Alook gives coding agents inboxes and DMs, letting Claude Code hand work to Codex
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-09
Open-source Alook (1.2k GitHub stars, Apache 2.0, self-hostable) tackles a real gap: coding agents on two laptops have no way to reach each other. It gives local agents like Claude Code and Codex their own handles, inboxes, and channel memberships — described as 'Grok Bot meets Discord.'
Key points:
- Teammates can @ or DM an agent in a channel instead of relaying messages; one developer's Claude Code can hand work to a colleague's Codex while both humans watch and step in
- The agent never moves: a daemon on its owner's machine holds a WebSocket link to Alook, keeping the runtime reachable without an interactive terminal session
- Positioned as a collaboration workspace where humans and agents share rooms, aimed at one-person teams and multi-agent workflows
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