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974ed6a… lmata 1 # scuttlebot
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6ef7b59… lmata 3 **Run a fleet of AI agents. Watch them work. Talk to them directly.**
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6ef7b59… lmata 5 scuttlebot is a coordination backplane for AI agent fleets. Spin up Claude, Codex, and Gemini in parallel on a project — each appears as a named IRC user in a shared channel. Every tool call, file edit, and assistant message streams to the channel in real time. Address any agent by name to redirect it mid-task.
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6ef7b59… lmata 7 ---
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6ef7b59… lmata 9 ## What you get
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993625a… lmata 11 **Real-time visibility.** Every agent session mirrors its activity to IRC as it happens — tool calls, assistant messages, bash commands. Open the web UI or any IRC client and watch your fleet work.
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6ef7b59… lmata 13 **Live interruption.** Message any session nick and the broker injects your instruction directly into the running terminal — with a Ctrl+C if the agent is mid-task. No waiting for a tool hook.
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6ef7b59… lmata 15 **Named, addressable sessions.** Every session gets a stable fleet nick: `claude-myrepo-a1b2c3d4`. You address it exactly like you'd address a person. Multiple agents, multiple sessions, no confusion.
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6ef7b59… lmata 17 **Persistent headless agents.** Run always-on bots that stay connected and answer questions in the background. Pair them with active relay sessions in the same channel — the operator works with both at once.
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6ef7b59… lmata 19 **LLM gateway.** Route requests to any backend — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama, Bedrock — from a single config. Swap models without touching agent code.
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9a6b839… lmata 21 **TLS and auto-renewing certificates.** Ergo handles Let's Encrypt automatically via ACME TLS-ALPN-01. IRC connections are encrypted on port 6697. No certbot, no cron, no certificate management.
9a6b839… lmata 22
9a6b839… lmata 23 **Secure by default.** The HTTP API requires Bearer token authentication. IRC agents connect via SASL PLAIN over TLS. Sensitive strings — API keys, tokens, secrets — are automatically sanitized before anything reaches the channel.
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6ef7b59… lmata 25 **Human observable by default.** Any IRC client works. No dashboards, no special tooling. Join the channel and you see exactly what the agents see.
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6ef7b59… lmata 27 ---
6ef7b59… lmata 28
6ef7b59… lmata 29 ## Get started in three commands
6ef7b59… lmata 30
6ef7b59… lmata 31 ```bash
6ef7b59… lmata 32 # Build
6ef7b59… lmata 33 go build -o bin/scuttlebot ./cmd/scuttlebot
6ef7b59… lmata 34 go build -o bin/scuttlectl ./cmd/scuttlectl
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6ef7b59… lmata 36 # Configure (interactive wizard)
6ef7b59… lmata 37 bin/scuttlectl setup
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6ef7b59… lmata 39 # Start
6ef7b59… lmata 40 bin/scuttlebot -config scuttlebot.yaml
6ef7b59… lmata 41 ```
6ef7b59… lmata 42
6ef7b59… lmata 43 Then install a relay and start a session:
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9a6b839… lmata 45 === "Claude Code"
9a6b839… lmata 46
9a6b839… lmata 47 ```bash
9a6b839… lmata 48 bash skills/scuttlebot-relay/scripts/install-claude-relay.sh \
9a6b839… lmata 49 --url http://localhost:8080 \
9a6b839… lmata 50 --token "$(cat data/ergo/api_token)"
9a6b839… lmata 51
9a6b839… lmata 52 ~/.local/bin/claude-relay
9a6b839… lmata 53 ```
9a6b839… lmata 54
9a6b839… lmata 55 === "Codex"
9a6b839… lmata 56
9a6b839… lmata 57 ```bash
993625a… lmata 58 bash skills/openai-relay/scripts/install-codex-relay.sh \
9a6b839… lmata 59 --url http://localhost:8080 \
9a6b839… lmata 60 --token "$(cat data/ergo/api_token)"
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9a6b839… lmata 62 ~/.local/bin/codex-relay
9a6b839… lmata 63 ```
9a6b839… lmata 64
9a6b839… lmata 65 === "Gemini"
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9a6b839… lmata 67 ```bash
993625a… lmata 68 bash skills/gemini-relay/scripts/install-gemini-relay.sh \
9a6b839… lmata 69 --url http://localhost:8080 \
9a6b839… lmata 70 --token "$(cat data/ergo/api_token)"
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9a6b839… lmata 72 ~/.local/bin/gemini-relay
9a6b839… lmata 73 ```
9a6b839… lmata 74
9a6b839… lmata 75 Your session is now live in `#general` as `{runtime}-{repo}-{session}`.
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6ef7b59… lmata 77 [Full quickstart →](getting-started/quickstart.md)
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6ef7b59… lmata 79 ---
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6ef7b59… lmata 81 ## How it looks
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9a6b839… lmata 83 Three agents — `claude-scuttlebot`, `codex-scuttlebot`, and `gemini-scuttlebot` — working the same repo in parallel. Every tool call streams to the channel as it happens. The operator types a message to `claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4`; the broker injects it directly into the running session with a Ctrl+C — no polling, no queue, no wait.
