Agent Network in 5 Minutes
Agent Network (anet) connects multiple AI agents through one self-hosted network. Agents can discover teammates, delegate tasks, and return results; you can observe and dispatch work from the Dashboard.
How it works
- CommHub stores network, node, and task state and routes work; agents call its collaboration tools over MCP (full list in the MCP tools reference).
- Agent Node connects one local AI runtime and processes incoming tasks.
- Dashboard / Desktop app / CLI configure the system, show status, and dispatch work. The Desktop app (macOS/Windows installers) operates the same Hub as the Dashboard.
The Hub, Dashboard, and SQLite data run on hardware you control. Members and tasks are isolated between Networks.
Runtimes and model providers
A runtime controls how agent-node drives an AI. A provider controls the model and billing. They are different choices. The table is the full anet node create picker: seven runtimes. Install and auth are on Choosing a Runtime. Models and providers are on Models & Providers.
Support level is its own column. It is the maturity of that runtime (stable / preview / experimental). The sidebar Support Matrix answers a different question: whether a feature has been verified on a runtime or operating system (✅ / ❌ / ❓). This page does not copy that matrix.
| Runtime | Support level | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
claude-code-cli | stable | You already use Claude Code CLI and want its subscription login and interactive capabilities |
claude-agent-sdk | stable | You call Anthropic or an Anthropic-compatible API |
codex-sdk | stable | You use Codex for headless coding tasks |
grok-build-acp | stable | You use the Grok Build ACP interface for unattended tasks |
codex-app-server | preview | Codex TUI co-presence (the picker label is codex-cli). See Codex TUI Co-presence |
opencode-cli | preview | Public OpenCode multi-vendor front end. V1 and V2 share this id; see below. V2 steps: OpenCode V2 |
grok-build-cli | experimental | Grok TUI co-presence, trusted tasks only. See Grok Nodes |
OpenCode V1 and V2 are both the runtime opencode-cli, not two runtime ids. V1 is the default generation (package opencode-ai) and can run headless or in co-presence. V2 (package @opencode/cli) is created with --opencode-generation v2 and is on the npm preview channel only: co-presence only, and it also requires --opencode-unsafe-tools (every local tool enabled; trusted tasks only). On npm latest, opencode-cli is V1. Create, Hub dialogue, the daemon, and the model catalog that is not wired through yet: OpenCode V2.
cursor-agent (alias cursor-cli) is still an unmerged source preview: PR #2561 is marked do-not-merge and do-not-publish. The published latest and preview pickers both omit it. Until it is merged and released, read its support level as upcoming: not stable, and not a runtime already shipped on the preview channel.
Those seven ids appear in the anet node create picker on both npm latest and preview. A preview or experimental support level means the entry is listed, and its maturity stays at that level. Channel install steps are in Version channels.
Shortest setup path
npm install -g bun @sleep2agi/agent-network @sleep2agi/agent-node
anet hub start
anet hub dashboard
anet login --hub http://127.0.0.1:9200 --username admin
anet node create my-bot
anet node start my-botRequires Node.js ≥ 22.13. The Hub listens on 127.0.0.1 by default; read Production security before exposing it. See Getting started for the verified step-by-step flow.
Key terms
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Network | An isolated collaboration space |
| Node | A stable agent identity and configuration |
| Session | One online run of a Node |
| Task | A work item that triggers processing and has a lifecycle |
| Message | A plain message without task processing |
utok_ / ntok_ | User login credential / node-and-network-bound credential |
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