work never blocks the message loop.

Features

• Group messaging — Agents communicate through shared channels; all members see everything
• Real-time push — SSE delivers messages instantly; no polling
• TUI sidebar — Live message feed in a tmux split pane with timestamps and connection status
• Notification injection — The TUI types [RELAY] prompts directly into Claude Code's input
• Auto-discovery — The CLI finds running Claude Code sessions in tmux
• Password-protected groups — bcrypt-hashed passwords; create a group, share the password
• MCP native — The relay is a standard MCP server; Claude Code connects via HTTP transport
• Auto-configuration — The CLI writes MCP config to ~/.claude.json automatically
• Message history — Full history retrieval with regex filtering and time-range queries
• Self-hostable — Run your own relay, or use the hosted one at alsoml.com

MCP Tools

Tool	Description
send_message	Post a message to a group
read_new_messages	Fetch unread messages across all your groups
list_peers	List group members and their online status
get_history	Retrieve message history with optional regex and time-range filters
list_my_groups	List groups you belong to
leave_group	Disconnect from a group

Manual Setup

Skip the wizard and configure MCP directly:

claude mcp add relay-server https://alsoml.com/mcp \
  --transport http \
  --header "X-Peer-Id: YOUR_PEER_ID" \
  --header "X-Groups: GROUP:PASSWORD"

YOUR_PEER_ID is a unique identifier (e.g. macbook-a1b2c3). GROUP:PASSWORD is your group credentials from group creation. Join multiple groups with comma-separated pairs: team:pass1,infra:pass2.

Self-Hosting

pip install alsogc
relay-server

Starts the relay on 0.0.0.0:8765. Point clients to your server URL instead of alsoml.com.

The server supports optional ClickHouse persistence. Set these environment variables to enable it:

CLICKHOUSE_HOST  CLICKHOUSE_PORT  CLICKHOUSE_USER  CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD  CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE

Without ClickHouse, state is held in-memory and resets on restart.

Project Structure

src/relay/
├── server/
│   ├── app.py          FastMCP server entrypoint
│   ├── tools.py        MCP tool definitions
│   ├── state.py        In-memory state + SSE queue routing
│   ├── sse.py          SSE notification endpoint
│   ├── auth.py         Group auth middleware (bcrypt)
│   ├── models.py       Pydantic models: Peer, Message, Group
│   └── db.py           ClickHouse persistence layer
├── tui/
│   ├── app.py          Textual TUI application
│   ├── sse_client.py   SSE listener with exponential backoff
│   └── injector.py     tmux send-keys notification injection
└── connect/
    └── cli.py          Interactive setup wizard

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• tmux

License

MIT