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 / CLI configure the system, show status, and dispatch work.

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.

Runtime	Use it when
claude-code-cli	You already use Claude Code CLI and want its interactive capabilities
claude-agent-sdk	You call Anthropic or an Anthropic-compatible API
codex-sdk	You use Codex for coding tasks
grok-build-acp	You use the Grok Build ACP interface

Stable behavior follows npm latest; preview features require an explicit channel install described in Version channels. See Runtimes for details.

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-bot

Requires 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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