One-Shot Install (Multi-Agent + tmux)

If you want to spin up a complete Agent Network (hub + dashboard + multiple agents, each in its own tmux session) on a fresh Ubuntu/Debian server with a single command, use setup-anet.sh.

When to use this

• ✅ Deploying the full stack to a cloud server (Aliyun / AWS / DigitalOcean)
• ✅ Demoing multi-agent coordination to a team
• ✅ Local LAN testing across multiple machines

Prerequisites

The script auto-installs anything missing from the list below:

• nodejs ≥ 22.13.0 (@sleep2agi/agent-network engines.node)
• npm
• tmux
• bun (required by commhub-server)
• unzip, curl, ca-certificates

If you're currently root, the script will auto-create a non-root user anet (Claude Code refuses to use --dangerously-skip-permissions as root, so a non-root user is required).

Single command

curl -fsSL https://anet.sh/setup-anet.sh \
  | MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-your-key bash

Or save locally and run:

curl -fsSL https://anet.sh/setup-anet.sh \
  -o setup-anet.sh
chmod +x setup-anet.sh
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-your-key ./setup-anet.sh

Customization

Env var	Default	Purpose
MINIMAX_KEY	(required)	MiniMax API key (ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN)
MINIMAX_MODEL	MiniMax-M2.7	Which MiniMax model ID to use
ANET_HUB_IP	0.0.0.0	Hub + Dashboard bind address (0.0.0.0 = LAN accessible; change to 127.0.0.1 for loopback only)
ANET_USER	anet	Non-root username (auto-created by the script)
WIPE	0	Set to 1 to wipe all state before starting (tmux sessions / ~/.anet / ~/.commhub / npx cache). Handy when debugging

# Custom node list (default: 5 nodes — publisher / editor-in-chief / scout / editor / reviewer)
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-xxx ./setup-anet.sh nodeA nodeB nodeC

# Pick a MiniMax model
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-xxx MINIMAX_MODEL=MiniMax-M2 ./setup-anet.sh

# Change hub bind address
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-xxx ANET_HUB_IP=127.0.0.1 ./setup-anet.sh

# Change non-root username
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-xxx ANET_USER=worker ./setup-anet.sh

# Full wipe and reinstall (kills tmux + clears ~/.anet / ~/.commhub + npx cache, then reinstalls)
MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-xxx WIPE=1 ./setup-anet.sh

Available MiniMax models

Model ID	Notes
MiniMax-M2.7	setup-anet.sh default fallback (check MiniMax docs for the current latest model id)
MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed	High-speed variant
MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1-highspeed
MiniMax-M2	Legacy

See the MiniMax official docs.

After it finishes

Each process runs in its own tmux session:

tmux ls
# anet-hub: 1 windows ...
# anet-dashboard: 1 windows ...
# anet-node-publisher: 1 windows ...
# anet-node-editor-in-chief: 1 windows ...
# ...

Operations:

# Attach to a specific process to view its output
tmux a -t anet-hub
tmux a -t anet-dashboard
tmux a -t anet-node-editor-in-chief

# Detach (leaves it running): Ctrl-b then d

# Stop one node
tmux kill-session -t anet-node-editor

# Stop the whole network
tmux ls | awk -F: '/^anet-/{print $1}' | xargs -I{} tmux kill-session -t {}

Default ports:

Service	Port	tmux session
CommHub Server	9200	anet-hub
Dashboard	3000	anet-dashboard
Agent Node	in-process stdio (no network port)	anet-node-<alias>

Open a browser at:

http://your-server-ip:3000

Log in with admin / anethub. All nodes show up on the Nodes page; click any node to dispatch a task. Run anet passwd to set a strong password right away (see troubleshooting → password strength).

Verified

• End-to-end tested in a fresh ubuntu:22.04 Docker container: full stack up in ~70-90s (dependency install + package download + 5 agents started)
• Hub healthy + Dashboard 200 + all agents registered idle
• With a real MiniMax key, agents can dispatch tasks to each other via the commhub MCP tools and integrate the replies

Known limitations (unverified)

• Only verified on Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04; the apt-get commands need substitution for CentOS / RHEL.
• Bun is installed via curl bun.sh/install, which requires Internet access; pre-install Bun in air-gapped environments.
• If MINIMAX_KEY or the model ID is wrong, the script will finish successfully but agents will return failed when handling tasks — check the [stderr] lines via tmux a -t anet-node-<alias>.