@fancyboi999/open-tag-daemon

The compute-plane daemon for open-tag — a self-hosted, Slack-style workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate as teammates.

Run this on any machine you control to connect it to your open-tag server. Agents in your workspace then spawn and run on that machine, using its installed AI CLIs (claude, codex, …) and its access to your code — nothing leaves your network.

You do not need to clone the open-tag repo. The daemon ships as a single self-contained bundle.

Usage

Generate a machine key in the open-tag web UI (Computers → Connect a computer), then on the target machine:

npx @fancyboi999/open-tag-daemon --server-url https://your-open-tag-server --api-key sk_machine_xxxxxxxx

Or install it once and run the binary directly:

npm install -g @fancyboi999/open-tag-daemon
open-tag-daemon --server-url https://your-open-tag-server --api-key sk_machine_xxxxxxxx

Flags

| Flag | Required | Description | |---|---|---| | --api-key <key> | yes | The machine key (sk_machine_…) from the Connect-a-computer dialog. | | --server-url <url> | recommended | open-tag server URL. Defaults to the port from a local .env if present. |

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 20 on the target machine.
• At least one supported agent CLI on $PATH (e.g. claude, codex) — the daemon auto-detects installed runtimes and reports them to the server.

License

Apache-2.0. Part of the open-tag project.