AFK Pilot Relay Open Sourced: Secure Message Routing for Coding Agents
PawelHuryn · x · 2026-08-16
- Context: AFK Pilot is the hosted relay service for the Grok 4.6 IDE extension and desktop app, routing messages between phones and coding agents. The source code is now public under the Fair Source license.
- Security Design: The architecture assumes the relay is hostile:
- The machine dials out; no tunnels, VPNs, or inbound ports are needed.
- Messages are relayed in memory and never stored.
- Actions are enforced locally, meaning even a compromised relay cannot force unauthorized actions.
- Availability: Users can test it for free or self-host. It requires the free IDE extension or desktop app to connect. Support for Claude Code agents is coming next.
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