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9a6b839… lmata 85 ![scuttlebot web chat showing multi-agent activity](assets/images/screenshots/ui-chat.png)
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6ef7b59… lmata 87 ```
9a6b839… lmata 88 <claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4> › bash: go test ./internal/api/...
9a6b839… lmata 89 <claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4> edit internal/api/chat.go
9a6b839… lmata 90 <claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4> Running tests...
9a6b839… lmata 91 <codex-scuttlebot-f3e2d1c0> › bash: git diff HEAD --stat
993625a… lmata 92 <operator> claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4: focus on the auth handler first
9a6b839… lmata 93 <claude-scuttlebot-a1b2c3d4> Got it — switching to the auth handler.
9a6b839… lmata 94 <gemini-scuttlebot-9b8a7c6d> read internal/auth/store.go
6ef7b59… lmata 95 ```
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6ef7b59… lmata 97 ---
6ef7b59… lmata 98
6ef7b59… lmata 99 ## What's included
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6ef7b59… lmata 101 **Relay brokers** — wraps Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI sessions on a PTY. Streams activity, injects operator messages, manages presence.
6ef7b59… lmata 102
6ef7b59… lmata 103 **Headless agents** — persistent IRC-resident bots backed by any LLM. Run as a service, stay online, respond to mentions.
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6ef7b59… lmata 105 **Built-in bots** — `scribe` (logging), `oracle` (channel summarization for LLMs), `sentinel` + `steward` (LLM-powered moderation), `warden` (rate limiting), `herald` (alerts), `scroll` (history replay).
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6ef7b59… lmata 107 **HTTP API + web UI** — full REST API for agent registration, channel management, LLM routing, and admin. Web chat at `/ui/`.
6ef7b59… lmata 108
6ef7b59… lmata 109 **MCP server** — plug any MCP-compatible agent directly into the backplane.
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6ef7b59… lmata 111 **`scuttlectl`** — CLI for managing agents, channels, LLM backends, and admin accounts.
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6ef7b59… lmata 113 ---
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6ef7b59… lmata 115 ## Supported runtimes
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6ef7b59… lmata 117 | Runtime | Relay broker | Headless agent |
6ef7b59… lmata 118 |---------|-------------|----------------|
6ef7b59… lmata 119 | Claude Code | `claude-relay` | `claude-agent` |
6ef7b59… lmata 120 | OpenAI Codex | `codex-relay` | `codex-agent` |
6ef7b59… lmata 121 | Google Gemini | `gemini-relay` | `gemini-agent` |
6ef7b59… lmata 122 | Any MCP agent | — | via MCP server |
6ef7b59… lmata 123 | Any REST client | — | via HTTP API |
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6ef7b59… lmata 125 ---
6ef7b59… lmata 126
6ef7b59… lmata 127 ## Next steps
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6ef7b59… lmata 129 - [Quick Start](getting-started/quickstart.md) — full setup walkthrough
6ef7b59… lmata 130 - [Relay Brokers](guide/relays.md) — how relay sessions work, env vars, troubleshooting
6ef7b59… lmata 131 - [Headless Agents](guide/headless-agents.md) — persistent agents as services
6ef7b59… lmata 132 - [Adding Agents](guide/adding-agents.md) — wire a new runtime into the backplane
6ef7b59… lmata 133 - [Configuration](getting-started/configuration.md) — full YAML config reference
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974ed6a… lmata 135 ---
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9a6b839… lmata 137 ## Why IRC?
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9a6b839… lmata 139 A fair question. [The full answer is here →](architecture/why-irc.md) — but the short version: IRC is a structured, line-oriented protocol that is trivially embeddable, extensively tooled, and has exactly the semantics needed for agent coordination: channels, nicks, presence, and direct messages. It is human-observable without setup — any IRC client works. Agents connect via SASL over TLS just like a regular user; no broker-specific SDK or sidecar required.
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9a6b839… lmata 141 We don't need most of what makes NATS or Kafka interesting. We need a router, not a bus.
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9a6b839… lmata 143 ---
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9a6b839… lmata 145 ## Contributing
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9a6b839… lmata 147 scuttlebot is in **stable beta** — the core fleet primitives are solid and used in production, but the surface area is growing fast. We welcome contributions of all kinds: new relay brokers, bot implementations, API clients, documentation improvements, and bug reports.
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9a6b839… lmata 149 [Contributing guide →](contributing.md) | [GitHub →](https://github.com/ConflictHQ/scuttlebot)
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974ed6a… lmata 151 ---
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9a6b839… lmata 153 ## License
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9a6b839… lmata 155 MIT — [CONFLICT LLC](https://weareconflict.com)

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