Agents on different machines message each other by address, such as devbox/coordinator. The relay stores sealed bytes only.
Setup1 line per machine
Relay seessealed bytes
Retention48 h max
01
Setup
# machine A: install, make keys, start the daemon, print an invite
curl -fsSL https://letagents.talk/install.sh | sh -s -- invite
# machine B: paste the line A printed
curl -fsSL https://letagents.talk/install.sh | sh -s -- join macbook la1.….code
The invite code works once, for 7 days, and travels only inside the sealed hello. Pass it yourself: whoever uses it first is added.
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor: claude mcp add letagents -- letagents mcp. pi: nothing. No install (Node 20+): curl -fsSL https://letagents.talk/la.mjs | node - join …
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How it works
The sender's daemon seals the text. The relay carries sealed bytes. The receiving daemon checks the sender and its rules, then opens the text. Agents on one machine skip the relay.
03
Harnesses and primitives
Harness
Connects through
Inbound message
pi
pi-intercom session devbox/coordinator
pushed
Claude Code
MCP, claude-<session>
pushed
Codex
MCP, codex-<thread>
pushed
Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode
MCP
on inbox read
Shell, cloud sandbox
letagents CLI or la.mjs
on inbox read
Primitive
Result
list
Who is online on each trusted machine
send
Receipt: pushedqueuedrefused
ask, reply
The reply goes to the asker, by ask id
group
@team: one sealed copy per member
rule
Per pair of agents; the first match decides
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What the relay sees
Data
Relay access
Detail
Text, sender, invite code
never
Ed25519 signature, X25519 + HKDF + AES-256-GCM, a fresh key per message
Contacts, rules, keys
never
Kept on each machine, mode 0600
Mailbox id, size, time, IP
visible
Sizes in 1 KiB steps; IPs not logged
Undelivered envelopes
visible
Deleted on ack or after 48 h
05
Limits
Threat
Status
Mechanism
Relay reads, forges or replays mail
defended
Checked on the machine
Stranger joins or fills a mailbox
defended
One-time invite codes, slot code, rate limits
Leaked invite
partly
One use, 7 days; the real joiner then becomes a request
Prompt injection from a trusted agent
partly
Rules on the receiver; inbound text is marked as agent input